CSS Question
can't get align-self to work in a flexbox container
My code is below.
/* Global */
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
}
/* Container */
#container {
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
/* About Me */
.about-me {
width: 100vw;
height: 50vh;
background-color: #9b59b6;
}
.my-information {
text-align: center;
align-self: flex-end;
}
/* Blog Posts */
.blog-posts {
width: 100vw;
height: 50vh;
background-color: #3498db;
}
/* Media Query (Desktop And Bigger) */
@media (min-width: 1100px) {
/* Container */
#container {
flex-direction: row;
}
/* About Me */
.about-me {
height: 100vh;
}
/* Blog Posts */
.blog-posts {
height: 100vh;
}
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Meta -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- Title -->
<title>Saad Al-Sabbagh</title>
<!-- CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<!-- Container -->
<div id="container">
<div class="about-me">
<div class="my-information">
<h1>A person</h1>
<p>Front-End Web Developer, Blogger and an author on
<a href="#">SitePoint</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blog-posts">
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
I am trying to create a simple two column website using flexbox, I've heard a lot of bad stories where I shouldn't use flexbox for complete site layouts but I believe layout as simple as this would be better off using a flexbox.
I have a div as you can see with the class .my-information and i am trying to align-self it to the bottom of the flex container .about-me, but it doesn't seem to work.
Answer Source
You also need to add display: flex on about div and to center elements you can use justify-content: center.
#container {
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.about-me {
width: 100vw;
height: 50vh;
display: flex; /*Added*/
justify-content: center; /*Added*/
background-color: #9b59b6;
}
.my-information {
text-align: center;
align-self: flex-end;
}
.blog-posts {
width: 100vw;
height: 50vh;
background-color: #3498db;
}<div id="container">
<div class="about-me">
<div class="my-information">
<h1>A person</h1>
<p>Front-End Web Developer, Blogger and an author on
<a href="#">SitePoint</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blog-posts"></div>
</div>