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flex-shrink

Utilities for controlling how flex items shrink.

ClassStyles
shrink
flex-shrink: 1;

| | shrink-<number> |

flex-shrink: <number>;

| | shrink-[<value>] |

flex-shrink: <value>;

| | shrink-(<custom-property>) |

flex-shrink: var(<custom-property>);

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Use shrink to allow a flex item to shrink if needed:

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<div class="flex ...">  <div class="h-14 w-14 flex-none ...">01</div>  <div class="h-14 w-64 shrink ...">02</div>  <div class="h-14 w-14 flex-none ...">03</div></div>

Use shrink-0 to prevent a flex item from shrinking:

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<div class="flex ...">  <div class="h-16 flex-1 ...">01</div>  <div class="h-16 w-32 shrink-0 ...">02</div>  <div class="h-16 flex-1 ...">03</div></div>

Use the shrink-[<value>] syntax to set the flex shrink factor based on a completely custom value:

<div class="shrink-[calc(100vw-var(--sidebar))] ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

For CSS variables, you can also use the shrink-(<custom-property>) syntax:

<div class="shrink-(--my-shrink) ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

This is just a shorthand for shrink-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

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

<div class="shrink md:shrink-0 ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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