CSS Property: flex-grow
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The CSS (CSS3) flex-grow property indicates how much
an element will grow relative to the rest of the flexible items in a container.
If an element is not a flexible element then this property has no effect.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
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Value
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Description
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number
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Specifies how much an
item will grow relative to rest of flexible items
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Default Value:
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0
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.flexGrow="4"
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Inherited:
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No
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Animatable:
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Yes
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {border: 1px solid black;}
.x1 {flex-grow: 1;}
.x2 {flex-grow: 5;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
1. Element with default property<br>
<div style="display: flex; width: 200px; border: 2px solid red;">
<div>A</div><div>B</div>
</div>
<br>
2. Element set using in-file HTML style<br>
<div style="display: flex; width: 200px; border: 2px solid red;">
<div class="x1">A</div><div class="x2">B</div>
</div>
<br>
3. Element set using JavaScript<br>
<div style="display: flex; width: 200px; border: 2px solid red;">
<div id="x3">A</div><div id="x4">B</div>
</div>
<br>
<script>
document.getElementById("x3").style.flexGrow = "1";
document.getElementById("x4").style.flexGrow = "5";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyFlexGrow() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.flexGrow = "10"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).flexGrow == "10");
} |
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