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.
Responsive variations also exist for .d-flex
and .d-inline-flex
.
.d-flex
.d-inline-flex
.d-sm-flex
.d-sm-inline-flex
.d-md-flex
.d-md-inline-flex
.d-lg-flex
.d-lg-inline-flex
.d-xl-flex
.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.
Use .flex-column
to set a vertical direction, or .flex-column-reverse
to start the vertical direction from the opposite side.
Responsive variations also exist for flex-direction
.
.flex-row
.flex-row-reverse
.flex-column
.flex-column-reverse
.flex-sm-row
.flex-sm-row-reverse
.flex-sm-column
.flex-sm-column-reverse
.flex-md-row
.flex-md-row-reverse
.flex-md-column
.flex-md-column-reverse
.flex-lg-row
.flex-lg-row-reverse
.flex-lg-column
.flex-lg-column-reverse
.flex-xl-row
.flex-xl-row-reverse
.flex-xl-column
.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
.
Responsive variations also exist for justify-content
.
.justify-content-start
.justify-content-end
.justify-content-center
.justify-content-between
.justify-content-around
.justify-content-evenly
.justify-content-sm-start
.justify-content-sm-end
.justify-content-sm-center
.justify-content-sm-between
.justify-content-sm-around
.justify-content-sm-evenly
.justify-content-md-start
.justify-content-md-end
.justify-content-md-center
.justify-content-md-between
.justify-content-md-around
.justify-content-md-evenly
.justify-content-lg-start
.justify-content-lg-end
.justify-content-lg-center
.justify-content-lg-between
.justify-content-lg-around
.justify-content-lg-evenly
.justify-content-xl-start
.justify-content-xl-end
.justify-content-xl-center
.justify-content-xl-between
.justify-content-xl-around
.justify-content-xl-evenly
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).
Responsive variations also exist for align-items
.
.align-items-start
.align-items-end
.align-items-center
.align-items-baseline
.align-items-stretch
.align-items-sm-start
.align-items-sm-end
.align-items-sm-center
.align-items-sm-baseline
.align-items-sm-stretch
.align-items-md-start
.align-items-md-end
.align-items-md-center
.align-items-md-baseline
.align-items-md-stretch
.align-items-lg-start
.align-items-lg-end
.align-items-lg-center
.align-items-lg-baseline
.align-items-lg-stretch
.align-items-xl-start
.align-items-xl-end
.align-items-xl-center
.align-items-xl-baseline
.align-items-xl-stretch
Align Self
.align-self-start
.align-self-end
.align-self-center
.align-self-baseline
.align-self-stretch
.align-self-sm-start
.align-self-sm-end
.align-self-sm-center
.align-self-sm-baseline
.align-self-sm-stretch
.align-self-md-start
.align-self-md-end
.align-self-md-center
.align-self-md-baseline
.align-self-md-stretch
.align-self-lg-start
.align-self-lg-end
.align-self-lg-center
.align-self-lg-baseline
.align-self-lg-stretch
.align-self-xl-start
.align-self-xl-end
.align-self-xl-center
.align-self-xl-baseline
.align-self-xl-stretch
Fill
Responsive variations also exist for flex-fill
.
.flex-fill
.flex-sm-fill
.flex-md-fill
.flex-lg-fill
.flex-xl-fill
Grow and Shrink
Use .flex-grow-*
utilities to toggle a flex item’s ability to grow to fill available space. In the example below, the .flex-grow-1
elements uses all available space it can, while allowing the remaining two flex items their necessary space.
Use .flex-shrink-*
utilities to toggle a flex item’s ability to shrink if necessary. In the example below, the second flex item with .flex-shrink-1
is forced to wrap its contents to a new line, “shrinking” to allow more space for the previous flex item with .w-100
.
Responsive variations also exist for flex-grow
and flex-shrink
.
.flex-{grow | shrink}-0
.flex-{grow | shrink}-1
.flex-sm-{grow | shrink}-0
.flex-sm-{grow | shrink}-1
.flex-md-{grow | shrink}-0
.flex-md-{grow | shrink}-1
.flex-lg-{grow | shrink}-0
.flex-lg-{grow | shrink}-1
.flex-xl-{grow | shrink}-0
.flex-xl-{grow | shrink}-1
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, IE11 does not properly support auto margins on flex items whose parent has a non-default justify-content
value. See this StackOverflow answer for more details.
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
.
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
.
Responsive variations also exist for flex-wrap
.
.flex-nowrap
.flex-wrap
.flex-wrap-reverse
.flex-sm-nowrap
.flex-sm-wrap
.flex-sm-wrap-reverse
.flex-md-nowrap
.flex-md-wrap
.flex-md-wrap-reverse
.flex-lg-nowrap
.flex-lg-wrap
.flex-lg-wrap-reverse
.flex-xl-nowrap
.flex-xl-wrap
.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.
Responsive variations also exist for order
.
.order-0
.order-1
.order-2
.order-3
.order-4
.order-5
.order-sm-0
.order-sm-1
.order-sm-2
.order-sm-3
.order-sm-4
.order-sm-5
.order-md-0
.order-md-1
.order-md-2
.order-md-3
.order-md-4
.order-md-5
.order-lg-0
.order-lg-1
.order-lg-2
.order-lg-3
.order-lg-4
.order-lg-5
.order-xl-0
.order-xl-1
.order-xl-2
.order-xl-3
.order-xl-4
.order-xl-5
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.
Responsive variations also exist for align-content
.
.align-content-start
.align-content-end
.align-content-center
.align-content-around
.align-content-stretch
.align-content-sm-start
.align-content-sm-end
.align-content-sm-center
.align-content-sm-around
.align-content-sm-stretch
.align-content-md-start
.align-content-md-end
.align-content-md-center
.align-content-md-around
.align-content-md-stretch
.align-content-lg-start
.align-content-lg-end
.align-content-lg-center
.align-content-lg-around
.align-content-lg-stretch
.align-content-xl-start
.align-content-xl-end
.align-content-xl-center
.align-content-xl-around
.align-content-xl-stretch