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Flexbox & Grid

Place Self

Utilities for controlling how an individual item is justified and aligned at the same time.

Quick reference

ClassDescription
place-self-autoplace-self: auto
place-self-startplace-self: start
place-self-endplace-self: end
place-self-centerplace-self: center
place-self-stretchplace-self: stretch

Basic usage

Auto

Use place-self-auto to align an item based on the value of the container’s place-items property.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-24 ...">
  <!-- ... -->
  <div class="place-self-auto ...">02</div>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Start

Use place-self-start to align an item to the start on both axes.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">
  <!-- ... -->
  <div class="place-self-start ...">02</div>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Center

Use place-self-center to align an item at the center on both axes.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-16 ...">
  <!-- ... -->
  <div class="place-self-center ...">02</div>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

End

Use place-self-end to align an item to the end on both axes.

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-24 ...">
  <!-- ... -->
  <div class="place-self-center ...">02</div>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Stretch

Use place-self-stretch to stretch an item on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-24 ...">
  <!-- ... -->
  <div class="place-self-stretch ...">02</div>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Applying conditionally

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:place-self-end to apply the place-self-end utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

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<div class="place-self-start md:place-self-end">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>