place-items
Utilities for controlling how items are justified and aligned at the same time.
| Class | Styles |
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place-items-start | |
place-items: start; |
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| place-items-end |
place-items: end;
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| place-items-end-safe |
place-items: safe end;
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| place-items-center |
place-items: center;
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| place-items-center-safe |
place-items: safe center;
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| place-items-baseline |
place-items: baseline;
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| place-items-stretch |
place-items: stretch;
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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>
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>
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>
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>
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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