Balancing flex items with flex-wrap

2026-08-26

Flexbox layouts can sometimes result in orphan items when used with wrapping, which often prompts developers to rely on media queries to avoid this issue. A new CSS feature, `flex-wrap: balance`, helps create more visually appealing layouts by making sure items wrap evenly, alongside the introduction of `flex-line-count` to set a minimum number of lines for wrapped items.