tailwindcss/docs/source/styles/flexbox/direction.blade.md

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extends: _layouts.markdown
title: "Direction - Flexbox"
category: "Flexbox"
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# Flex Direction

<div class="text-xl text-slate-light mb-4">
    Utilities for controlling the direction of flex items.
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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-1/5">
        <col class="w-2/5">
        <col class="w-2/5">
      </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>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody class="align-baseline">
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.flex-row</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">flex-direction: row;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Position flex items in the normal horizontal direction.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.flex-row-reverse</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">flex-direction: row-reverse;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Position flex items in the reverse horizontal direction.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.flex-col</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">flex-direction: column;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Position flex items vertically.</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-purple-dark">.flex-col-reverse</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light font-mono text-xs text-blue-dark">flex-direction: column-reverse;</td>
                <td class="p-2 border-t border-smoke-light text-sm text-grey-darker">Position flex items vertically in the reverse direction.</td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
</div>

### Row <span class="ml-2 font-semibold text-slate-light text-sm uppercase tracking-wide">Default</span>

Use `.flex-row` to position flex items horizontally in the same direction as text:

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

### Row reversed

Use `.flex-row-reverse` to position flex items horizontally in the opposite direction:

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

### Column

Use `.flex-col` to position flex items vertically:

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

### Column reversed

Use `.flex-col-reverse` to position flex items vertically in the opposite direction:

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

## Responsive

To apply a flex direction utility only at a specific breakpoint, add a `{breakpoint}:` prefix to the existing class name. For example, adding the class `md:flex-row` to an element would apply the `flex-row` utility at 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 flex-row bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('sm')
<div class="flex flex-col bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('md')
<div class="flex flex-row-reverse bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('lg')
<div class="flex flex-col-reverse bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('xl')
<div class="flex flex-row bg-smoke-light">
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
    <div class="text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('code')
<div class="none:flex-row sm:flex-col md:flex-row-reverse lg:flex-col-reverse xl:flex-row ...">
    <!-- ... -->
</div>
@endslot
@endcomponent