Re:CSS Tips
by joshspankit on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:43PM
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Grid is way better than flexbox. All hail CSS-Grid.
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Re:CSS Tips
by sodapopcan on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:18PM
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Grid is not a replacement for Flexbox, it compliments it. Flexbox excels when you are only concerned with one dimension, grid excels when you're concerned with two (ie, a grid!) And yes, there is overlap.
Re:CSS Tips
by eyelidlessness on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:31PM
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They have many overlapping capabilities, but there are things flexbox can do which grid cannot. For instance, flexbox can wrap with dynamically sized children.
Got a citation for this?
I’ve seen this said, and for the life of me, I can’t find an actual reference for it.
Re:CSS Tips
by joshspankit on Monday April 26, 2021 @04:13PM
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Citation: Purely subjective personal experience / opinion.
At least it’s first-hand.
Re:CSS Tips
by have_faith on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:37PM
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They solve different problems.
In general: Flex is for flowing content, grid is for structured. You can do some awesome wrapping with flex that is impossible with grid. Also `margin-inline-start: auto` is pretty rad using flex, although you can do something similar with `justify-self` with grid.
A good use case for flex would be a list of tags, that need to wrap.