how can i change the gap of only element-CodePudding

i am creating something with css flexbox and use gap to give spacing between elements but now i want to change the spacing of only one element like

.container{
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}

.items{
  width: 100px; 
  height: 100px;
  background: red;
  
}

.item-4{
  background: blue;
}

<div >
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
</div>

Now I want to change the gap of blue box to 5px from 20px is there any way to do this

CodePudding user response：

The gap property only applies to flex-parents, not flex-items.

To adjust the spacing of flex-items use an overridden margin property instead.

For flex-direction: horizontal you'll want to set margin-left and margin-right (or margin-inline-start and margin-inline-end).
For flex-direction: vertical you'll want to set margin-top and margin-bottom (or margin-block-start and margin-block-end).
To have a larger effective gap then set any positive margin value.
- e.g. with gap: 5px and margin-left: 1px then the effective gap to the left will be 6px.

To have a smaller effective gap then

Like so:

.container{
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}

.items{
  width: 100px; 
  height: 100px;
  background: red;
  
}

.item-4 {
  background: blue;
  margin-left: -15px; /* Adapt 20px gap to 5px */
  margin-right: -15px; /* Adapt 20px gap to 5px */
}

<div >
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
</div>

CodePudding user response：

.container{
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
}

.items{
  width: 100px; 
  height: 100px;
  background: red;
  
}

.item-4{
  background: blue;
  margin-left: -15px;
}

<div >
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
  <div ></div>
</div>