1. Flexbox & Grid
  2. place-self

Flexbox & Grid

place-self

Utilities for controlling how an individual item is justified and aligned at the same time.

ClassStyles
place-self-auto
place-self: auto;
place-self-start
place-self: start;
place-self-end
place-self: end;
place-self-center
place-self: center;
place-self-stretch
place-self: stretch;

Examples

Auto

Use place-self-auto to align an item based on the value of the container's place-items property:

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

Start

Use place-self-start to align an item to the start on both axes:

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

Center

Use place-self-center to align an item at the center on both axes:

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

End

Use place-self-end to align an item to the end on both axes:

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

Stretch

Use place-self-stretch to stretch an item on both axes:

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

Responsive design

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

<div class="place-self-start md:place-self-end ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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