How can we shrink middle flex item?

Question

I am trying to make a layout from flexbox. I have 3 column of boxes which have following layout till they reach mobile layout where they will stack on top of another. But before I reach mobile layout I am trying to shrink all the items proportionally. (i.e when I reduce the browsers width, it should equally be small). But only the left and right items are equally reducing except the middle item. How do I make that shrink so that all the items proportionally shrink while reducing browsers width?

CODE GOES HERE

.container {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding-top: 80px;
}

.box {
  width: 400px;
  /*   min-width: 280px; */
  height: 400px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  border: 1px solid black;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: cursive;
  box-shadow: 1px 4px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.box1 {
  background: grey;
}
.box2 {
  background: green;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.box3 {
  background: greenyellow;
}
.box4 {
  background: orange;
}
.middle-part {
  margin: 0px 20px;
  /*   min-width: 280px; */
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="box box1">
    I am box1
  </div>
  <div class="middle-part">
    <div class="box box2">
      I am box2
    </div>
    <div class="box box3">
      I am box3
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="box box4">
    I am box4
  </div>
</div>

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '21 at 12:04

If you want it to shrink dynamically, you need to remove the width set. Add flex-grow: 1 on .box and .middle-part to make it grow. In addition, padding-top only accept 1 value, so perhaps some typos there.

.container {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  padding-top: 80px 40px; /* padding top only accept 1 value */
}
.middle-part {
  flex-grow: 1;
}
.box {
  flex-grow: 1;
  /*   min-width: 280px; */
  height: 400px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  border: 1px solid black;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-family: cursive;
  box-shadow: 1px 4px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}
.box1 {
  background: grey;
}
.box2 {
  background: green;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.box3 {
  background: greenyellow;
}
.box4 {
  background: orange;
}
.middle-part {
  margin: 0px 20px;
  /*   min-width: 280px; */
}

<body>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="box box1">
      I am box1
    </div>
    <div class="middle-part">
      <div class="box box2">
        I am box2
      </div>
      <div class="box box3">
        I am box3
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="box box4">
      I am box4
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

Yeah, I got that now ! I removed the width as you have instructed. But that caused the box to be oversized because that is how flex-grow works. So I added max-width to set that out. Not working fine. Thanks ! — Biebk, Sep 01 '21 at 14:51
But would mind explaining how that is working? I am little confused ! — Biebk, Sep 01 '21 at 14:59
@Biek which part do you not understand? I can add it to my answer. — TYeung, Sep 01 '21 at 15:00

How can we shrink middle flex item?

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