---
category: Display
created: '2019-11-25'
description: Create a property list with CSS flexbox
keywords: css flexbox, property list
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/property-list.png
title: Property list
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<!-- A property item -->
<dl class="property-list">
    <!-- Property name -->
    <dt class="property-list__key">...</dt>

    <!-- Property value -->
    <dd class="property-list__value">...</dd>
</dl>

<!-- Repeat other items -->
...
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.property-list {
    /* Content is center horizontally */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;

    border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db;

    /* Spacing */
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0.25rem 0;
}
.property-list__key {
    /* Take the available width */
    flex: 1;
}
.property-list__value {
    margin-left: 0.5rem;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.circle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: var(--circle-size);
    width: var(--circle-size);
}
.circle--sm {
    --circle-size: 0.5rem;
}
.circle--md {
    --circle-size: 1.5rem;
}
.circle--lg {
    --circle-size: 4rem;
}
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}
.property-list {
    /* Content is center horizontally */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;

    border-bottom: 1px solid #d1d5db;

    /* Spacing */
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0.5rem 0;

    width: 16rem;
}
.property-list__key {
    /* Take the remaining width */
    flex: 1;
}
.property-list__value {
    margin-left: 0.5rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<dl class="property-list">
    <dt class="property-list__key"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div></dt>
    <dd class="property-list__value"><div class="circle circle--sm"></div></dd>
</dl>

<dl class="property-list">
    <dt class="property-list__key"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div></dt>
    <dd class="property-list__value"><div class="circle circle--sm"></div></dd>
</dl>

<dl class="property-list">
    <dt class="property-list__key"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div></dt>
    <dd class="property-list__value"><div class="circle circle--sm"></div></dd>
</dl>

<dl class="property-list">
    <dt class="property-list__key"><div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div></dt>
    <dd class="property-list__value"><div class="circle circle--sm"></div></dd>
</dl>
```
</Playground>