What is the best way to maintain the position of components (such as a Card component) when one is expanded in a Material-UI and ReactJS project

Currently, I am working with an expandable Card component from Material-UI and using flex for aligning the components. However, when one card expands, it affects the positioning of the other components in the row:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/vGxBU.png

What I want is for the unexpanded cards to maintain their positions without creating empty spaces when a card is expanded, like this:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/SgfJC.png

I have searched for a solution but haven't found one yet. Any help or suggestions would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

Here's a snippet of the code for the first row (the second row follows the same format):

<div style={{display:'flex'}}>
          <div style={{flex: '1 0'}}>
          <Card style={{ marginLeft: 30, marginRight: 30}}>
            <CardHeader
              title="Card 1"
              subtitle="Subtitle 1"
              actAsExpander={true}
              showExpandableButton={true}
            />
            <CardMedia 
              expandable={true} 
            >
              <img src="image1.PNG" />
            </CardMedia>

            <CardText expandable={true}>
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
            Donec mattis pretium massa. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nulla facilisi.
            Donec vulputate interdum sollicitudin. Nunc lacinia auctor quam sed pellentesque.
            Aliquam dui mauris, mattis quis lacus id, pellentesque lobortis odio.
            </CardText>
            <CardActions expandable={true}>
              <FlatButton label="Action 1" />
              <FlatButton label="Action 2" />
            </CardActions>
          </Card>
          </div>

        &nbsp;

          <div style={{flex: '1 0'}}>
          <Card style={{ marginRight: 30}}>
            <CardHeader
              title="Card 2"
              subtitle="Subtitle 2"
              actAsExpander={true}
              showExpandableButton={true}
            />
            <CardMedia 
              expandable={true}
            >
              <img src="image2.PNG" />
            </CardMedia>
            <CardText expandable={true}>
              Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
              Donec mattis pretium massa. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nulla facilisi.
              Donec vulputate interdum sollicitudin. Nunc lacinia auctor quam sed pellentesque.
              Aliquam dui mauris, mattis quis lacus id, pellentesque lobortis odio.
            </CardText>
            <CardActions expandable={true}>
              <FlatButton label="Action1" />
              <FlatButton label="Action2" />
            </CardActions>
          </Card>
          </div>

        &nbsp;

        <div style={{flex: '1 0'}}>
        <Card style={{ marginRight: 30}}>
          <CardHeader
            title="Card 3"
            subtitle="Subtitle 3"
            actAsExpander={true}
            showExpandableButton={true}
          />

          <CardMedia 
            expandable={true}
          >
            <img src="image3.PNG" />
          </CardMedia>

          <CardText expandable={true}>
            Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
            Donec mattis pretium massa. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nulla facilisi.
            Donec vulputate interdum sollicitudin. Nunc lacinia auctor quam sed pellentesque.
            Aliquam dui mauris, mattis quis lacus id, pellentesque lobortis odio.
          </CardText>
          <CardActions expandable={true}>
            <FlatButton label="Action1" />
            <FlatButton label="Action2" />
          </CardActions>
        </Card>
        </div>
      </div>

Answer №1

For those interested in a unique layout, consider exploring a masonry design, with an example provided here. In modern browsers, a CSS-only approach can be utilized, or the JS fallback method as detailed in the referenced article.

To determine browser compatibility for column-count and column-gap, refer to caniuse.

This may not offer an exact solution to every issue (as elements can shift between columns), but it does provide a layout that eliminates spacing among elements within a column.

HTML

<div class="masonry">
  <div class="item">
    <Card>
    ...
    </Card>
  </div>
  <div class="item">
    <Card>
    ...
    </Card>
  </div>
  ...
</div>

CSS

.masonry {
    column-count: 3;
    -webkit-column-count: 3;
    -moz-column-count: 3;
    column-gap: 1em;
    -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
    -moz-column-gap: 1em;
}

.item {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0 0 1em;
    width: 100%;
}

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