Fit-content width for columns in a flexbox

Question

I have this code here:

#wrapper {
  height: 250px;
  position: relative;
}

#container {
  padding: 1%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-end;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  background-color: gray;
  height: 100%;
}

.item {
  background: skyblue;
  margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
  padding: 1%;
  height: fit-content;
}

<div id="wrapper">
  <div id="container">
    <div class="item">Really really really really really really long</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
  </div>
</div>

As you can see, there is some blank space in front of the second and the third columns.

Is there any way to get rid of that?

Edit: Here is the produced result (Chrome 84):

What I hope to see:

@jinongun Sorry, I was referring to the blank space in front of the columns. — frankly.not.frank, Jul 30 '20 at 04:23
it is not entirely clear what free space you are talking about. can you show a screenshot of the problem area? — s.kuznetsov, Jul 30 '20 at 04:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '20 at 04:39

Does adding align-content: flex-end; to #container do what you want?

#wrapper {
  height: 250px;
  position: relative;
}

#container {
  padding: 1%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-end;
  align-content: flex-end;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  background-color: gray;
  height: 100%;
}

.item {
  background: skyblue;
  margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
  padding: 1%;
  height: fit-content;
}

<div id="wrapper">
  <div id="container">
    <div class="item">Really really really really really really long</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
    <div class="item">Short</div>
  </div>
</div>

Fit-content width for columns in a flexbox

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