What are the completely new things you can do with Flexbox that you couldn't have done before using only CSS (no layout changes). I understand that Flexbox makes many layout problems much simpler and easier to maintain, but I am also interested in knowing what unique features it brings that were completely impossible before. After reading some articles, I still can not crystallize any detailed list in my mind, so far I can only come with 2:
- Mixing elements layout with fixed and relative sizes. In many cases, this can be done using the
calc function (although it will quickly become erratic), but I think that some borderline cases cannot be compensated without adding extra markup (or am I mistaken if this is possible?) - Displaying things in an order completely independent of the original order
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