Talk:Flexbox

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

Capitalisation

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"?

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

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]

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.