The CSS3 Flexible Box model explained

The finished page - although not particularly complex, this has been laid out entirely using Flexible Box Layout properties

The finished page - although not particularly complex, this has been laid out entirely using Flexible Box Layout properties

The way we lay out web pages at the moment is kind of hacky. Whether you work by using floats, positioning or a combination of techniques, there’s always extra work involved in making everything look the way you want – and usually a lot of calculation of margin, height and width. That’s mainly due to the fact that we’re using those CSS properties for tasks they weren’t originally envisioned for. We’ve worked them hard and got some great results, but it really is an awful lot of trouble to go to for something that should be much simpler.

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