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Place self

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

Class reference

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

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-2 ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div class="place-self-auto ...">2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
  <div>6</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-2 ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div class="place-self-start ...">2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
  <div>6</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-2 ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div class="place-self-center ...">2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
  <div>6</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-2 ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div class="place-self-end ...">2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
  <div>6</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-2 ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div class="place-self-stretch ...">2</div>
  <div>3</div>
  <div>4</div>
  <div>5</div>
  <div>6</div>
</div>

Responsive

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

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

For more information about Elements’ responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.