1. Flexbox & Grid
  2. place-items

Flexbox & Grid

place-items

Utilities for controlling how items are justified and aligned at the same time.

ClassStyles
place-items-start
place-items: start;
place-items-end
place-items: end;
place-items-center
place-items: center;
place-items-baseline
place-items: baseline;
place-items-stretch
place-items: stretch;

Examples

Start

Use place-items-start to place grid items on the start of their grid areas on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 place-items-start gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div>02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

End

Use place-items-end to place grid items on the end of their grid areas on both axes:

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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-end gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div>02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Center

Use place-items-center to place grid items on the center of their grid areas on both axes:

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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-center gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div>02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Stretch

Use place-items-stretch to stretch items along their grid areas on both axes:

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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-stretch gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div>02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Responsive design

Prefix a place-items utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="grid place-items-start md:place-items-center ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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