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Flexbox & Grid

grid-auto-flow

Utilities for controlling how elements in a grid are auto-placed.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | grid-flow-row | grid-auto-flow: row; | | grid-flow-col | grid-auto-flow: column; | | grid-flow-dense | grid-auto-flow: dense; | | grid-flow-row-dense | grid-auto-flow: row dense; | | grid-flow-col-dense | grid-auto-flow: column dense; |

Examples

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Basic example

Use utilities like grid-flow-col and grid-flow-row-dense to control how the auto-placement algorithm works for a grid layout:

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<div class="grid grid-flow-row-dense grid-cols-3 grid-rows-3 ...">  <div class="col-span-2">01</div>  <div class="col-span-2">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div></div>

Responsive design

Prefix a grid-auto-flow utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<div class="grid grid-flow-col md:grid-flow-row ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

On this page

• Quick reference

• Examples

  • Basic example

  • Responsive design

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