Flexbox Examples

Example 4

This example uses: display: inline-flex to make the flex container fit the contents.

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CSS 
.flex-container {
    display: inline-flex;
    justify-content: start;
    background-color: indianred;
}

.flex-container > div {
    background-color: powderblue;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    font-size: 30px;
}
HTML 

<div class="flex-container">
    <div>1</div>
    <div>2</div>
    <div>3</div>
</div>

Example 5

This example uses: display: inline-flex and flex-direction: column to make the flex container fit the contents.

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CSS 
.flex-container {
    display: inline-flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: start;
    background-color: indianred;
}

.flex-container > div {
    background-color: powderblue;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    font-size: 30px;
}
HTML 

<div class="flex-container">
    <div>1</div>
    <div>2</div>
    <div>3</div>
</div>