Welcome to our lesson on CSS Layout Techniques. We'll delve into the capabilities of Flexbox and Grid, techniques that are crucial to shaping modern, responsive web designs. Initially, we'll explore Flexbox, which is ideal for row or column layouts. After that, we'll focus on CSS Grid, renowned for its proficiency in two-dimensional layouts. Our primary goal? To facilitate the creation of beautiful, responsive Flexbox and Grid layouts with ease.
CSS Flexible Box Layout, often shortened to Flexbox, simplifies the process of layout design. It provides control over how items align, both horizontally and vertically, and specifies how they grow, shrink, and distribute space. Let's examine a flex container:
In this context, the flex-direction property is used to switch between row and column layouts:
