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Posted on Nov 12, 2022 • Edited on Nov 15, 2022

Tailwind CSS tutorial #10: Place Content

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In the article, we will go into detail on how to use place-content.

Place Content

The CSS place-content property is the shorthand of align-content and justify-content property. The shorthand properties in CSS means that you can set the multiple properties values in a single property. Here the place-content property can hold the value of the align-content and justify-content property values.

Format

place-content-{alignment}

Alignment	Tailwind Class	CSS Property
Start	`place-content-start`	`place-content: start;`
End	`place-content-end`	`place-content: end;`
Center	`place-content-center`	`place-content: stretch;`
Between	`place-content-between`	`place-content: between;`
Around	`place-content-around`	`place-content: around;`
Evenly	`place-content-evenly`	`place-content: evenly;`
Stretch	`place-content-stretch`	`place-content: stretch;`

let's see each of this in action,

Start

Use place-content-start to pack items against the start of the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-start gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-start</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output:

End

Use place-content-end to to pack items against the end of the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-end gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-end</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output

Center

Use place-content-center to pack items in the center of the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-center gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-center</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output:

Between

Use place-content-between to distribute grid items along the block axis so that that there is an equal amount of space between each row on the block axis.

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-between gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-between</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output

Around

Use place-content-around distribute grid items such that there is an equal amount of space around each row on the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-around gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-around</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output

Evenly

Use place-content-evenly to distribute grid items such that they are evenly spaced on the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-evenly gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-evenly</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output

Stretch

Use place-content-stretch to stretch grid items along their grid areas on the block axis:

<li class="flex h-64 w-full items-center px-4 py-2">
  <div class="grid h-48 w-full grid-cols-3 place-content-stretch gap-1 bg-indigo-100">
    <span class="rounded-md bg-red-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">1</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-green-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">2</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-blue-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">3</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-indigo-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">4</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-purple-500 px-3 py-2 text-white">5</span>
    <span class="rounded-md bg-yellow-300 px-3 py-2 text-white">6</span>
  </div>
  <div class="ml-5 w-1/3 text-right">
    <div class="rounded-2 inline-block whitespace-nowrap rounded bg-pink-500 px-2 py-1 font-mono text-xs font-semibold text-white">place-content-stretch</div>
  </div>
</li>

Output

Full code:
The overall code will be attached to repo link.

Overall Output

Resources:
tailwind.css

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