Lesson 6 of 11By Aryan Gupta
Last updated on Mar 26, 20211353Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to design the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language. It is commonly used with HTML to change the style of user interfaces, and web pages. In this tutorial, you will look into and understand the differences between CSS Grid and Flexbox Layout. The topics that will be covered are as follows:
The CSS Grid Layout is a two-dimensional grid-based layout system with rows and columns. It is useful in creating more complex and organized layouts.
To define a grid container, you will have to pass a display: grid property to your element.
The CSS Flexbox is a one-dimensional layout. It is useful in allocating and aligning the space among items in a grid container. It works with various kinds of display devices and screen sizes. Flex layout makes it easier to design and build responsive web pages without using many float and position properties in the CSS code.
To start using Flexbox, you have to create a flex container using the display: flex property. Every element inside the particular flex container will act as a flex item.
Flexbox is made for one-dimensional layouts, and the Grid is made for two-dimensional layouts. It means Flexbox can work on either rows or columns at a time, but Grids can work on both.
Another major difference between the two is that Flexbox takes a basis in the content while Grid takes a basis in the layout.
Let’s look at an example to understand it better.
Here the content inside the box does not stretch automatically according to the content.
In the flex item, the box stretches as far as the content goes.
You should consider using grid layout when:
You should consider using flexbox when:
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In this CSS Grid vs Flexbox tutorial, you have looked into the differences between CSS Grid and Flexbox layout, how they function in modern browsers. With the right amount of practice, you can master both the layouts and create impressive web pages.
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