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docs | Flex | 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. | utilities | true |
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.
{{< example >}}
{{< example >}}
Responsive variations also exist for .d-flex
and .d-inline-flex
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.d{{ .abbr }}-flex
.d{{ .abbr }}-inline-flex
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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.
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Use .flex-column
to set a vertical direction, or .flex-column-reverse
to start the vertical direction from the opposite side.
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Responsive variations also exist for flex-direction
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.flex{{ .abbr }}-row
.flex{{ .abbr }}-row-reverse
.flex{{ .abbr }}-column
.flex{{ .abbr }}-column-reverse
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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
.
{{< highlight html >}}
Responsive variations also exist for justify-content
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.justify-content{{ .abbr }}-start
.justify-content{{ .abbr }}-end
.justify-content{{ .abbr }}-center
.justify-content{{ .abbr }}-between
.justify-content{{ .abbr }}-around
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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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Responsive variations also exist for align-items
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.align-items{{ .abbr }}-start
.align-items{{ .abbr }}-end
.align-items{{ .abbr }}-center
.align-items{{ .abbr }}-baseline
.align-items{{ .abbr }}-stretch
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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).
{{< highlight html >}}
Responsive variations also exist for align-self
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.align-self{{ .abbr }}-start
.align-self{{ .abbr }}-end
.align-self{{ .abbr }}-center
.align-self{{ .abbr }}-baseline
.align-self{{ .abbr }}-stretch
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
Fill
Use the .flex-fill
class on a series of sibling elements to force them into widths equal to their content (or equal widths if their content does not surpass their border-boxes) while taking up all available horizontal space.
{{< example >}}
Responsive variations also exist for flex-fill
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.flex{{ .abbr }}-fill
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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.
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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 it's contents to a new line, "shrinking" to allow more space for the previous flex item with .w-100
.
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Responsive variations also exist for flex-grow
and flex-shrink
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.flex{{ .abbr }}-{grow|shrink}-0
.flex{{ .abbr }}-{grow|shrink}-1
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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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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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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
.
{{< highlight html >}}
{{< highlight html >}}
{{< highlight html >}}
Responsive variations also exist for flex-wrap
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.flex{{ .abbr }}-nowrap
.flex{{ .abbr }}-wrap
.flex{{ .abbr }}-wrap-reverse
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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.
{{< example >}}
Responsive variations also exist for order
.
{{< markdown >}}
{{< flex.inline >}}
{{- range bp :=
.Site.Data.breakpoints -}}
{{- range $i, $num := seq 0 12 }}
.order{{ $bp.abbr }}-{{ $i }}
{{- end -}} {{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}
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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Responsive variations also exist for align-content
.
{{< markdown >}} {{< flex.inline >}} {{- range $.Site.Data.breakpoints }}
.align-content{{ .abbr }}-start
.align-content{{ .abbr }}-end
.align-content{{ .abbr }}-center
.align-content{{ .abbr }}-around
.align-content{{ .abbr }}-stretch
{{- end -}} {{< /flex.inline >}} {{< /markdown >}}