Quickly manage the layout, alignment, and sizing of grid columns, navigation, components, and more with a full suite of responsive flexbox utilities. For more complex implementations, custom CSS may be necessary.
Enable flex behaviors
Apply display
utilities to create a flexbox container and transform direct children elements into flex items. Flex containers and items are able to be modified further with additional flex properties.
<div class="d-flex p-2 ">I'm a flexbox container!</div>
I'm an inline flexbox container!
<div class="d-inline-flex p-2 ">I'm an inline flexbox container!</div>
Responsive variations also exist for .d-flex
and .d-inline-flex
.
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.d-flex
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.d-inline-flex
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.d-sm-flex
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.d-sm-inline-flex
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.d-md-flex
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.d-md-inline-flex
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.d-lg-flex
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.d-lg-inline-flex
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.d-xl-flex
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.d-xl-inline-flex
Direction
Set the direction of flex items in a flex container with direction utilities. In most cases you can omit the horizontal class here as the browser default is row
. However, you may encounter situations where you needed to explicitly set this value (like responsive layouts).
Use .flex-row
to set a horizontal direction (the browser default), or .flex-row-reverse
to start the horizontal direction from the opposite side.
Flex item 1
Flex item 2
Flex item 3
Flex item 1
Flex item 2
Flex item 3
<div class="d-flex flex-row mb-3">
<div>Flex item 1</div>
<div>Flex item 2</div>
<div>Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-row-reverse ">
<div>Flex item 1</div>
<div>Flex item 2</div>
<div>Flex item 3</div>
</div>
Use .flex-column
to set a vertical direction, or .flex-column-reverse
to start the vertical direction from the opposite side.
Flex item 1
Flex item 2
Flex item 3
Flex item 1
Flex item 2
Flex item 3
<div class="d-flex flex-column mb-3">
<div>Flex item 1</div>
<div>Flex item 2</div>
<div>Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-column-reverse ">
<div>Flex item 1</div>
<div>Flex item 2</div>
<div>Flex item 3</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for flex-direction
.
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.flex-row
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.flex-row-reverse
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.flex-column
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.flex-column-reverse
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.flex-sm-row
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.flex-sm-row-reverse
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.flex-sm-column
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.flex-sm-column-reverse
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.flex-md-row
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.flex-md-row-reverse
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.flex-md-column
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.flex-md-column-reverse
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.flex-lg-row
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.flex-lg-row-reverse
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.flex-lg-column
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.flex-lg-column-reverse
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.flex-xl-row
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.flex-xl-row-reverse
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.flex-xl-column
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.flex-xl-column-reverse
Justify content
Use justify-content
utilities on flexbox containers to change the alignment of flex items on the main axis (the x-axis to start, y-axis if flex-direction: column
). Choose from start
(browser default), end
, center
, between
, or around
.
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<div class="d-flex justify-content-start mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-end mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-center mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-between mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-around ">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for justify-content
.
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.justify-content-start
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.justify-content-end
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.justify-content-center
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.justify-content-between
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.justify-content-around
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.justify-content-sm-start
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.justify-content-sm-end
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.justify-content-sm-center
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.justify-content-sm-between
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.justify-content-sm-around
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.justify-content-md-start
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.justify-content-md-end
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.justify-content-md-center
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.justify-content-md-between
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.justify-content-md-around
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.justify-content-lg-start
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.justify-content-lg-end
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.justify-content-lg-center
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.justify-content-lg-between
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.justify-content-lg-around
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.justify-content-xl-start
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.justify-content-xl-end
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.justify-content-xl-center
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.justify-content-xl-between
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.justify-content-xl-around
Align items
Use align-items
utilities on flexbox containers to change the alignment of flex items on the cross axis (the y-axis to start, x-axis if flex-direction: column
). Choose from start
, end
, center
, baseline
, or stretch
(browser default).
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<div class="d-flex align-items-start mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-baseline mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-stretch " style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for align-items
.
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.align-items-start
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.align-items-end
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.align-items-center
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.align-items-baseline
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.align-items-stretch
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.align-items-sm-start
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.align-items-sm-end
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.align-items-sm-center
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.align-items-sm-baseline
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.align-items-sm-stretch
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.align-items-md-start
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.align-items-md-end
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.align-items-md-center
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.align-items-md-baseline
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.align-items-md-stretch
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.align-items-lg-start
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.align-items-lg-end
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.align-items-lg-center
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.align-items-lg-baseline
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.align-items-lg-stretch
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.align-items-xl-start
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.align-items-xl-end
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.align-items-xl-center
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.align-items-xl-baseline
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.align-items-xl-stretch
Align self
Use align-self
utilities on flexbox items to individually change their alignment on the cross axis (the y-axis to start, x-axis if flex-direction: column
). Choose from the same options as align-items
: start
, end
, center
, baseline
, or stretch
(browser default).
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<div class="d-flex mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-start p-2 ">Aligned flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-end p-2 ">Aligned flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-center p-2 ">Aligned flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3" style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-baseline p-2 ">Aligned flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex " style="height: 100px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-stretch p-2 ">Aligned flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist foralign-self
.
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.align-self-start
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.align-self-end
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.align-self-center
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.align-self-baseline
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.align-self-stretch
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.align-self-sm-start
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.align-self-sm-end
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.align-self-sm-center
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.align-self-sm-baseline
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.align-self-sm-stretch
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.align-self-md-start
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.align-self-md-end
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.align-self-md-center
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.align-self-md-baseline
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.align-self-md-stretch
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.align-self-lg-start
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.align-self-lg-end
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.align-self-lg-center
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.align-self-lg-baseline
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.align-self-lg-stretch
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.align-self-xl-start
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.align-self-xl-end
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.align-self-xl-center
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.align-self-xl-baseline
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.align-self-xl-stretch
Auto margins
Flexbox can do some pretty awesome things when you mix flex alignments with auto margins. Shown below are three examples of controlling flex items via auto margins: default (no auto margin), pushing two items to the right (.mr-auto
), and pushing two items to the left (.ml-auto
).
Unfortunately, IE10 and IE11 do not properly support auto margins on flex items whose parent has a non-default justify-content
value. See this StackOverflow answer for more details.
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Flex item
Flex item
Flex item
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Flex item
Flex item
Flex item
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div class="mr-auto p-2 ">Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="ml-auto p-2 ">Flex item</div>
</div>
With align-items
Vertically move one flex item to the top or bottom of a container by mixing align-items
, flex-direction: column
, and margin-top: auto
or margin-bottom: auto
.
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Flex item
Flex item
Flex item
Flex item
Flex item
<div class="d-flex align-items-start flex-column mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div class="mb-auto p-2 ">Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end flex-column mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div class="mt-auto p-2 ">Flex item</div>
</div>
Wrap
Change how flex items wrap in a flex container. Choose from no wrapping at all (the browser default) with .flex-nowrap
, wrapping with .flex-wrap
, or reverse wrapping with .flex-wrap-reverse
.
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<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap ">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
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</div>
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<div class="d-flex flex-wrap ">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
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</div>
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<div class="d-flex flex-wrap-reverse ">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for flex-wrap
.
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.flex-nowrap
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.flex-wrap
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.flex-wrap-reverse
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.flex-sm-nowrap
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.flex-sm-wrap
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.flex-sm-wrap-reverse
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.flex-md-nowrap
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.flex-md-wrap
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.flex-md-wrap-reverse
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.flex-lg-nowrap
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.flex-lg-wrap
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.flex-lg-wrap-reverse
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.flex-xl-nowrap
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.flex-xl-wrap
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.flex-xl-wrap-reverse
Order
Change the visual order of specific flex items with a handful of order
utilities. We only provide options for making an item first or last, as well as a reset to use the DOM order. As order
takes any integer value (e.g., 5
), add custom CSS for any additional values needed.
First flex item
Second flex item
Third flex item
<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap ">
<div class="order-3 p-2 ">First flex item</div>
<div class="order-2 p-2 ">Second flex item</div>
<div class="order-1 p-2 ">Third flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for order
.
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.order-1
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.order-2
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.order-3
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.order-4
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.order-5
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.order-6
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.order-7
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.order-8
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.order-9
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.order-10
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.order-11
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.order-12
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.order-sm-1
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.order-sm-2
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.order-sm-3
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.order-sm-4
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.order-sm-5
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.order-sm-6
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.order-sm-7
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.order-sm-8
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.order-sm-9
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.order-sm-10
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.order-sm-11
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.order-sm-12
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.order-md-1
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.order-md-2
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.order-md-3
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.order-md-4
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.order-md-5
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.order-md-6
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.order-md-7
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.order-md-8
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.order-md-9
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.order-md-10
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.order-md-11
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.order-md-12
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.order-lg-1
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.order-lg-2
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.order-lg-3
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.order-lg-4
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.order-lg-5
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.order-lg-6
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.order-lg-7
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.order-lg-8
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.order-lg-9
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.order-lg-10
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.order-lg-11
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.order-lg-12
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.order-xl-1
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.order-xl-2
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.order-xl-3
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.order-xl-4
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.order-xl-5
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.order-xl-6
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.order-xl-7
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.order-xl-8
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.order-xl-9
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.order-xl-10
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.order-xl-11
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.order-xl-12
Align content
Use align-content
utilities on flexbox containers to align flex items together on the cross axis. Choose from start
(browser default), end
, center
, between
, around
, or stretch
. To demonstrate these utilities, we’ve enforced flex-wrap: wrap
and increased the number of flex items.
Heads up! This property has no effect on single rows of flex items.
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<div class="d-flex align-content-start flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
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<div class="d-flex align-content-end flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
<div>Flex item</div>
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<div class="d-flex align-content-center flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
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<div class="d-flex align-content-between flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
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<div class="d-flex align-content-around flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
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<div class="d-flex align-content-stretch flex-wrap mb-3" style="height: 200px">
<div>Flex item</div>
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</div>
Responsive variations also exist for align-content
.
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.align-content-start
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.align-content-end
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.align-content-center
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.align-content-around
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.align-content-stretch
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.align-content-sm-start
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.align-content-sm-end
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.align-content-sm-center
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.align-content-sm-around
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.align-content-sm-stretch
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.align-content-md-start
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.align-content-md-end
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.align-content-md-center
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.align-content-md-around
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.align-content-md-stretch
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.align-content-lg-start
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.align-content-lg-end
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.align-content-lg-center
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.align-content-lg-around
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.align-content-lg-stretch
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.align-content-xl-start
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.align-content-xl-end
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.align-content-xl-center
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.align-content-xl-around
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.align-content-xl-stretch