Div with max width, in case 1 child, also in case 2 childs or 3 childs, with flex

Question

I have a parent div, that at least contains one child. In some cases it will contain 2 children and in the last case it will contain 3 children. I would like to achieve that in all three cases the children expand to the 100% width.

Case1 Here childrenA should be width:100%

Case2 Here childrenA should be width:50% and childrenB should be width:50%

Case3 Here childrenA should be width:33%, childrenB should be width:33% and childrenC should be width:33%

user_18077529 · Answer

Yeah width can be set automatically with the help of flex box assuming the height of the child elements is specified;

on Parent div

 .parent {
  display:flex;
 }

assuming the height of children divs to be 100px,we can do

 .childrenA{
  background-color:violet;
  height:100px;
  flex:1;
}

.childrenB{
  background-color:grey;
  height:100px;
  flex:1;
}

.childrenC{
  background-color:green;
  height:100px;
  flex:1;
}

flex:1 is a shorthand for

 flex-grow : 1;    ➜ The div will grow in same proportion as the window-size       
flex-shrink : 1;  ➜ The div will shrink in same proportion as the window-size 
flex-basis : 0;   ➜ The div does not have a starting value as such and will 
                     take up screen as per the screen size available for
                     e.g:- if 3 divs are in the wrapper then each div will take 33%.

.childrenA {
  background-color: violet;
  height: 100px;
  flex: 1;
}

.childrenB {
  background-color: grey;
  height: 100px;
  flex: 1;
}

.childrenC {
  background-color: green;
  height: 100px;
  flex: 1;
}

.parent {
  display: flex;
}

Div with max width, in case 1 child, also in case 2 childs or 3 childs, with flex

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