title: Angular Material - Setting fixed widths?
body: <p>I've been following the Angular Material documentation <a href="https://material.angularjs.org/latest/layout/children" rel="nofollow">here</a> but am having trouble with this section: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>flex="none"   Will not grow or shrink. Sized based on its width and
    height values.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>How do I set the width and the height values? I've tried CSS but they are ignored due to "flex" being enabled. </p>
  
  <p>Sorry if this is a stupid question - the documentation just doesn't say how to do this?</p>