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Align Content

Utilities for controlling how lines are positioned in multi-line flex containers.

Class reference

Class Properties
.content-start align-content: flex-start;
.content-center align-content: center;
.content-end align-content: flex-end;
.content-between align-content: space-between;
.content-around align-content: space-around;

Start Default

Use .content-start to pack lines in a flex container against the start of the cross axis:

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<div class="flex content-start flex-wrap bg-grey-lighter h-48">
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">1</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">2</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">4</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">5</div>
  </div>
</div>

Center

Use .content-center to pack lines in a flex container in the center of the cross axis:

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<div class="flex content-center flex-wrap bg-grey-lighter h-48">
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">1</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">2</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">4</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">5</div>
  </div>
</div>

End

Use .content-end to pack lines in a flex container against the end of the cross axis:

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<div class="flex content-end flex-wrap bg-grey-lighter h-48">
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">1</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">2</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">4</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">5</div>
  </div>
</div>

Space between

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

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<div class="flex content-between flex-wrap bg-grey-lighter h-48">
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">1</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">2</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">4</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">5</div>
  </div>
</div>

Space around

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

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<div class="flex content-around flex-wrap bg-grey-lighter h-48">
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">1</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">2</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">4</div>
  </div>
  <div class="w-1/3 p-2">
    <div class="text-grey-darker text-center bg-grey-light p-2">5</div>
  </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.

For more information about Tailwind's responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.

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Customizing

Responsive and State 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 flexbox property in the modules section of your Tailwind config file.

For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:

{
// ...
modules: {
    // ...
-   flexbox: ['responsive'],
+   flexbox: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus', 'active', 'group-hover'],
}
}

Note that modifying the flexbox property will affect which variants are generated for all Flexbox utilities, not just the align-content utilities.

Disabling

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

{
// ...
modules: {
    // ...
-   flexbox: ['responsive'],
+   flexbox: false,
}
}

Note that modifying the flexbox property will affect which variants are generated for all Flexbox utilities, not just the align-content utilities.