---
id: 587d78ad367417b2b2512afb
title: Use the flex-shrink Property to Shrink Items
challengeType: 0
videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/p/pVaDAv/cd3PBfr'
---
## Description
So far, all the properties in the challenges apply to the flex container (the parent of the flex items). However, there are several useful properties for the flex items.
The first is the flex-shrink
property. When it's used, it allows an item to shrink if the flex container is too small. Items shrink when the width of the parent container is smaller than the combined widths of all the flex items within it.
The flex-shrink
property takes numbers as values. The higher the number, the more it will shrink compared to the other items in the container. For example, if one item has a flex-shrink
value of 1 and the other has a flex-shrink
value of 3, the one with the value of 3 will shrink three times as much as the other.
## Instructions
Add the CSS property flex-shrink
to both #box-1
and #box-2
. Give #box-1
a value of 1 and #box-2
a value of 2.
## Tests
```yml
tests:
- text: The #box-1
element should have the flex-shrink
property set to a value of 1.
testString: assert($('#box-1').css('flex-shrink') == '1', 'The #box-1
element should have the flex-shrink
property set to a value of 1.');
- text: The #box-2
element should have the flex-shrink
property set to a value of 2.
testString: assert($('#box-2').css('flex-shrink') == '2', 'The #box-2
element should have the flex-shrink
property set to a value of 2.');
```
## Challenge Seed
## Solution