The HTML DOM Style flexDirection property is used to set or return the direction of placement of flex elements.
Following is the syntax for −
Setting the flexDirection property −
object.style.flexDirection = "row|row-reverse|column|column-reverse|initial|inherit"
The above properties are explained as follows −
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| row | Thisdisplays the flex items as row horizontally and is the defaultvalue. |
| row-reverse | Thisdisplays the flex items horizontally but in reverse order of row. |
| column | Displaysthe flex items as a column, vertically. |
| column-reverse | Thisdisplays the flex items vertically but in reverse order of column. |
| initial | Forsetting this property to initial value. |
| inherit | Toinherit the parent property value |
Let us look at an example for the flexDirection property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#demo {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px #a323c3;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column-reverse;
}
#demo div {
margin: auto;
border: thin solid green;
}
</style>
<script>
function changeFlexDirection() {
document.getElementById("demo").style.flexDirection="row-reverse";
document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML="The flex direction for the container div is changed to row-reverse";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="demo">
<div>1 <img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/3d.png"></div>
<div>2 <img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/blockchain.png"></div>
<div>3 <img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/css.png"></div>
<div>4 <img src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/reactjs.png"></div>
</div>
<p>Change the above container div flex direction by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="changeFlexDirection()">Change Flex Direction</button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
</body>
</html>Output
On clicking the “Change Flex Direction” button −
