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

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title: "Direction - Flexbox"
category: "Flexbox"
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# Flex Direction

<div class="text-xl text-slate-light">
    Utilities for controlling the direction of flex items.
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    <a class="subnav-link" href="#usage" name="usage">Usage</a>
    <a class="subnav-link" href="#responsive">Responsive</a>
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### 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