Max-Width

Utilities for setting the maximum width of an element

Default class reference

Usage

Set the maximum width of an element using the max-w-{size} utilities.

1. <div class="max-w-md mx-auto ...">
2. max-w-md
3. </div>

Prose

We added a new max-width by default called max-w-prose. If you are familiar with the typography plugin you might recognize this one. The idea behind this class is that it allows you to have an optimal reading width.

1. <div class="max-w-prose ...">
2. <p class="font-bold">Why do you never see elephants hiding in trees?</p>
3. <p>Because they're so good at it. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Quas cupiditate laboriosam fugiat.</p>
4. </div>

Responsive

To control the max-width of an element at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing max-width utility.

1. <div class="max-w-sm md:max-w-lg ...">
2. <!-- ... -->
3. </div>

For more information about Tailwind’s responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.

Customizing

Max-Width Scale

Customize Tailwind’s default max-width scale in the theme.maxWidth section of your tailwind.config.js file.

1. // tailwind.config.js
2. module.exports = {
3. theme: {
4. maxWidth: {
5. +       '1/4': '25%',
6. +       '1/2': '50%',
7. +       '3/4': '75%',
8. }
9. }
10. }

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Variants

By default, only responsive variants are generated for max-width utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the max-width utilities by modifying the maxWidth 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. +       maxWidth: ['hover', 'focus'],
7. }
8. }
9. }

Disabling

If you don’t plan to use the max-width utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the maxWidth property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:

1. // tailwind.config.js
2. module.exports = {
3. corePlugins: {
4. // ...
5. +     maxWidth: false,
6. }
7. }