CSS Flexbox Introduction
Understand Flexbox from scratch: why it was created, what problems it solves, and how it makes layouts simple and predictable.
David Miller
November 29, 2025
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Flexbox is a **modern layout system**.
It was created because:
- floats were confusing
- centering was hard
- responsive layouts were painful
## What flexbox does
It controls:
- alignment
- spacing
- direction
## Basic setup
```css
.container {
display: flex;
}
```
## UI Visualization
- Items align in one row
- No float needed
## Real-world example
- Navigation bars
- Header layouts
- Cards row
## Important idea
Flexbox works on **parent-child relationship**
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