Align Items
Utilities for controlling how flex and grid items are positioned along a container’s cross axis.
Default class reference
Class | Properties |
---|---|
items-start | align-items: flex-start; |
items-end | align-items: flex-end; |
items-center | align-items: center; |
items-baseline | align-items: baseline; |
items-stretch | align-items: stretch; |
Stretch
Use items-stretch
to stretch items to fill the container’s cross axis:
<div class="flex items-stretch ...">
<div class="py-4">1</div>
<div class="py-12">2</div>
<div class="py-8">3</div>
</div>
Start
Use items-start
to align items to the start of the container’s cross axis:
<div class="flex items-start ...">
<div class="h-12">1</div>
<div class="h-24">2</div>
<div class="h-16">3</div>
</div>
Center
Use items-center
to align items along the center of the container’s cross axis:
<div class="flex items-center ...">
<div>1</div>
<div>2</div>
<div>3</div>
</div>
End
Use items-end
to align items to the end of the container’s cross axis:
<div class="flex items-end ...">
<div>1</div>
<div>2</div>
<div>3</div>
</div>
Baseline
Use items-baseline
to align items along the container’s cross axis such that all of their baselines align:
<div class="flex items-baseline ...">
<div class="pt-4 pb-6 ...">1</div>
<div class="pt-6 pb-10 ...">2</div>
<div class="pt-8 pb-4 ...">3</div>
</div>
Responsive
To control the alignment of flex items at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}:
prefix to any existing utility class. For example, use md:items-center
to apply the items-center
utility at only medium screen sizes and above.
<div class="items-stretch md:items-center ...">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
For more information about Tailwind’s responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.
Customizing
Variants
By default, only responsive variants are generated for align-items utilities.
You can control which variants are generated for the align-items utilities by modifying the alignItems
property in the variants
section of your tailwind.config.js
file.
For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
variants: {
extend: {
// ...
+ alignItems: ['hover', 'focus'],
}
}
}
Disabling
If you don’t plan to use the align-items utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the alignItems
property to false
in the corePlugins
section of your config file:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
corePlugins: {
// ...
+ alignItems: false,
}
}