Place Content

Tailwind CSS version: v1.8.0+

Utilities for controlling how content is justified and aligned at the same time.

Class reference

Class	Properties
.place-content-center	place-content: center;
.place-content-start	place-content: start;
.place-content-end	place-content: end;
.place-content-between	place-content: space-between;
.place-content-around	place-content: space-around;
.place-content-evenly	place-content: space-evenly;
.place-content-stretch	place-content: stretch;

Center

Use place-content-center to pack items in the center of the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-center h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Start

Use place-content-start to pack items against the start of the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-start h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

End

Use place-content-end to to pack items against the end of the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-end h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Space between

Use place-content-between to distribute grid items along the block axis so that that there is an equal amount of space between each row on the block axis.

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-between h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Space around

Use place-content-around distribute grid items such that there is an equal amount of space around each row on the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-around h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Space evenly

Use place-content-evenly to distribute grid items such that they are evenly spaced on the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-evenly h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Stretch

Use place-content-stretch to stretch grid items along their grid areas on the block axis:

<div class="grid grid-cols-3 bg-gray-200 place-content-stretch h-48">
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">4</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">5</div>
  <div class="text-gray-700 text-center bg-gray-400 px-4 py-2 m-2">6</div>
</div>

Responsive

To place content at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing place-content utility. For example, use md:place-content-center to apply the place-content-center utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="place-content-start md:place-content-center">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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

Customizing

Responsive and pseudo-class variants

By default, only responsive variants are generated for place-content utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the place-content utilities by modifying the placeContent property in the variants section of your tailwind.config.js file.

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

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    variants: {
      // ...
-     placeContent: ['responsive'],
+     placeContent: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus'],
    }
  }

Disabling

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

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    corePlugins: {
      // ...
+     placeContent: false,
    }
  }

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