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Marcelo Lazaroni
Marcelo Lazaroni

Reputation: 10239

Make flex container expand and overflow its container

How do I make a flex parent with a nowrap flex-wrap expand to fit its content even if that means overflowing whatever is wrapping the parent?

Basically, the content has a min-width, I want the flex parent not to shrink more than the space all the flex items need.

Here is a JSFiddle https://jsfiddle.net/lazamar/odat477r/

.wrapper {
  background-color: yellowgreen;
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
  max-width: 180px;
}

.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  background-color: yellow;
}

.child {
  display: block;
  background-color: orange;
  margin: 10px;
  min-width: 50px;
}
<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="parent">
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 7

Views: 3815

Answers (2)

Michael Benjamin
Michael Benjamin

Reputation: 371231

Using display: inline-flex instead of display: flex is your best bet.

If, for any reason, that's not an option, use CSS positioning properties.

.wrapper {
  background-color: yellowgreen;
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
  max-width: 180px;
  position: relative;             /* new; set bounding box for flex container  */
  min-height: 40px;               /* new */
}

.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  background-color: yellow;
  position: absolute;             /* new; remove flex container from document flow */
}

.child {
  /* display: block;              <-- not necessary */
  background-color: orange;
  margin: 10px;
  min-width: 50px;
}
<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="parent">
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 3

Marcelo Lazaroni
Marcelo Lazaroni

Reputation: 10239

The answer is what t1m0n said. Use display: inline-flex instead of display: flex for the parent.

.wrapper {
  background-color: yellowgreen;
  display: block;
  padding: 10px;
  max-width: 180px;
}
.parent {
  display: inline-flex; /* -- only change --*/
  flex-flow: row nowrap;
  background-color: yellow;
}
.child {
  display: block;
  background-color: orange;
  margin: 10px;
  min-width: 50px;
}
<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="parent">
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
    <div class="child">Content</div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 3

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