Vertical centering with flexbox

by Pavel Richter

HTML

<div class="flex-container">
  <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
    <!-- Article -->
    <article>
      <div class="flex-container">
        <div class="flex-column">
          <img src="http://dummyimage.com/100x100/000/fff" alt="Image" class="image">
        </div>
        <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
          <header class="header">
            <h2>A short title</h2>
          </header>
        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
  
  <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
    <!-- Article -->
    <article>
      <div class="flex-container">
        <div class="flex-column">
          <img src="http://dummyimage.com/100x100/000/fff" alt="Image" class="image">
        </div>
        <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
          <header class="header">
            <h2>A long long long long title</h2>
          </header>
        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
  
  <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
    <!-- Article -->
    <article>
      <div class="flex-container">
        <div class="flex-column">
          <img src="http://dummyimage.com/100x100/000/fff" alt="Image" class="image">
        </div>
        <div class="flex-column flex-column-auto">
          <header class="header">
            <h2>A super long long long long long title</h2>
          </header>
        </div>
      </div>
    </article>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

/* Layout */

.flex-container {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -moz-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;
  
  -webkit-flex-direction: row;
  -ms-flex-direction: row;
  flex-direction: row;
  
  -webkit-flex-wrap: wrap;
  -ms-flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  align-items: center;
  
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.flex-column {
  -webkit-flex-direction: column;
  -ms-flex-direction: column;
  flex-direction: column;
  
  -webkit-flex-grow: 0;
  flex-grow: 0;
  
  -webkit-flex-shrink: 0;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -moz-box-orient: vertical;
  
  -webkit-box-flex: 0;
  -moz-box-flex: 0;
}

.flex-column-auto {
  -webkit-flex-grow: 1;
  flex-grow: 1;
  
  -webkit-flex-basis: 0;
  -ms-flex-preferred-size: 0;
  flex-basis: 0;
  
  width: auto;
  max-width: 100%;
}

/* Style */

.image {
  border-radius: 50px;
}

.header {
  padding: 20px;
}