flex-grow

The flex-grow CSS property specifies the flex grow factor of a flex item. It specifies what amount of space inside the flex container the item should take up. The flex grow factor of a flex item is relative to the size of the other children in the flex-container.

/* <number> values */
flex-grow: 3;
flex-grow: 0.6;

/* Global values */
flex-grow: inherit;
flex-grow: initial;
flex-grow: unset;

Syntax

The flex-grow property is specified as a single <number>.

Values

<number>

See <number>. Negative values are invalid.

Formal syntax

<number>

Example

HTML

<h4>This is a Flex-Grow</h4>
<h5>A,B,C and F are flex-grow:1 . D and E are flex-grow:2 .</h5>
<div id="content">
  <div class="box" style="background-color:red;">A</div>
  <div class="box" style="background-color:lightblue;">B</div>
  <div class="box" style="background-color:yellow;">C</div>
  <div class="box1" style="background-color:brown;">D</div>
  <div class="box1" style="background-color:lightgreen;">E</div>
  <div class="box" style="background-color:brown;">F</div>
</div>

CSS

#content {
  -ms-box-orient: horizontal;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -moz-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -moz-flex;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
    
  -webkit-justify-content: space-around;
  justify-content: space-around;
  -webkit-flex-flow: row wrap;
  flex-flow: row wrap;
  -webkit-align-items: stretch;
  align-items: stretch;
}

.box {
  flex-grow: 1;
  border: 3px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}

.box1 {
  flex-grow: 2;
  border: 3px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• CSS Flexbox Guide: Basic Concepts of Flexbox
• CSS Flexbox Guide: Controlling Ratios of flex items along the main axis
• `flex-grow` is weird. Or is it? article by Manuel Matuzovic on CSS-Tricks, which illustrates how flex-grow works