---
id: 587d78ae367417b2b2512afc
title: Use the flex-grow Property to Expand Items
challengeType: 0
videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/p/pVaDAv/c2p78cg'
forumTopicId: 301111
dashedName: use-the-flex-grow-property-to-expand-items
---

# --description--

The opposite of `flex-shrink` is the `flex-grow` property. Recall that `flex-shrink` controls the size of the items when the container shrinks. The `flex-grow` property controls the size of items when the parent container expands.

Using a similar example from the last challenge, if one item has a `flex-grow` value of `1` and the other has a `flex-grow` value of `3`, the one with the value of `3` will grow three times as much as the other.

# --instructions--

Add the CSS property `flex-grow` to both `#box-1` and `#box-2`. Give `#box-1` a value of `1` and `#box-2` a value of `2`.

# --hints--

The `#box-1` element should have the `flex-grow` property set to a value of `1`.

```js
assert($('#box-1').css('flex-grow') == '1');
```

The `#box-2` element should have the `flex-grow` property set to a value of `2`.

```js
assert($('#box-2').css('flex-grow') == '2');
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```html
<style>
  #box-container {
    display: flex;
    height: 500px;
  }

  #box-1 {
    background-color: dodgerblue;
    height: 200px;

  }

  #box-2 {
    background-color: orangered;
    height: 200px;

  }
</style>

<div id="box-container">
  <div id="box-1"></div>
  <div id="box-2"></div>
</div>
```

# --solutions--

```html
<style>
  #box-container {
    display: flex;
    height: 500px;
  }

  #box-1 {
    background-color: dodgerblue;
    height: 200px;
    flex-grow: 1;
  }

  #box-2 {
    background-color: orangered;
    height: 200px;
    flex-grow: 2;
  }
</style>

<div id="box-container">
  <div id="box-1"></div>
  <div id="box-2"></div>
</div>
```