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extends: _layouts.markdown
title: "Display – Flexbox"
category: "Flexbox"
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# Display

<div class="text-xl text-slate-light mb-4">
    Utilities for creating flex containers.
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@include('_partials.feature-badges', [
    'responsive' => true,
    'customizable' => false,
    'hover' => false,
    'focus' => false
])

<div class="border-t border-grey-lighter">
    <table class="w-full text-left" style="border-collapse: collapse;">
      <colgroup>
        <col class="w-1/4">
        <col class="w-1/4">
        <col class="w-1/2">
      </colgroup>
        <thead>
          <tr>
              <th class="text-sm font-semibold text-grey-darker p-2 bg-grey-lightest">Class</th>
              <th class="text-sm font-semibold text-grey-darker p-2 bg-grey-lightest">Properties</th>
              <th class="text-sm font-semibold text-grey-darker p-2 bg-grey-lightest">Description</th>
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        </thead>
        <tbody class="align-baseline">
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.flex</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">display: flex;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Create a block-level flex container.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.inline-flex</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">display: inline-flex;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Create an inline flex container.</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>

## Examples

### Flex

Use `.flex` to create a block-level flex container:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endcomponent

### Inline flex

Use `.inline-flex` to create an inline flex container:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="inline-flex bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endcomponent

## Responsive

To control the display property of an element at a specific breakpoint, add a `{breakpoint}:` prefix to any existing display utility class. For example, use `md:inline-flex` to apply the `inline-flex` utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

For more information about Tailwind's responsive design features, check out the [Responsive Design](#) documentation.

@component('_partials.responsive-code-sample')
@slot('none')
<div class="flex bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('sm')
<div class="inline-flex bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('md')
<div class="block bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('lg')
<div class="hidden bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('xl')
<div class="flex bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('code')
<div class="none:flex sm:inline-flex md:block lg:hidden xl:flex ...">
    <!-- ... -->
</div>
@endslot
@endcomponent