There’sabitmoretoflexboxthanwhatwe’vecoveredhere.CSS-Tricks’“AGuide
toflexbox”^23 digsintoallthepropertiesandvalues.YoucanalsocheckoutPhilip
Walton’s“Solvedbyflexbox,”^24 whichshowcasesseveralUIpatternsthataremade
easierwithflexbox.
Conclusion
Nowthatthischapteriscomplete,youshouldunderstandsomeofthetricksand
challengesofcreatingcomplexlayouts.Specifically,youshouldnowunderstand:
■ whyandhowtousethebox-sizingproperty
■ howstackingcontextsworkandhowtocreatethem
■ whenandhowtousemultiple-columnlayout
■ whatkindsoflayoutchallengesyoucansolvewithflexbox
StackingcontextcomesupagaininChapter 6 ,inwhichwediscusstransforms.But
first,let’slookatCSStransitions.
(^23) https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
(^24) http://philipwalton.github.io/solved-by-flexbox/
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