Make Flex-Items Wrap Onto a New Column

Make Flex-Items Wrap Onto a New Column

Use Flexbox in CSS to create multiple columns

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You need to use flex-direction: column together with flex-wrap: wrap to make flex-items wrap onto a new column. Here's an example from another article I wrote:

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That's because Flexbox works with 1 direction: either horizontal (row) or vertical (column).

The default is horizontal (row), so when there is not enough space left for an additional flex-item it will wrap onto a new row (if you have set flex-wrap to wrap, otherwise it will overflow the container).

To change the direction to vertical (column), set flex-direction to column. Then, when there is not enough space left for an additional flex-item it will wrap onto a new column (if you have set flex-wrap to wrap, otherwise it will overflow the container).

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