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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Building a Layout with Flexbox Aligning Items to the Bottom of a Column

gene c
gene c
13,630 Points
Posted by gene c
gene c
13,630 Points

Why are the columns side-by-side even though I wrote flex-direction: column?

The columns are placed side-by-side when flex-direction: column

and the columns are placed one on top of the other when flex-direction: row

shouldn't it be the opposite?

My CSS code:

@media (min-width: 769px) {

.main-header,
.main-nav,
.row,
.col    {
    display: flex;
}

.main-header {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
}

.col {
    flex: 1;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.button {
    margin-top: auto;
    align-self: flex-start;
}

}

1 Answer

vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points
vincent batteast
vincent batteast
51,094 Points

here a site that I like to use https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_flexbox.asp#flex-direction

but this is what I think you need to change

.col    {
    display: flex;
}

change that to 

.col    {
    display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
}