Gain insights into designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox. Delve into Box Model basics, Flexbox containers, and item alignment, and apply your knowledge to create stunning, mobile-first websites.

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In this course, you will get hands-on experience in designing mobile-responsive web layouts using Flexbox. You will start with the basics like the Box Model and the process of layouting.

You will then move on to advanced concepts such as Flexbox containers, and aligning individual Flexbox items. Near the end of the course, you will put everything you just learned into practice. You will work on a project that focuses on developing a mobile-first website where you’ll experiment with page layout, headers, footers, and a lot more.

By the end of this course, you will be able to use Flexbox in your own projects to create beautiful layouts.

Designing Web Layouts with CSS and Flexbox

# `flex-shrink` and `min-width`

Consider the following Flex container:

```html
<div class="container">
  <div class="item">Item 1</div>
  <div class="item">Item 2</div>
  <div class="item">Item 3</div>
  <div class="item">Item 4</div>
</div>
``` 

Instead of applying a fixed width, suppose we apply a `min-width` to the Flex-items. 

To see the container, let's add a lower fixed height to the items. This way, the items won't stretch to fix the full height of the container: 

```css
.container {
    display: flex;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: darkgreen;
}

.item {
    min-width: 100px;
    height: 80px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background-color: lightblue;
}
```



# `flex-shrink` and `min-width`

Consider the following Flex container:

```html
<div>
  <div>Item 1</div>
  <div>Item 2</div>
  <div>Item 3</div>
  <div>Item 4</div>
</div>
``` 

Instead of applying a fixed width, suppose we apply a `min-width` to the Flex-items. 

To see the container, let's add a lower fixed height to the items. This way, the items won't stretch to fix the full height of the container: 

```css
.container {
    display: flex;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: darkgreen;
}

.item {
    min-width: 100px;
    height: 80px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background-color: lightblue;
}
```



In this lesson, we will learn how the min-width property affects shrinking, then experiment with width or flex-basis instead of min-width.

Getting Started

Using Flexbox Containers

Aligning Individual Flexbox Items

Designing a Mobile-first Website Using Flexbox

Flexbox Conclusion and Next Steps

Flex-shrink Exercise

`flex-shrink` and `min-width`

Flex-shrink Exercise

flex-shrink and min-width

`flex-shrink` and `min-width`