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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Flexbox Properties Smarter Layouts with flex-basis and flex

Justin Houghton
Justin Houghton
4,560 Points
Posted by Justin Houghton
Justin Houghton
4,560 Points

Overriding flex-grow values

Does the following code essentially OVERRIDE the flex grow value for item-2 from 1 to 2 or am I misunderstanding what's happening?

The first snippet gives a flex grow value of 1 to all items. The second snippet re-defines the flex-grow value for item 2?

.item {
  flex: 1 200px;

}

.item-2 {
  flex-grow: 2;
}

1 Answer

Ryan M
Ryan M
16,509 Points
Ryan M
Ryan M
16,509 Points

Yes! This is the 'cascading' part of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Regardless of how many rules apply to an element, only the last one is used.