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.
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>
<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
.
.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
.d-xxl-flex
.d-xxl-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.
<div class="d-flex flex-row mb-3">
<div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-row-reverse">
<div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2">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.
<div class="d-flex flex-column mb-3">
<div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-column-reverse">
<div class="p-2">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
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
.flex-xxl-row
.flex-xxl-row-reverse
.flex-xxl-column
.flex-xxl-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
, around
, or evenly
.
<div class="d-flex justify-content-start">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-end">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-between">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-around">...</div>
<div class="d-flex justify-content-evenly">...</div>
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
.justify-content-xxl-start
.justify-content-xxl-end
.justify-content-xxl-center
.justify-content-xxl-between
.justify-content-xxl-around
.justify-content-xxl-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).
<div class="d-flex align-items-start">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-center">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-baseline">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-stretch">...</div>
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-items-xxl-start
.align-items-xxl-end
.align-items-xxl-center
.align-items-xxl-baseline
.align-items-xxl-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).
<div class="align-self-start">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-end">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-center">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-baseline">Aligned flex item</div>
<div class="align-self-stretch">Aligned flex item</div>
Responsive variations also exist for 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
.align-self-xxl-start
.align-self-xxl-end
.align-self-xxl-center
.align-self-xxl-baseline
.align-self-xxl-stretch
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.
<div class="d-flex">
<div class="p-2 flex-fill">Flex item with a lot of content</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-fill">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-fill">Flex item</div>
</div>
Responsive variations also exist for flex-fill
.
.flex-fill
.flex-sm-fill
.flex-md-fill
.flex-lg-fill
.flex-xl-fill
.flex-xxl-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.
<div class="d-flex">
<div class="p-2 flex-grow-1">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Third flex item</div>
</div>
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
.
<div class="d-flex">
<div class="p-2 w-100">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-shrink-1">Flex item</div>
</div>
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
.flex-xxl-{grow|shrink}-0
.flex-xxl-{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 (.me-auto
), and pushing two items to the left (.ms-auto
).
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div class="me-auto p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex mb-3">
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="ms-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
oder margin-bottom: auto
.
<div class="d-flex align-items-start flex-column mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div class="mb-auto p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end flex-column mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div class="p-2">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2">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
.
<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap">
...
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-wrap">
...
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-wrap-reverse">
...
</div>
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
.flex-xxl-nowrap
.flex-xxl-wrap
.flex-xxl-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 from 0 to 5, add custom CSS for any additional values needed.
<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
.
.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
.order-xxl-0
.order-xxl-1
.order-xxl-2
.order-xxl-3
.order-xxl-4
.order-xxl-5
Additionally there are also responsive .order-first
and .order-last
classes that change the order
of an element by applying order: -1
and order: 6
, respectively.
.order-first
.order-last
.order-sm-first
.order-sm-last
.order-md-first
.order-md-last
.order-lg-first
.order-lg-last
.order-xl-first
.order-xl-last
.order-xxl-first
.order-xxl-last
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.
<div class="d-flex align-content-start flex-wrap">
...
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-content-end flex-wrap">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-content-center flex-wrap">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-content-between flex-wrap">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-content-around flex-wrap">...</div>
<div class="d-flex align-content-stretch flex-wrap">...</div>
Responsive variations also exist for align-content
.
.align-content-start
.align-content-end
.align-content-center
.align-content-between
.align-content-around
.align-content-stretch
.align-content-sm-start
.align-content-sm-end
.align-content-sm-center
.align-content-sm-between
.align-content-sm-around
.align-content-sm-stretch
.align-content-md-start
.align-content-md-end
.align-content-md-center
.align-content-md-between
.align-content-md-around
.align-content-md-stretch
.align-content-lg-start
.align-content-lg-end
.align-content-lg-center
.align-content-lg-between
.align-content-lg-around
.align-content-lg-stretch
.align-content-xl-start
.align-content-xl-end
.align-content-xl-center
.align-content-xl-between
.align-content-xl-around
.align-content-xl-stretch
.align-content-xxl-start
.align-content-xxl-end
.align-content-xxl-center
.align-content-xxl-between
.align-content-xxl-around
.align-content-xxl-stretch
Media object
Looking to replicate the media object component from Bootstrap 4? Recreate it in no time with a few flex utilities that allow even more flexibility and customization than before.
<div class="d-flex">
<div class="flex-shrink-0">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</div>
<div class="flex-grow-1 ms-3">
This is some content from a media component. You can replace this with any content and adjust it as needed.
</div>
</div>
And say you want to vertically center the content next to the image:
<div class="d-flex align-items-center">
<div class="flex-shrink-0">
<img src="..." alt="...">
</div>
<div class="flex-grow-1 ms-3">
This is some content from a media component. You can replace this with any content and adjust it as needed.
</div>
</div>
CSS
Sass utilities API
Flexbox utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss
. Learn how to use the utilities API.
"flex": (
responsive: true,
property: flex,
values: (fill: 1 1 auto)
),
"flex-direction": (
responsive: true,
property: flex-direction,
class: flex,
values: row column row-reverse column-reverse
),
"flex-grow": (
responsive: true,
property: flex-grow,
class: flex,
values: (
grow-0: 0,
grow-1: 1,
)
),
"flex-shrink": (
responsive: true,
property: flex-shrink,
class: flex,
values: (
shrink-0: 0,
shrink-1: 1,
)
),
"flex-wrap": (
responsive: true,
property: flex-wrap,
class: flex,
values: wrap nowrap wrap-reverse
),
"justify-content": (
responsive: true,
property: justify-content,
values: (
start: flex-start,
end: flex-end,
center: center,
between: space-between,
around: space-around,
evenly: space-evenly,
)
),
"align-items": (
responsive: true,
property: align-items,
values: (
start: flex-start,
end: flex-end,
center: center,
baseline: baseline,
stretch: stretch,
)
),
"align-content": (
responsive: true,
property: align-content,
values: (
start: flex-start,
end: flex-end,
center: center,
between: space-between,
around: space-around,
stretch: stretch,
)
),
"align-self": (
responsive: true,
property: align-self,
values: (
auto: auto,
start: flex-start,
end: flex-end,
center: center,
baseline: baseline,
stretch: stretch,
)
),
"order": (
responsive: true,
property: order,
values: (
first: -1,
0: 0,
1: 1,
2: 2,
3: 3,
4: 4,
5: 5,
last: 6,
),
),