Flex
Used to manage flex layouts
Control one-dimensional alignment, growth and wrapping. Keep visual order compatible with reading and keyboard order, and let long-text children shrink.
Installation and initialization
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
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Complete native usage example
This is the actual pinned example, not a generic API mock. Copy its source closure and retain the named export. Additional imports are listed per example below.
import { Flex } from "@chakra-ui/react"
import { DecorativeBox } from "compositions/lib/decorative-box"
export const FlexBasic = () => {
return (
<Flex gap="4">
<DecorativeBox height="10" />
<DecorativeBox height="10" />
<DecorativeBox height="10" />
</Flex>
)
}
All examples and reproduction requirements
Names identify demos, not component variant props. Copy every sourceFiles entry for the selected example. The compositions alias denotes local files, not a package. Preserve relative imports or rewrite the alias to your project's actual path. React peers are inspected separately; editor examples retain the coherent pinned Tiptap extension family.
Basic
flex-basic · Named export FlexBasic · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-basic.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Direction
flex-with-direction · Named export FlexWithDirection · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-direction.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Align
flex-with-align · Named export FlexWithAlign · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-align.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Justify
flex-with-justify · Named export FlexWithJustify · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-justify.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Order
flex-with-order · Named export FlexWithOrder · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-order.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Auto Margin
flex-with-auto-margin · Named export FlexWithAutoMargin · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-auto-margin.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
With Spacer
flex-with-spacer · Named export FlexWithSpacer · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-spacer.tsx
With Wrap
flex-with-wrap · Named export FlexWithWrap · original upstream example
npm install @chakra-ui/react@3.37.0 @emotion/react@11.14.0
vendor/apps/compositions/src/examples/flex-with-wrap.tsxvendor/apps/compositions/src/lib/decorative-box.tsx
Native API and source references
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npm/@chakra-ui/react@3.37.0/dist/types/components/flex/flex.d.tsnpm/@chakra-ui/react@3.37.0/dist/types/components/flex/index.d.ts
State and installation checks
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Provenance and license boundaries
https://github.com/chakra-ui/chakra-ui/tree/2e7517745cff2fcde0b8012f136cf99611ff262a
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