Reducing Risk of Layout Overflow

Flexbox excels as a layout tool in reducing the risk of overflow. Unlike grid items, flex items of independently variable widths can be wrapped onto new rows as necessary. The ability for content to re-arrange itself upon collision is a critical tool for building responsively without media queries.

While the grid layout we explored did technically wrap, there isn't an explicit wrapping property for the grid. We achieved wrapping thanks to the use of auto-fit ( auto-fill would also be an option). With more defined grid tracks, such as grid-template-columns: 100px 300ch 1fr ...