[css] How to stretch children to fill cross-axis?

I have a left-right flexbox:

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.wrapper {_x000D_
  display: flex;_x000D_
  flex-direction: row;_x000D_
  align-items: stretch;_x000D_
  width: 100%;_x000D_
  height: 70vh;_x000D_
  min-height: 325px; _x000D_
  max-height:570px; _x000D_
}
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<div class="wrapper">_x000D_
  <div class="left">Left</div>_x000D_
  <div class="right">Right</div>_x000D_
</div>
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The problem is that the right child is not behaving responsively. To be specific, I want it to fill the height of the wrapper.

How to accomplish this?

This question is related to css flexbox

The answer is


  • The children of a row-flexbox container automatically fill the container's vertical space.

  • Specify flex: 1; for a child if you want it to fill the remaining horizontal space:

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.wrapper {_x000D_
  display: flex;_x000D_
  flex-direction: row;_x000D_
  align-items: stretch;_x000D_
  width: 100%;_x000D_
  height: 5em;_x000D_
  background: #ccc;_x000D_
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.wrapper > .left_x000D_
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  background: #fcc;_x000D_
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.wrapper > .right_x000D_
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  background: #ccf;_x000D_
  flex: 1; _x000D_
}
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<div class="wrapper">_x000D_
  <div class="left">Left</div>_x000D_
  <div class="right">Right</div>_x000D_
</div>
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  • Specify flex: 1; for both children if you want them to fill equal amounts of the horizontal space:

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.wrapper {_x000D_
  display: flex;_x000D_
  flex-direction: row;_x000D_
  align-items: stretch;_x000D_
  width: 100%;_x000D_
  height: 5em;_x000D_
  background: #ccc;_x000D_
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.wrapper > div _x000D_
{_x000D_
  flex: 1; _x000D_
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.wrapper > .left_x000D_
{_x000D_
  background: #fcc;_x000D_
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.wrapper > .right_x000D_
{_x000D_
  background: #ccf;_x000D_
}
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<div class="wrapper">_x000D_
  <div class="left">Left</div>_x000D_
  <div class="right">Right</div>_x000D_
</div>
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