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title: "Align Items - Flexbox"
category: "Flexbox"
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# Align Items

<div class="text-xl text-slate-light">
    Utilities for controlling how flex items are positioned along a container's cross axis.
</div>

<div class="subnav">
    <a class="subnav-link" href="#usage">Usage</a>
    <a class="subnav-link" href="#responsive">Responsive</a>
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### Stretch <span class="ml-2 font-semibold text-slate-light text-sm uppercase tracking-wide">Default</span>

Use `.items-stretch` to stretch items to fill the flex container's cross axis:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex items-stretch bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <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

### Start

Use `.items-start` to align items to the start of the flex container's cross axis:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex items-start bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <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

### Center

Use `.items-center` to align items along the center of the flex container's cross axis:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex items-center bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <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

### End

Use `.items-end` to align items to the end of the flex container's cross axis:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex items-end bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <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


### Baseline

Use `.items-baseline` to align items along the flex container's cross axis such that all of their baselines align:

@component('_partials.code-sample')
<div class="flex items-baseline bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endcomponent

## Responsive

To control the alignment of flex items at a specific breakpoint, add a `{breakpoint}:` prefix to any existing utility class. For example, use `md:items-center` to apply the `items-center` 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 items-stretch bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('sm')
<div class="flex items-start bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('md')
<div class="flex items-center bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('lg')
<div class="flex items-end bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('xl')
<div class="flex items-baseline bg-smoke-light h-24">
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-base">1</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-2xl">2</div>
    <div class="flex-1 text-slate text-center bg-smoke px-4 py-2 m-2 text-lg">3</div>
</div>
@endslot
@slot('code')
<div class="none:items-stretch sm:items-start md:items-center lg:items-end xl:items-baseline ...">
    <!-- ... -->
</div>
@endslot
@endcomponent