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Align Content

Utilities for controlling how rows are positioned in multi-row flex and grid containers.

Default class reference

Class
Properties
content-centeralign-content: center;
content-startalign-content: flex-start;
content-endalign-content: flex-end;
content-betweenalign-content: space-between;
content-aroundalign-content: space-around;
content-evenlyalign-content: space-evenly;

Start

Use content-start to pack rows in a container against the start of the cross axis:

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<div class="h-48 flex content-start ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
</div>

Center

Use content-center to pack rows in a container in the center of the cross axis:

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<div class="h-48 flex content-center ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
</div>

End

Use content-end to pack rows in a container against the end of the cross axis:

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<div class="h-48 flex content-end ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
</div>

Space between

Use content-between to distribute rows in a container such that there is an equal amount of space between each line:

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<div class="h-48 flex content-between ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
</div>

Space around

Use content-around to distribute rows in a container such that there is an equal amount of space around each line:

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<div class="h-48 flex content-around ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
</div>

Responsive

To control the alignment of flex content at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing utility class. For example, use md:content-around to apply the content-around utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="content-start md:content-around ...">
  <!-- ... -->
</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-content utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the align-content utilities by modifying the alignContent 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: {
        // ...
+       alignContent: ['hover', 'focus'],
      }
    }
  }

Disabling

If you don't plan to use the align-content utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the alignContent property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    corePlugins: {
      // ...
+     alignContent: false,
    }
  }
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