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Meaning of flexbox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A CSS3 layout model that allows elements on a web page to be arranged in certain ways within a one-dimensional container.
    uncountable
  2. An HTML element that uses this model.
    countable

Examples

“Internet Explorer 9 does not support flexbox.”
“The contents of a flexbox can be positioned in any direction, can have their order swapped dynamically, and can auto-adjust their sizes and positions based on available space.”
“There's still quite a bit of tumult in the standards recommendations and implementations for flexboxes, but IE10 and Windows 8 has a good, solid implementation of this extremely helpful layout technique.”
“You can nest flexboxes inside each other.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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