Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Style flexDirection Property

The flexDirection property sets or gets the direction of the flexible items.

Browser Support


`flexDirection`	Yes	10	Yes	Yes (WebkitFlexDirection)	Yes

Syntax

Return the flexDirection property:

var v = object.style.flexDirection

Set the flexDirection property:

object.style.flexDirection='row|row-reverse|column|column-reverse|initial|inherit'

Property Values

row: Default value. display flexible items horizontally as a row
row-reverse: As row in reverse order
column: display flexible items vertically as a column
column-reverse: As column in reverse order

Technical Details

Default Value:	row
Return Value:	A string representing the flex-direction property
CSS Version	CSS3

Example

The following code shows how to rearrange the direction of the flexible items.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style> 
#main {<!-- w w w  .jav a  2 s.co m-->
    width: 350px;
    height: 150px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    display: -webkit-flex; /* Safari */
    -webkit-flex-direction: row; /* Safari 6.1+ */
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: row;
}

#main div {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id="main">
  <div style="background-color:coral;">A</div>
  <div style="background-color:yellow;">B</div>
  <div style="background-color:red;">C</div>
  <div style="background-color:pink;">D</div>
  <div style="background-color:blue;">E</div>
  <div style="background-color:lightgreen;">F</div>
</div>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("main").style.WebkitFlexDirection = "column-reverse"; // Safari 6.1+
    document.getElementById("main").style.flexDirection = "column-reverse";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: