CSS | flex-wrap property

The CSS flex-wrap property is used to specify whether flex items are forced into a single line or wrapped onto multiple lines. The flex-wrap property allows enabling the control direction in which lines are stacked. It is used to designate a single line or multi-line format to flex items inside the flex container.

Syntax:

flex-wrap: nowrap|wrap|wrap-reverse|initial;

Property Values:

wrap: This property is used to break the flex item into multiples lines. It makes flex items wrap to multiple lines according to flex item width.
Syntax:

flex-wrap: wrap;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<head> 
    <title>flex-wrap property</title> 
    <style> 
        #main { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 300px; 
            border: 5px solid black; 
            display: flex; 
            flex-wrap: wrap; 
        } 
          
        #main div { 
            width: 100px; 
            height: 50px; 
        } 
        h1 { 
            color:#009900; 
            font-size:42px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
        h3 { 
            margin-top:-20px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h3>The flex-wrap:wrap property</h3> 
    <div id="main"> 
        <div style="background-color:#009900;">1</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#00cc99;">2</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#0066ff;">3</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#66ffff;">4</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#660066;">5</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#663300;">6</div> 
    </div> 
</body> 
</html>                     

Output:
flex-wrap property

nowrap: The default value of wrap-flex is nowrap. It is used to specify that the item has no wrap. It makes item wrap in single lines.
Syntax:

flex-wrap: nowrap;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<head> 
    <title>flex-wrap property</title> 
    <style> 
        #main { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 300px; 
            border: 5px solid black; 
            display: flex; 
            flex-wrap: nowrap; 
        } 
          
        #main div { 
            width: 100px; 
            height: 50px; 
        } 
        h1 { 
            color:#009900; 
            font-size:42px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
        h3 { 
            margin-top:-20px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h3>The flex-wrap:nowrap property</h3> 
    <div id="main"> 
        <div style="background-color:#009900;">1</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#00cc99;">2</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#0066ff;">3</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#66ffff;">4</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#660066;">5</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#663300;">6</div> 
    </div> 
</body> 
</html>                     

Output:
flex-wrap property

wrap-reverse: This property is used to reverse the flow of the flex items when they wrap to new lines.
Syntax:

flex-wrap: wrap-reverse;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<head> 
    <title>flex-wrap property</title> 
    <style> 
        #main { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 300px; 
            border: 5px solid black; 
            display: flex; 
            flex-wrap: wrap-reverse; 
        } 
          
        #main div { 
            width: 100px; 
            height: 50px; 
        } 
        h1 { 
            color:#009900; 
            font-size:42px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
        h3 { 
            margin-top:-20px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h3>The flex-wrap:wrap-reverse property</h3> 
    <div id="main"> 
        <div style="background-color:#009900;">1</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#00cc99;">2</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#0066ff;">3</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#66ffff;">4</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#660066;">5</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#663300;">6</div> 
    </div> 
</body> 
</html>                     

Output:
flex wrap property

initial: This property is used to set it as default value.
Syntax:

flex-wrap: initial;

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<head> 
    <title>flex-wrap property</title> 
    <style> 
        #main { 
            width: 400px; 
            height: 300px; 
            border: 5px solid black; 
            display: flex; 
            flex-wrap: initial; 
        } 
          
        #main div { 
            width: 100px; 
            height: 50px; 
        } 
        h1 { 
            color:#009900; 
            font-size:42px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
        h3 { 
            margin-top:-20px; 
            margin-left:50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h3>The flex-wrap:initial property</h3> 
    <div id="main"> 
        <div style="background-color:#009900;">1</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#00cc99;">2</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#0066ff;">3</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#66ffff;">4</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#660066;">5</div> 
        <div style="background-color:#663300;">6</div> 
    </div> 
</body> 
</html>                     

Output:
flex wrap property

Supported Browsers: the browsers supported by flex-wrap property are listed below:

Google Chrome 29.0, 21.0 -webkit-
Internet Explorer 11.0
Firefox 28.0, 18.0 -moz-
Opera 17.0
Safari 9.0, 6.0 -webkit-

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