CSS Flexbox - Align Self

Exercise

In the "index.html" file, replace the code with the following:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>CSS</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/styles.css">
</head>

<body>
  <h1>CSS Flexbox</h1>
  <h3>Align Self</h3>
  <!-- flex container -->
  <div class="flex-container">
    <!-- flex items -->
    <div class="box flex-item-1">
      <p>Flex Item 1</p>
    </div>
    <div class="box flex-item-2">
      <p>Flex Item 2</p>
    </div>
    <div class="box flex-item-3">
      <p>Flex Item 3</p>
    </div>
    <div class="box flex-item-4">
      <p>Flex Item 4</p>
    </div>
    <div class="box flex-item-5">
      <p>Flex Item 5</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

</html>

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In the "styles.css" file, replace the code with the following:

.flex-container {
  border: 5px solid blue;
  display: flex;
  margin: 10px;
  height: 500px;
  align-items: center;
}

.box {
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 20px;
}

.flex-item-1 {
  background: red;
}

.flex-item-2 {
  background: green;
  align-self: flex-start;
}

.flex-item-3 {
  background: yellow;
  align-self: flex-end;
}

.flex-item-4 {
  background: purple;
}

.flex-item-5 {
  background: orange;
}

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Code Walkthrough and Explanation

`align-self`

In CSS, the align-self property defines how a flex item aligns itself along the cross-axis of the flex container. It overrides the align-items property of the flex container.

The align-self property can be used on individual flex items and takes the same values as align-items, which are:

flex-start: aligns the flex item to the start of the cross-axis of the flex container.
flex-end: aligns the flex item to the end of the cross-axis of the flex container.
center: centers the flex item along the cross-axis of the flex container.
baseline: aligns the flex item's baseline with the baseline of its parent.
stretch: stretches the flex item to fill the container along the cross-axis. This is the default value.

By default, all flex items have an align-self value of stretch, which means that they will stretch to fill the available space on the cross-axis. If you want a specific flex item to be aligned differently, you can use the align-self property on that item.

Experiment with the Code

Try adding your own boxes and using different values for align-self.

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