<div> width is shrinking when using inline-flex and messing with another element - Html

nlblack323
April 7, 2023
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I’m trying to display divs and spans on the same line and I want the divs to fill all available width. However, when I use display: inline-flex, the div widths shrink to ~= 30% of the available free space.

 

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif
}

.list-item {
    cursor: auto;
    display: inline-flex;
    margin-top: 11px;
    padding: 10px 12px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    border: 1px solid #5c636a;
    margin-right: 5px;
    background-color: #212529;
    color: #ffffff;
}

.example-group {
    display: block;
}

body {
    background-color: grey;
}

 

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div>
    <div class="example-group">
        <span>
            <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
                <path
                    d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
            </svg>
        </span>
        <div class="list-item">
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        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="example-group">
        <span>
            <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
                <path
                    d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
            </svg>
        </span>
        <div class="list-item">
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        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="example-group">
        <span>
            <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
                <path
                    d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
            </svg>
        </span>
        <div class="list-item">
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        </div>
    </div>
</div>

If display: inline-flex is removed from list-item, the desired effect happens but the divs and spans are no longer on the same line. I want both on the same line and all the available space filled by the divs

Answers

- AdrianaHern225ndez
- April 7, 2023 at 6:31 pm
- 0 votes
0
If I understood well, you only need to do this:
```
.example-group {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
}

.list-item {
  width: 100%;
}
```
In order to make it look better centered you can also do this:
- Remove the margin-top in .list-item
- And add the following to the div that wraps all the .example-group divs:
  
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 11px;
The result is:

Hope this helps you.
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The term ‘flex’ refers to the container, not the item. You need to set display:flex to the .example-group container then force the .list-item div to grow by applying flex-grow:1 to that. Marked up code below.

CSS tricks has a great cheatsheet for flex and Kevin Powell also does a good introductory video

Edited align-items:center added to put the svg in the center.

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  font-family: "Roboto", sans-serif;
}

.list-item {
  cursor: auto;
  display: inline-flex;
  margin-top: 11px;
  padding: 10px 12px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #5c636a;
  margin-right: 5px;
  background-color: #212529;
  color: #ffffff;
}

.example-group {
  display: flex; /*added this */
  align-items:center; /*added this */
  background-color:gray; /* set this so you can see the SVG */
}

/* added this */
.list-item {
  flex-grow:1;
}

body {
  background-color: #1a1e21;
}

<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<div>
  <div class="example-group">
    <span>
      <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
        <path d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
      </svg>
    </span>
    <div class="list-item">
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    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="example-group">
    <span>
      <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
        <path d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
      </svg>
    </span>
    <div class="list-item">
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    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="example-group">
    <span>
      <svg height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="white">
        <path d="M8.5 4c0 .82843-.67157 1.5-1.5 1.5S5.5 4.82843 5.5 4 6.17157 2.5 7 2.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM7 11.5c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5 0-.82843-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5s-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5c0 .8284.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm0 6c.82843 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.67157-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.67157 1.5 1.5 1.5zm6 0c.8284 0 1.5-.6716 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.6716-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5zm1.5-7.5c0 .8284-.6716 1.5-1.5 1.5s-1.5-.6716-1.5-1.5c0-.82843.6716-1.5 1.5-1.5s1.5.67157 1.5 1.5zM13 5.5c.8284 0 1.5-.67157 1.5-1.5s-.6716-1.5-1.5-1.5-1.5.67157-1.5 1.5.6716 1.5 1.5 1.5z"></path>
      </svg>
    </span>
    <div class="list-item">
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    </div>
  </div>
</div>

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