Two columns flex-box layout

Question

I need create layout which will contain list of items in two columns. Like i showed below:

 .container { border: 1px solid red; height: 300px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap; }.item { border: 1px dashed blue; height: 50px; }

 <div class="container"> <div class="item">1</div> <div class="item">2</div> <div class="item">3</div> <div class="item">4</div> <div class="item">5</div> <div class="item">6</div> <div class="item">7</div> <div class="item">8</div> </div>

But there is a problem with such layout. If there will be only 1 item - it will take full width. And i need to keep columns even if there are a few items.

Answer 1

You can set a max-width for the item, equal to 50%. This will keep it, almost, the same width no matter what. I say almost because you also have borders set.

In order to keep the width exactly the same, you also have to set box-sizing: border-box for item.

So, your code will be:

.item {
  border: 1px dashed blue;
  height: 50px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  max-width: 50%;
}

 .container { border: 1px solid red; height: 300px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap; } .item { border: 1px dashed blue; height: 50px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 50%; }

 <div class="container"> <div class="item">1</div> <div class="item">2</div> <div class="item">3</div> <div class="item">4</div> <div class="item">5</div> <div class="item">6</div> <div class="item">7</div> <div class="item">8</div> </div>

Answer 2

If you want to create fixed two columns without changing on dependencies (like device responsive), you don't need to use Flex

try this one on child element's

.childs {
display: inline-block;
max-width:50%;
width: 100%;
}