CSS flex-grow Property

The flex-grow property specifies how much the item will grow relative to the rest of items of the flex container. If all items of the container are specified by the flex-grow factor, then all items share the available space. A flexible item’s main size is either its height or width which depends on the value of flex-direction.

This property is one of the CSS3 properties. It is used with the flex-shrink and flex-basis properties.

If there are no flexible items, flex-grow property won't have any effect.
Initial Value 0
Applies to Flex items, including in-flow pseudo-elements.
Inherited No.
Animatable Yes. Items are animatable.
Version CSS3
DOM Syntax object.style.flexGrow = "3";

Syntax

flex-grow: number | initial | inherit;

Example of the flex-grow property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box {
        width: 320px;
        height: 120px;
        border: 2px solid #cccccc;
        display: -webkit-flex; /* Safari */
        display: flex;
      }
      /* Safari 6.1+ */
      .box div:nth-of-type(1) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(2) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 2;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(3) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(4) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(5) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      /* Standard syntax */
      .box div:nth-of-type(1) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(2) {
        flex-grow: 2;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(3) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(4) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(5) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Flex-grow property example</h2>
    <div class="box">
      <div style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #1c87c9;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #8ebf42;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #cccccc;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #666666;"></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Result

CSS flex-grow Property

Example of the flex-grow property with an item growing by 6 px:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box {
        width: 320px;
        height: 120px;
        border: 2px solid #cccccc;
        display: -webkit-flex; /* Safari */
        display: flex;
      }
      /* Safari 6.1+ */
      .box div:nth-of-type(1) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(2) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 6;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(3) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(4) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(5) {
        -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
      }
      /* Standard syntax */
      .box div:nth-of-type(1) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(2) {
        flex-grow: 6;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(3) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(4) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
      .box div:nth-of-type(5) {
        flex-grow: 1;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Flex-grow property example</h2>
    <div class="box">
      <div style="background-color: #eeeeee;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #1c87c9;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #8ebf42;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #cccccc;"></div>
      <div style="background-color: #666666;"></div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

Value Description Play it
number Specifies how much the item will grow relative to the rest of flexible items of the same container. Default value is 0. Play it »
initial Sets the property to its default value. Play it »
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element.

Browser support

chrome firefox safari opera
29.0+
21-28 -webkit-
28.0+ 9.0+
6.1-8.0 -webkit-
12.1+

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