css - How can I make Flexbox children 100% height of their parent?

Question

I'm trying to fill the vertical space of a flex item inside a Flexbox.

.container {
  height: 200px;
  width: 500px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
}
.flex-1 {
  width: 100px;
  background-color: blue;
}
.flex-2 {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1;
  background-color: red;
}
.flex-2-child {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: green;
}

<div class="container">
  <div class="flex-1"></div>
  <div class="flex-2">
    <div class="flex-2-child"></div>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Use align-items: stretch

Similar to David Storey's answer, my workaround is:

.flex-2 {
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
}

Note that height: 100% should be removed from the child component (see comments).

Alternatively to align-items, you can use align-self just on the .flex-2-child item you want stretched.