Flexbox - align items baseline in multiple columns - html

Question

is there a way to achieve, that rows in columns side by side are aligned to baseline?
In the example, only "A" is aligned correctly. What I want is to make align baseline also "B" and "C" with the same html structure.
https://jsfiddle.net/hxzuar7f/
I know that something like this will work
<div class="row">
<div class="column">A</div>
<div class="column">A</div>
<div class="column">A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="column">B</div>
<div class="column">B</div>
<div class="column">B</div>
</div>
But I want to work this
<div class="container">
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<h1>A</h1>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>C</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<div>A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
(green lines are correct, red lines are wrong)
this is what I want to achieve with CSS:
this is what I got now:

Answer 1

Solution 1 : column → row
That's because your element are in column instead of inline. The align-items: baseline attribut works when elements are horizontaly align. So the best way to acheive what's on your image is with flex-direction: row like this:
h1, h3, div {
display: flex;
align-items: baseline;
flex-direction: row;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.element {
display: flex;
padding: 20px;
width: 200px;
justify-content: space-between;
}
.container {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
.row {
display: flex;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<h1>A</h1>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>C</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<div>A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<div>A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<h3>B</h3>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>C</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Solution 2 : add a margin-bottom
If you really want to keep element in column, you need to add a margin-bottom to each row element. But remove some padding of h1and h2. Like this:
h1, h3, div {
display: flex;
align-items: baseline;
flex-direction: row;
box-sizing: border-box;
margin:0;
}
.element {
display: flex;
padding: 20px;
width: 200px;
flex-direction: column;
}
.container {
flex-direction: row;
}
.row {
margin-bottom: 40px;
display: flex;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<h1>A</h1>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>C</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<div>A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>B</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="element">
<div class="row">
<div>A</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<h3>B</h3>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div>C</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>