Place Items
Utilities for controlling how items are justified and aligned at the same time.
Default class reference
| Class | Properties |
|---|---|
| place-items-auto | place-items: auto; |
| place-items-start | place-items: start; |
| place-items-end | place-items: end; |
| place-items-center | place-items: center; |
| place-items-stretch | place-items: stretch; |
Auto
Use place-items-auto to place grid items automatically in their grid areas:

1. <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 place-items-auto h-48 ...">
2. <div>1</div>
3. <div>2</div>
4. <div>3</div>
5. <div>4</div>
6. <div>5</div>
7. <div>6</div>
8. </div>
Start
Use place-items-start to place grid items on the start of their grid areas on both axis:

1. <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 place-items-start h-48 ...">
2. <div>1</div>
3. <div>2</div>
4. <div>3</div>
5. <div>4</div>
6. <div>5</div>
7. <div>6</div>
8. </div>
End
Use place-items-end to place grid items on the end of their grid areas on both axis:

1. <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 place-items-end h-48 ...">
2. <div>1</div>
3. <div>2</div>
4. <div>3</div>
5. <div>4</div>
6. <div>5</div>
7. <div>6</div>
8. </div>
Center
Use place-items-center to place grid items on the center of their grid areas on both axis:

1. <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 place-items-center h-48 ...">
2. <div>1</div>
3. <div>2</div>
4. <div>3</div>
5. <div>4</div>
6. <div>5</div>
7. <div>6</div>
8. </div>
Stretch
Use place-items-stretch to stretch items along their grid areas on both axis:

1. <div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 place-items-stretch h-48 ...">
2. <div>1</div>
3. <div>2</div>
4. <div>3</div>
5. <div>4</div>
6. <div>5</div>
7. <div>6</div>
8. </div>
Responsive
To place items at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing place-items utility. For example, use md:place-items-center to apply the place-items-center utility at only medium screen sizes and above.
1. <div class="place-items-start md:place-items-center">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>
For more information about Tailwind’s responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.
Customizing
Variants
By default, only responsive variants are generated for place-items utilities.
You can control which variants are generated for the place-items utilities by modifying the placeItems property in the variants section of your tailwind.config.js file.
For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:
1. // tailwind.config.js
2. module.exports = {
3. variants: {
4. extend: {
5. // ...
6. + placeItems: ['hover', 'focus'],
7. }
8. }
9. }
Disabling
If you don’t plan to use the place-items utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the placeItems property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:
1. // tailwind.config.js
2. module.exports = {
3. corePlugins: {
4. // ...
5. + placeItems: false,
6. }
7. }
