📄 tailwindcss/docs/place-self

File: place-self.md | Updated: 11/15/2025

Source: https://tailwindcss.com/docs/place-self

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  1. Flexbox & Grid
  2. place-self

Flexbox & Grid

place-self

Utilities for controlling how an individual item is justified and aligned at the same time.

| Class | Styles | | --- | --- | | place-self-auto | place-self: auto; | | place-self-start | place-self: start; | | place-self-end | place-self: end; | | place-self-end-safe | place-self: safe end; | | place-self-center | place-self: center; | | place-self-center-safe | place-self: safe center; | | place-self-stretch | place-self: stretch; |

Examples


Auto

Use place-self-auto to align an item based on the value of the container's place-items property:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div class="place-self-auto ...">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Start

Use place-self-start to align an item to the start on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div class="place-self-start ...">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Center

Use place-self-center to align an item at the center on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div class="place-self-center ...">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

End

Use place-self-end to align an item to the end on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div class="place-self-end ...">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Stretch

Use place-self-stretch to stretch an item on both axes:

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<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 ...">  <div>01</div>  <div class="place-self-stretch ...">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div>  <div>06</div></div>

Responsive design

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

<div class="place-self-start md:place-self-end ...">  <!-- ... --></div>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation .

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