Talk:Flexbox

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On 8 June 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Flexbox. The result of the discussion was Moved.

Capitalisation

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Is it actually Flex Box (as a proper noun)? Should it be flex box? Or is the article using something different from the normal sentence casing (per WP:STYLE?)? --Mortense (talk) 18:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

"Flex box", "flex box", "Flexbox", or "flexbox"?

Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Seen: "Flex box", "flex box", "Flexbox", and "flexbox".

What should it be? --Mortense (talk) 11:18, 24 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

There are two possible options:

- Flexible Box Layout Module, as in the W3C documentation.

- Flexbox, as in most publications, such as: Rachel Andrews (A Book Apart, 2017), Estelle Weyl (O'Reilly Media, 2017). Manuel Schmalstieg (talk) 20:00, 30 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 8 June 2025

Latest comment: 2 months ago7 comments7 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 13:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

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CSS Flexible Box Layout → Flexbox – Per WP:COMMONNAME. 240B:C020:622:61DE:48C7:933B:73F6:161A (talk) 08:32, 8 June 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 07:10, 15 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Oppose Most of the sources do not call it that. No proof whatsoever. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:04, 9 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

  A Google Scholar search for "Flexbox" yields 2,930 results [1] whereas "Flexible Box Layout" [2] returns only 300, indicating an overwhelming preference for the former name in reliable sources. 133.106.202.159 (talk) 11:07, 9 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Support Per WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONCISE. Arnav Bhate (talk • contribs) 14:25, 16 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
• Comment: I note

 14:12, 23 January 2019 Kenbellows talk contribs block  54 bytes +54  Kenbellows moved page CSS flex-box layout to CSS Flexible Box Layout: "flex-box" is a vernacular. The full name of the layout method as defined in the spec is "CSS Flexible Box Layout".
14:13, 23 January 2019 Kenbellows talk contribs block  54 bytes +4  ←Changed redirect target from CSS flex-box layout to CSS Flexible Box Layout
21:40, 21 October 2017 Dicklyon talk contribs block  50 bytes +50  Dicklyon moved page CSS Flex Box Layout to CSS flex-box layout: case and punct norm

(those are isolated lines from page histories) and possibly other moves. Hopefully this RM will lead to stability. Dicklyon is currently active and a very respected contributor and may wish to comment, while Kenbellows has not contributed recently (or much). Andrewa (talk) 23:39, 22 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Support. Flexbox is the common name, as seen in the widely-used reference [3], in Rachel Andrew, The New CSS Layout (2017), [4], and in 133.106.202.159's comment above. Adumbrativus (talk) 06:37, 23 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.