Hiding element with max-width:0?-CodePudding

There is one li element which I want to hide such that later I can apply special transition effect of expanding out. However, I still can't wrap my head around why max-width:0 works in this case while width:0 doesn't(the space occupied just disappears). I checked the property of width, max-width, min-width in dev tool and found out min-width is defaulting to auto greater than the 0 value of width and max-width. According to the spec on MDN, shouldn't min-width:auto wins?(which means the max-width:0 shouldn't take any effect).
Here is the link to the codepen

 &__logo {
    color: black;
    // width:0 doesn't work
    max-width: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: white;
    transition: all 0.5s;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 30px;
  }

CodePudding user response：

this flex property is messing with what you're attempting to do here

&__list-item {
text-align: center;
display: flex;
/* flex: 1; */   

//if you comment out the line above it should work 
fine i guess

justify-content: center;
align-items: center;

}