column aligment for flex element with max-height

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here is flex element with flex: column wrap; and max-height: 150px;. My problem is that justify-content not working. But working with height: 150px. For container with max-width: 100%; & flex-direction: row; aligment works properly

.container {
  max-height: 150px;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column wrap;
  justify-content: center;
}

.item {
  width: 25%;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
<div class="container">
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
</div>

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1 Answers

Not sure if it's a bug or an intended result but you can fix it if you consider an extra wrapper where you apply the max-height property:

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  width:100%;
}

.item {
  width: 25%;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.extra {
  max-height: 150px;
  display:flex;
}
<div class="extra">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
    <div class="item"></div>
  </div>
</div>

Worth to note that if you consider height instead of max-height it works fine:

.container {
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: column wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 150px;
}

.item {
  width: 25%;
  height: 50px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
<div class="container">
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
  <div class="item"></div>
</div>

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