How to display 3 items per row in flexbox?

Question

I have a list and I want to display my li elements horizontally and 3 per row. I\'ve been trying to get what I want, but no luck. Is there a solution?

Answer 1

use that witdh:33% at li section, not in ul section.

Answer 2

I had this same issue, but the selected correct answer did not work cause the my child items needed to have a fix width so here is my solution to show X items of fix width on DISPLAY: FLEX.

// Flex item width required: 215px
// Flex item margin 20px on each side: 215px + 20 + 20 = 255px
// I needed 3(your item per row) so: 255px * 3
// Then to (100% of parent-flex minus 255 * 3) / 2 padding on each side
// So it stays in the center.
padding: 40px calc((100% - (255px * 3)) / 2);

*, *::before, *::after {
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.parent-flex {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: tomato;
  padding: 40px calc((100% - (255px * 3)) / 2);
}

.flex-item {
   height: 100px;
   flex: 0 0 215px;
   margin: 1em 20px;
   border: 2px blue solid;
}

<div class="parent-flex">
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
  <div class="flex-item"></div>
</div>

Answer 3

Erase the width for the ul element and add a width (between 26 and 33%) to li. In addition, use flex-wrap: wrap; to allow them to wrap to new lines:

.serv ul {
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  text-align: left;

}

.serv ul li {
  list-style: none;
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 0;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  width: 30%;}

.serv ul li span {
  padding: 0px;
}

<div class="content-wrap">
  <section id="section-linemove-{{$service->id}}">
    <div class="col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
      <div class="big-title3 small-area">
        <h4>{{$service->title2}}</h4>
      </div>
      <div>
        {!!$service->description!!}
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="serv">
      <ul>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <span class="h3-service">{{$value->title}}</span>
          <p>{!!$value->description!!}</p>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </div>
  </section>
</div>

Answer 4

Flex container:

• You probably want to use display: flex not inline-flex.
• Add flex-wrap: wrap to allow wrapping onto multiple lines.
• Remove width: 33% if you wish it to take entire space avaiable.

For 3 items per row, add on the flex items:

• flex-basis: 33.333333%
• You can also use the flex's shorthand like the following: flex: 0 0 33.333333% => which also means flex-basis: 33.333333%.

.serv ul {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding-left: 0;
}

.serv ul li {
  list-style: none;
  flex: 0 0 33.333333%;
}

<div class="serv">
  <ul>
    <li>1</li>
    <li>2</li>
    <li>3</li>
    <li>4</li>
    <li>5</li>
    <li>6</li>
  </ul>
</div>