Using flex to stop elements from overlapping on the same line

November 16, 2021

I have mocked up my issue whereby I have a dropdown that includes "added" options (in black boxes) like so: can I use flex to stop an option splitting over two lines and them bunching up all of the time? I could have any number of options depending on the users input.

.dropdown {
  top: 100%;
  max-width: 150px;
  white-space: normal;
  padding: 0.5rem 0rem;
  margin: 0.125rem 0rem 0rem;
  border: 1px solid grey;
}

.options-wrapper {
  margin-left: 16px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.option {
  padding: 8px;
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  min-width: 120px;
}

<div class="dropdown">
  <div class="options-wrapper">
    <span class="option">Accepted</span>
    <span class="option">In progress</span>
  </div>
</div>

They should behave like so:

>Solution :

Yes. You can use flex to solve this.

All changes were made in .options-wrapper using flex. Also one addition to .option to add margin. I also commented out the max-width to mimic your image.

.dropdown {
  top: 100%;
  /* max-width: 150px; */
  white-space: normal;
  padding: 0.5rem 0rem;
  margin: 0.125rem 0rem 0rem;
  border: 1px solid grey;
}

.options-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
}

.option {
  padding: 8px;
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  min-width: 120px;
  margin: .5rem;
}

<div class="dropdown">
  <div class="options-wrapper">
    <span class="option">Accepted</span>
    <span class="option">In progress</span>
  </div>
</div>