{"id":2036,"date":"2016-09-25T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T14:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cssreset.com\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2016-09-25T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T14:46:53","slug":"css3s-justify-content-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/css3s-justify-content-property\/","title":{"rendered":"CSS3&#8217;s Justify-Content Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CSS3&#8217;s justify-content property is a really useful way to make space around the items within an element that has been defined as a flexible container. \u00a0Basically, it tells the elements within the flex container how much space should appear between them and the flexbox\/the other items within the container. The default value is flex-start, which tells the elements to start at the beginning of the container.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the other values that justify-content takes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>flex-end: to position elements at the end of the container<\/li>\n<li>center: to position elements in the center of the container<\/li>\n<li>space-between: to position elements with space between the borders<\/li>\n<li>space-around: to position elements with space all around (before, after, and between) the borders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you plan on using <a href=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/\/using-css-flexbox-in-responsive-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">flexbox<\/a> as a CSS tool (which is highly recommended &#8211; it&#8217;s very dynamic in creating responsive layouts and grids), it&#8217;s definitely important that you also understand how to use it properly. Check out the code below to see it in action:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ig-sh-1\" class=\"syntax_hilite\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"toolbar\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"view-different-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"view-different\">&lt; View <span>plain text<\/span> &gt;<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"language-name\">css<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<br clear=\"both\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"code\">\r\n\t\t<ol class=\"css\" style=\"font-family:monospace\"><li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">.main-div<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">width<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">400px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">height<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">150px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">border<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">1px<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">solid<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc00cc\">#000<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">display<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> flex<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">justify-content<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> space-around<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\">.element<span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#123;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">width<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">60px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">height<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">30px<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-weight: bold\">border<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #933\">1px<\/span> <span style=\"color: #993333\">solid<\/span> <span style=\"color: #cc00cc\">#0096aa<\/span><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: normal;vertical-align:top\"><div style=\"font: normal normal 1em\/1.2em monospace;margin:0;padding:0;background:none;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color: #00AA00\">&#125;<\/span><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2037 aligncenter\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-09-10 at 12.15.40 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-10-at-12.15.40-AM.png\" width=\"826\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-10-at-12.15.40-AM.png 826w, https:\/\/cssdeck.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-10-at-12.15.40-AM-300x117.png 300w, 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