flex-wrap

The flex-wrap CSS property sets whether flex items are forced onto one line or can wrap onto multiple lines. If wrapping is allowed, it sets the direction that lines are stacked.

css

flex-wrap: nowrap;

css

flex-wrap: wrap;

css

flex-wrap: wrap-reverse;

html

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    <div>Item One</div>
    <div>Item Two</div>
    <div>Item Three</div>
    <div>Item Four</div>
    <div>Item Five</div>
    <div>Item Six</div>
  </div>
</section>

css

#example-element {
  border: 1px solid #c5c5c5;
  width: 80%;
  display: flex;
}

#example-element > div {
  background-color: rgb(0 0 255 / 0.2);
  border: 3px solid blue;
  width: 60px;
  margin: 10px;
}

The {{cssxref("flex-flow")}} property shorthand can be used to set both the {{CSSXRef("flex-direction")}} and flex-wrap properties, which define the flex container's main and cross axes, respectively.

Syntax

css

flex-wrap: nowrap; /* Default value */
flex-wrap: wrap;
flex-wrap: wrap-reverse;

/* Global values */
flex-wrap: inherit;
flex-wrap: initial;
flex-wrap: revert;
flex-wrap: revert-layer;
flex-wrap: unset;

Values

The flex-wrap property is specified as a single keyword chosen from the following values below:

nowrap
- : The flex items are laid out in a single line which may cause the flex container to overflow. The cross-start is the equivalent of inline-start or block-start, depending on the {{cssxref("flex-direction")}} value. This is the default value.
wrap
- : The flex items break into multiple lines. The cross-start is the equivalent of inline-start or block-start, depending on the current writing mode, and the {{cssxref("flex-direction")}} value.
wrap-reverse
- : Behaves the same as wrap, but cross-start and cross-end are inverted.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

Examples

Setting flex container wrap values

HTML

html

<h4>This is an example for flex-wrap:wrap</h4>
<div class="content">
  <div class="red">1</div>
  <div class="green">2</div>
  <div class="blue">3</div>
</div>
<h4>This is an example for flex-wrap:nowrap</h4>
<div class="content1">
  <div class="red">1</div>
  <div class="green">2</div>
  <div class="blue">3</div>
</div>
<h4>This is an example for flex-wrap:wrap-reverse</h4>
<div class="content2">
  <div class="red">1</div>
  <div class="green">2</div>
  <div class="blue">3</div>
</div>

CSS

css

/* Common Styles */
.content,
.content1,
.content2 {
  color: white;
  font: 100 24px/100px sans-serif;
  height: 150px;
  width: 897px;
  text-align: center;
}

.content div,
.content1 div,
.content2 div {
  height: 50%;
  width: 300px;
}
.red {
  background: orangered;
}
.green {
  background: yellowgreen;
}
.blue {
  background: steelblue;
}

/* Flexbox Styles */
.content {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.content1 {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: nowrap;
}
.content2 {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap-reverse;
}

Results

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Setting flex container wrap values', '', '700') }}