File: place-items.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
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Flexbox & Grid
Utilities for controlling how items are justified and aligned at the same time.
| Class | Styles |
| --- | --- |
| place-items-start | place-items: start; |
| place-items-end | place-items: end; |
| place-items-end-safe | place-items: safe end; |
| place-items-center | place-items: center; |
| place-items-center-safe | place-items: safe center; |
| place-items-baseline | place-items: baseline; |
| place-items-stretch | place-items: stretch; |
Use place-items-start to place grid items on the start of their grid areas on both axes:
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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 place-items-start gap-4 ..."> <div>01</div> <div>02</div> <div>03</div> <div>04</div> <div>05</div> <div>06</div></div>
Use place-items-end to place grid items on the end of their grid areas on both axes:
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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-end gap-4 ..."> <div>01</div> <div>02</div> <div>03</div> <div>04</div> <div>05</div> <div>06</div></div>
Use place-items-center to place grid items on the center of their grid areas on both axes:
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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-center gap-4 ..."> <div>01</div> <div>02</div> <div>03</div> <div>04</div> <div>05</div> <div>06</div></div>
Use place-items-stretch to stretch items along their grid areas on both axes:
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<div class="grid h-56 grid-cols-3 place-items-stretch gap-4 ..."> <div>01</div> <div>02</div> <div>03</div> <div>04</div> <div>05</div> <div>06</div></div>
Prefix a place-items utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:
<div class="grid place-items-start md:place-items-center ..."> <!-- ... --></div>
Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .
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