Center Wrapped Flex Children

When building a user interface, layout and alignment are crucial to ensure a good user experience. One common layout pattern is to center and wrap flex children.

This pattern is particularly useful when dealing with dynamic content that can vary in size and number. By setting the parent container to display as a flex container, we can easily center the children horizontally and vertically regardless of their size. Additionally, we can set the flex-wrap property to wrap the children into multiple rows or columns when they exceed the container's width or height.

Here is an example of the HTML and CSS code for center wrapped flex children:

<div class="container">
  <div class="child">Child 1</div>
  <div class="child">Child 2</div>
  <div class="child">Child 3</div>
  <div class="child">Child 4</div>
  <div class="child">Child 5</div>
</div>

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.child {
  width: 100px; /* or any other width you prefer */
  height: 100px; /* or any other height you prefer */
  background-color: #dddddd;
  border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
  margin: 10px;
}

In the example above, we have a container with five child elements. The container's CSS class sets the display property to flex and the flex-wrap property to wrap. The justify-content and align-items properties are set to center, which will center the children both horizontally and vertically.

The child elements have a fixed width and height, which can be any value you prefer. They also have a background color, border, and margin for visual styling.

By using this pattern, our flex children will always be centered and wrap onto new lines when the container's width or height is exceeded.

In conclusion, center wrapped flex children is a useful layout pattern for building dynamic user interfaces. By setting a few simple CSS properties on the parent container and its children, we can create a layout that is visually appealing and easy to maintain.