---
category: Display
created: '2019-11-16'
description: Create a media object with CSS flexbox
keywords: css flexbox, media object
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/media-object.png
title: Media object
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="media-object">
    <!-- Media object -->
    <div class="media-object__media">...</div>
    <!-- Main content -->
    <div class="media-object__content">...</div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.media-object {
    /* Align sub-items to top */
    align-items: start;
    display: flex;
}

.media-object__media {
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}

.media-object__content {
    /* Take the remaining width */
    flex: 1;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.lines {
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
    width: 100%;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
}
.line {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
}
.line.line--20 {
    width: 20%;
}
.line.line--40 {
    width: 40%;
}
.line.line--60 {
    width: 60%;
}
.line.line--80 {
    width: 80%;
}
.line.line--100 {
    width: 100%;
}
.square {
    background: #d1d5db;
    height: var(--square-size);
    width: var(--square-size);
}
.square--sm {
    --square-size: 0.5rem;
}
.square--md {
    --square-size: 2rem;
}
.square--lg {
    --square-size: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}
.media-object {
    /* Align sub-items to top */
    align-items: start;
    display: flex;

    /* Demo */
    width: 16rem;
}

.media-object__media {
    margin-right: 0.5rem;
}

.media-object__content {
    /* Take the remaining width */
    flex: 1;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="media-object">
    <div class="media-object__media">
        <div class="square square--md"></div>
    </div>
    <div class="media-object__content">
        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>

        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>

        <div class="lines">
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
            <div class="line line--80"></div>
            <div class="line line--40"></div>
            <div class="line line--60"></div>
            <div class="line line--20"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
```
</Playground>