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.
Apply displayutilities 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 bd-highlight">I'm a flexbox container!</div><div class="d-inline-flex p-2 bd-highlight">I'm an inline flexbox container!</div>Responsive variations also exist for .d-flexand .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
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-rowto set a horizontal direction (the browser default), or .flex-row-reverseto start the horizontal direction from the opposite side.
<div class="d-flex flex-row bd-highlight mb-3">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-row-reverse bd-highlight">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 3</div>
</div>Use .flex-columnto set a vertical direction, or .flex-column-reverseto start the vertical direction from the opposite side.
<div class="d-flex flex-column bd-highlight mb-3">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 3</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex flex-column-reverse bd-highlight">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 1</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item 2</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">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
Use justify-contentutilities 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.
<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>Responsive variations also exist for justify-content.
.justify-content-start.justify-content-end.justify-content-center.justify-content-between.justify-content-around.justify-content-sm-start.justify-content-sm-end.justify-content-sm-center.justify-content-sm-between.justify-content-sm-around.justify-content-md-start.justify-content-md-end.justify-content-md-center.justify-content-md-between.justify-content-md-around.justify-content-lg-start.justify-content-lg-end.justify-content-lg-center.justify-content-lg-between.justify-content-lg-around.justify-content-xl-start.justify-content-xl-end.justify-content-xl-center.justify-content-xl-between.justify-content-xl-around
Use align-itemsutilities 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
Use align-selfutilities 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
Use the .flex-fillclass on a series of sibling elements to force them into equal widths while taking up all available horizontal space. Especially useful for equal-width, or justified, navigation.
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
<div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-fill bd-highlight">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
Use .flex-grow-*utilities to toggle a flex item's ability to grow to fill available space. In the example below, the .flex-grow-1elements uses all available space it can, while allowing the remaining two flex items their necessary space.
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
<div class="p-2 flex-grow-1 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">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-1is forced to wrap it's contents to a new line, “shrinking” to allow more space for the previous flex item with .w-100.
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight">
<div class="p-2 w-100 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 flex-shrink-1 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>Responsive variations also exist for flex-growand 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
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-contentvalue. See this StackOverflow answer for more details.
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
<div class="mr-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex bd-highlight mb-3">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="ml-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>Vertically move one flex item to the top or bottom of a container by mixing align-items, flex-direction: column, and margin-top: autoor margin-bottom: auto.
<div class="d-flex align-items-start flex-column bd-highlight mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div class="mb-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>
<div class="d-flex align-items-end flex-column bd-highlight mb-3" style="height: 200px;">
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
<div class="mt-auto p-2 bd-highlight">Flex item</div>
</div>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
Change the visual order of specific flex items with a handful of orderutilities. We only provide options for making an item first or last, as well as a reset to use the DOM order. As ordertakes any integer value (eg, 5), add custom CSS for any additional values needed.
<div class="d-flex flex-nowrap bd-highlight">
<div class="order-3 p-2 bd-highlight">First flex item</div>
<div class="order-2 p-2 bd-highlight">Second flex item</div>
<div class="order-1 p-2 bd-highlight">Third flex item</div>
</div>Responsive variations also exist for order.
.order-0.order-1.order-2.order-3.order-4.order-5.order-6.order-7.order-8.order-9.order-10.order-11.order-12.order-sm-0.order-sm-1.order-sm-2.order-sm-3.order-sm-4.order-sm-5.order-sm-6.order-sm-7.order-sm-8.order-sm-9.order-sm-10.order-sm-11.order-sm-12.order-md-0.order-md-1.order-md-2.order-md-3.order-md-4.order-md-5.order-md-6.order-md-7.order-md-8.order-md-9.order-md-10.order-md-11.order-md-12.order-lg-0.order-lg-1.order-lg-2.order-lg-3.order-lg-4.order-lg-5.order-lg-6.order-lg-7.order-lg-8.order-lg-9.order-lg-10.order-lg-11.order-lg-12.order-xl-0.order-xl-1.order-xl-2.order-xl-3.order-xl-4.order-xl-5.order-xl-6.order-xl-7.order-xl-8.order-xl-9.order-xl-10.order-xl-11.order-xl-12
Use align-contentutilities 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: wrapand increased the number of flex items.
Head 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-around.align-content-stretch.align-content-sm-start.align-content-sm-end.align-content-sm-center.align-content-sm-around.align-content-sm-stretch.align-content-md-start.align-content-md-end.align-content-md-center.align-content-md-around.align-content-md-stretch.align-content-lg-start.align-content-lg-end.align-content-lg-center.align-content-lg-around.align-content-lg-stretch.align-content-xl-start.align-content-xl-end.align-content-xl-center.align-content-xl-around.align-content-xl-stretch