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<title>flexbox | flex: N 1 auto | shrinking</title>
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<style>
div {
	background: blue;
	margin: 1em 0;
	border: 1px solid black;
	height: 8em;
	width: 16em;

	display: flex;
}
span {
	background: white;
	margin: 1em 0;
	width: 5em;
	display: inline-block;

	flex: 4 1 auto;
}
span:nth-child(1) {background: yellow;}
span:nth-child(2) {background: pink;}
span:nth-child(3) {background: lightblue;}
span:nth-child(4) {background: grey;}
</style>

<div>
	<span>one</span>
	<span>two</span>
	<span>three</span>
	<span>four</span>
</div>