How to change the position of an element in flex container?

Question

I want to take element 3 to the right of the screen. This is an example from W3School:

.flex-container {
      display: flex;
      background-color: DodgerBlue;
    }
    
    .flex-container > div {
      background-color: #f1f1f1;
      margin: 10px;
      padding: 20px;
      font-size: 30px;
    }

<h1>Create a Flex Container</h1>

<div class="flex-container">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>  
</div>

How can I do this when I'm using a flex display?

just use margin-left auto on the 3 child .flex-container > div:nth-of-type(3) { margin-left: auto; } — zeljkoDe, Apr 01 '22 at 11:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '22 at 11:06

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This is somewhat a hack, but it does work JSFiddle

.flex-container {
  display: flex;
  background-color: DodgerBlue;
}

.flex-container > div {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 30px;
}

.flex-container > div:nth-child(3) {
  margin-left:auto;
}

Example

answered Apr 01 '22 at 11:06

Dean Van Greunen

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Wouldn't call this a hack, `margin: auto;` has been used for many years and it's simple and effective. Alternatively you could just use `align-self: flex-end` which basically does the same thing, but I wouldn't consider this a hack :) – Sigurd Mazanti Apr 01 '22 at 11:20
ok lel.......... – Dean Van Greunen Apr 01 '22 at 11:42

Youssouf Oumar · Answer 2 · 2023-02-13T14:42:33.593

You could use the order propriety of flexbox, like below, as an example:

.flex-container {
  display: flex;
  background-color: DodgerBlue;
}

.flex-container > div {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  margin: 10px;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 30px;
}

.flex-container > div:nth-child(3) {
  order: -1;
}

<h1>Create a Flex Container</h1>

<div class="flex-container">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
</div>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '22 at 11:07

.flex-container {
      display: flex;
      background-color: DodgerBlue;
    }
    
    .flex-container > div {
      background-color: #f1f1f1;
      margin: 10px;
      padding: 20px;
      font-size: 30px;
    }

.flex-container > div:nth-child(3){
  margin-left:auto;
}

<h1>Create a Flex Container</h1>

<div class="flex-container">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>  
</div>

How to change the position of an element in flex container?

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