CSS - align-content Property
The align-content property of CSS is used to align the content of a flex container along the cross-axis or a grid's block axis. It applies to flex containers with multiple lines of flex items.
The property align-content has no effect on single line flex containers (flex-wrap: nowrap).
Possible Values
The align-content property can have following values:
start: Items are aligned to each other against the start edge of the container in the cross-axis.
end: Items are aligned to each other against the end edge of the container in the cross-axis.
flex-start: Aligns the content at the start of the flex container.
flex-end: Aligns the content at the end of the flex container.
center: Aligns the content at the center of the flex container.
normal: Items are aligned at their default position, as if no value is set for align-content.
baseline, first baseline, last baseline:
First baseline, and last baseline are synonym to baseline. First and last refer to the line boxes within the flex items.
These values specify the involvment of first- or last-baseline alignment in the alignment of the content.
start is the fallback alignment for first-baseline and end for last-baseline.
space-between: Distributes the content evenly along the cross-axis, leaving no space before the first line or after the last line.
space-around: Distributes the content evenly along the cross-axis, providing equal space before and after each line.
space-evenly: Distributes the content evenly along the cross-axis, providing equal space before, between, and after each line.
stretch: Stretches the content to fill the container along the cross-axis.
safe: Used with an alignment keyword and when the item overflows the container, causing any loss of data, the alignment is set as per the start value.
unsafe: Used with an alignment keyword and even if the item overflows the container, causing any loss of data, the alignment value passed is honored.
Applies to
Multi-line flex containers.
Syntax
Positional Alignment
align-content: center; align-content: start; align-content: end; align-content: flex-start; align-content: flex-end
Normal Alignment
align-content: normal;
Baseline Alignment
align-content: baseline; align-content: first baseline; align-content: last baseline;
Distributed Alignment
align-content: space-between; align-content: space-around; align-content: space-evenly; align-content: stretch;
CSS align-content- start Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: start property aligns the flex items at the start of the cross axis of a flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: start; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content- end Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: end property aligns the flex items at the end of the cross axis of a flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: end; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - center Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: center property aligns the flex items at the center of the cross axis of a flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: center; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - flex-start Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: flex-start property aligns the flex items at the start of the flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: flex-start; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - flex-end Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: flex-end property aligns the flex items at the end of the flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: flex-end; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - space-between Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: space-between property evenly distributes space between the flex items along the cross axis of a flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: space-between; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - space-around Value
The following example demonstrates that align-content: space-around property distributes the flex items within a flex container with equal space around each item −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: space-around; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - space-evenly Value
The following example demonstrates that align-content: space-evenly evenly distributes the space around and between the flex items along the cross axis of a flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 300px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: space-evenly; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - baseline Value
The following example demonstrates that the align-content: baseline property aligns flex items along their baselines of the flex container −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 350px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: baseline; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; height: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> <div>Flex item 4</div> <div>Flex item 5</div> <div>Flex item 6</div> <div>Flex item 7</div> </div> </body> </html>
CSS align-content - stretch Value
The following example demonstartes that align-content: stretch property stretches the flex items along the cross-axis of the flex container to fill the available space −
<html> <head> <style> .flex-container { display: flex; background-color: green; height: 200px; width: 100%; flex-wrap: wrap; align-content: stretch; } .flex-container div { background-color: yellow; padding: 10px; margin: 5px; width: 90px; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="flex-container"> <div>Flex item 1</div> <div>Flex item 2</div> <div>Flex item 3</div> </div> </body> </html>
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