CSS Grid has mostly the same features as Flexbox, but is made for exactly the use case of tabular alignment. Flexbox is made for aligning in one dimension, thus leaving the columns unaligned (or the rows, depending on flex-direction), unless you resort to assigning fixed column widths. Here is an example showing the behavior of Flexbox:

May 30, 2019 · I don't see why you need to use flexbox rather than a table. Anyway you can use CSS Grid layout here just for the sake of not using tables - it is easy to set up for the code in the question. Also using display: contents here - note that it is supported in newer browsers - full support explanation here.

Aug 24, 2013 · The Flexbox model is more powerful than display table. Flexbox supports layouts for right to left languages for example. And yes indeed, flexbox is a bit complex and that's an entry barrier. Float and clearfix layouts are a (clever) hack, somehow in the same way table layouts are a hack, flexbox is meant for layout.

Sep 19, 2017 · Edge still implements older version of Flexbox spec, according to which table cells inside the flex container should be wrapped with an anonymous table box, and this anonymous table becomes the only flex element. According to the newer spec, each table cell becomes the individual flex item.

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Jun 20, 2019 · I have a scenario which requires a complex layout within table header <th> elements. I want to approach the problem by making the <th> elements a flex container. However, if I start w...

I would like to use CSS flexbox on a containing DIV of two tables, and making one of the tables fill the available space using flex-grow. However, it doesn't grow. It seems as though this is becaus...

Feb 3, 2014 · Furthermore, there are circumstances occurring along with Flexbox wrapper and overflowed scrollable content like this codepen. The solution is to add overflow: hidden (or auto); to the parent of the wrapper (set with overflow: auto;) around large contents.

Mar 3, 2023 · The browser starts putting anonymous wrapper boxes around stuff that you will never know about or know how to control. Either put your flexboxes around your tables (i.e. make tables be flex items) or put a flexbox as a div inside your table cells. Don't intermingle them. –

Apr 27, 2015 · .flexbox .red { flex: 0 0 25em; } The flex CSS property is a shorthand property specifying the ability of a flex item to alter its dimensions to fill available space. It contains: