How can I vertically align a div with Tailwind?
What I want:
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What I currently have:
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HTML
<div class="flex flex-col h-screen my-auto items-center bgimg bg-cover">
<h3 class="text-white">heading</h3>
<button class="mt-2 bg-white text-black font-bold py-1 px-8 rounded m-2">
call to action
</button>
</div>
CSS
.bgimg {
background-image: url('https://d1ia71hq4oe7pn.cloudfront.net/photo/60021841-480px.jpg');
}
I have successfully centered on the secondary axis (left-right) with class items-center. Reading the documentation, I tried align-middle but it does not work. I have confirmed the divs have full height and my-auto.
I'm using this version of Tailwind: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css
Here is a JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/7xnghf1m/2/
You can also do
<div class="flex h-screen">
<div class="m-auto">
<h3>title</h3>
<button>button</button>
</div>
</div>
Partly referencing #mythicalcoder 's solution but using only the necessary classes provided by TailwindCss (Version 1.8.+):
flex : To use a flex-div as container
h-screen : To size the container-height to the viewport height.
justify-center : To justify center (horizontal center) - main axis - Doc
items-center : To align the items to center (horizontal center) - cross axis - Doc
My Solution to center two text lines:
<link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss#^1.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="flex h-screen justify-center items-center">
<div class="text-center bg-blue-400"> <!-- ⬅️ THIS DIV WILL BE CENTERED -->
<h1 class="text-3xl">HEADING</h1>
<p class="text-xl">Sub text</p>
</div>
</div>
Justify-Center and Items-Center
While Anders' answer solves the problem for this particular case, I think it's important to note that using justify-center and items-center is circumstantial.
Let's have a look at one of the examples from the tailwind documentation.
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="flex justify-center bg-gray-100">
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
As we can see the above code centers the elements horizontally. The reason for this is because the justify-center class centers the element on the flex container's main axis.
This means that if we were to change the main axis to 'column' then we would get a different result.
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="flex flex-col justify-center bg-gray-100">
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">1</div>
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">2</div>
<div class="text-gray-800 text-center bg-gray-300 px-4 py-2 m-2">3</div>
</div>
Justify-Center and Items-Center centers the elements on the main axis and the cross axis, and they can be used in place of each other. They are the opposites of each other and will produce different results depending on what the current main axis is.
According to the question, the "Items1", "Items2" should be both horizontally and vertically aligned.
Horizontal => text-center/justify-center
Vertical => items-center
Here is a sample code for producing a view similar to the ASCII image in the question.
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="relative h-32 bg-blue-400">
<div class="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center">
Item 1
<br>
Item 2
</div>
</div>
I have tried to summarize different occurances of centering the divs
Center divs in Column
For fit width
<div class="bg-yellow-400 flex flex-col h-screen justify-center items-center">
<div className="bg-green-500 p-2">item 1</div>
<div className="bg-pink-500 p-2">item 2</div>
</div>
For full width
<div class="bg-yellow-400 flex flex-col h-screen justify-center items-center">
<div className="bg-green-500 p-2 w-full flex justify-center">
item 1
</div>
<div className="bg-pink-500 p-2 w-full text-center">item 2</div>
</div>
Extra:
Center vertically split divs
<div class="flex h-screen flex-col">
<div class="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-green-500 p-2 text-4xl">
<div class="bg-yellow-400 p-6">Item 1</div>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-pink-500 p-2 text-4xl"><div class="bg-amber-400 p-6">Item 2</div></div>
</div>
Center horizontally split divs
<div class="flex h-screen">
<div class="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-green-500 p-2 text-4xl">
<div class="bg-yellow-400 p-6">Item 1</div>
</div>
<div class="flex flex-1 items-center justify-center bg-pink-500 p-2 text-4xl"><div class="bg-amber-400 p-6">Item 2</div></div>
</div>
Center divs in Row
For fit height
<div>
<div class="flex h-screen items-center justify-center bg-yellow-400">
<div class="flex justify-center bg-green-500 p-2">item 1</div>
<div class="bg-pink-500 p-2 text-center">item 2</div>
</div>
</div>
For full height
<div>
<div class="flex h-screen items-center justify-center bg-yellow-400">
<div class="flex h-full items-center bg-green-500 p-2">item 1</div>
<div class="flex h-full items-center bg-pink-500 p-2">item 2</div>
</div>
</div>
#bastiotutuama's answer is already good, however if there are other surrounding items then use align self utilities instead of items-center. source
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="bg-blue-500 flex justify-center h-screen">
<div class="bg-red-300 self-start">
<h1>
Let us get you off the board <br>
<span>Pursue what you wanted</span>
</h1>
<div class="mt-2 flex items-center">
Get started
Learn more
</div>
</div>
<div class="bg-yellow-300 self-center">
<h1>
Let us get you off the board <br>
<span>Pursue what you wanted</span>
</h1>
<div class="mt-2 flex items-center">
Get started
Learn more
</div>
</div>
<div class="bg-red-300 self-end">
<h1>
Let us get you off the board <br>
<span>Pursue what you wanted</span>
</h1>
<div class="mt-2 flex items-center">
Get started
Learn more
</div>
</div>
</div>
You have another choice which is grid and can do
<div class="grid justify-items-center items-center h-screen">
<div>
<h3>title</h3>
<button>button</button>
</div>
</div>
Navigation using React
<nav className="flex gap-8 items-center justify-center">
<Link className=''>SHOP</Link>
<Link className=''>BACKPACK</Link>
</nav>
For vertical center in Tailwind Grid
use class name:
self-center
<div class="self-center">
you can do
<div class="flex justify-center items-center flex-col">
<p>Item 1</p>
<p>Item 2</p>
</div>
However, this approach requires flexbox.
I did it this way and it works.
<div class="grid grid-cols-3 h-screen">
<div class="bg-red-400 col-span-3 sm:col-span-1 flex">
<div class="bg-blue-300 m-auto">
<h1>hello</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-span-3 bg-red-50 sm:col-span-2"></div>
See image
Use class justify-center to align on the main axis. align-middle operates on the cross axis.
Related
I have a simple flexbox with a column grid of 2.
<div class="flex relative">
<div class="columns-2 gap-4 space-y-4">
<div class="bg-red-500 p-10">1</div>
<div class="bg-blue-500 p-10 py-14">2</div>
<div class="bg-orange-500 p-10 py-20">3</div>
<div class="bg-green-500 p-10">4</div>
</div>
</div>
The problem is the arrangement of the columns is in the "wrong" direction. The first row contains div1 and div3 but I want it to contain div1 and div2. How can I change the direction?
I want the divs to align like this:
Actually you are not using the grid of tailwind-css !! to use change the columns:2 to grid grid-cols-2
<div class="flex relative">
<div class="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 space-y-4"> 👈 grid grid-cols-2
<div class="bg-red-500 p-10">1</div>
<div class="bg-blue-500 p-10 py-14">2</div>
<div class="bg-orange-500 p-10 py-20">3</div>
<div class="bg-green-500 p-10">4</div>
</div>
</div>
Now you can see the div1 and div2 are placed in the same row.
Edit:
But this will position the div but the grid looks similar. How to overcome this ?
Use the following code:
<div class="grid grid-cols-2 grid-rows-5 gap-4">
<div class="row-span-2 flex h-64 items-center justify-center bg-red-500 text-5xl">1</div>
<div class="row-span-3 flex items-center justify-center bg-blue-500 text-5xl">2</div>
<div class="row-span-2 flex items-center justify-center bg-orange-500 text-5xl">3</div>
<div class="row-span-2 flex items-center justify-center bg-green-500 text-5xl">4</div>
</div>
Output:
Tailwind-play
I am struggeling while trying to center my content vertical and horizontal within a nested div with tailwindcss.
<div class="flex flex-col items-center min-h-screen">
<header class="flex-none text-center w-full">
<p>Header</p>
</header>
<div class="grow w-full">
<div id="home" class="flex justify-center item-center min-h-max">
<main>
<p>Shall be vertical and horizontal center.</p>
</main>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="flex-none text-center m-2 w-full">
<hr class="mx-auto mb-2 sm:w-56 w-36 h-0.5 bg-gray-100 rounded border-0 shadow-2xl" />
<div class="flex sm:flex-row flex-col sm:gap-4 gap-1 justify-center text-sm font-light">
<p>Footer<p>
</div>
</footer>
</div>
The code is also wrapped up here: https://play.tailwindcss.com/5B2w0RGQzm?size=540x1014
I already tried different height and min-height classes, but I am still failing...
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/height
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/min-height
What is the right approach to align everything centered?
try to dispatch your class otherwise and allow yourself to set flex (#child) into flex (from parent) , so it respects your idea and uses flex grid properties through your DOM levels.
Possible example below if i understood your issue:
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
<div class="flex flex-col items-center min-h-screen" style="">
<header class="flex-none text-center w-full">
<p>Header</p>
</header>
<div class="flex flex-column grow w-full justify-center items-center">
<div id="home">
<main>
<p>Shall be vertical and horizontal center.</p>
</main>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="flex-none text-center m-2 w-full">
<hr class="mx-auto mb-2 sm:w-56 w-36 h-0.5 bg-gray-100 rounded border-0 shadow-2xl" />
<div class="flex sm:flex-row flex-col sm:gap-4 gap-1 justify-center text-sm font-light">
<p>Footer at bottom <p>
</div>
</footer>
</div>
other possible example:
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
<div class="flex flex-col items-center min-h-screen" style="">
<header class="flex-none text-center w-full">
<p>Header</p>
</header>
<div class="flex grow ">
<div id="home" class="flex grow ">
<main class="flex flex-column grow w-full justify-center items-center">
<p>Shall be vertical and horizontal center.</p>
</main>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="flex-none text-center m-2 w-full">
<hr class="mx-auto mb-2 sm:w-56 w-36 h-0.5 bg-gray-100 rounded border-0 shadow-2xl" />
<div class="flex sm:flex-row flex-col sm:gap-4 gap-1 justify-center text-sm font-light">
<p>Footer at bottom
<p>
</div>
</footer>
</div>
Is there a way to achieve a grid of unequal column heights (based on content in each div) using TailWindCSS ?
One way is to use flex to create a grid of unequal heights within the same column.
Please use full page view to see below code.
<script src="https://cdn.tailwindcss.com"></script>
<div class="container m-auto p-4">
<div class="flex flex-row space-x-4">
<!-- First Col -->
<div class="flex w-full flex-col space-y-4 bg-red-200">
<div class="h-40 rounded-lg bg-red-500"></div>
<div class="h-32 rounded-lg bg-red-500"></div>
<div class="h-60 rounded-lg bg-red-500"></div>
</div>
<!-- Sec Col -->
<div class="flex w-full flex-col space-y-4 bg-blue-200">
<div class="h-12 rounded-lg bg-blue-500"></div>
<div class="h-72 rounded-lg bg-blue-500"></div>
<div class="h-48 rounded-lg bg-blue-500"></div>
</div>
<!-- Third Col -->
<div class="flex w-full flex-col space-y-4 bg-green-200">
<div class="h-28 rounded-lg bg-green-500"></div>
<div class="h-40 rounded-lg bg-green-500"></div>
<div class="h-64 rounded-lg bg-green-500"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I have 3 column page made with tailwind css and I wan to move the first column on top of 2nd column when screen size is less than '2xl' in tailwind while the 3rd col is hidden at xl breakpoint
<div className="relative z-0 flex overflow-hidden flex-grow">
{/* Start first column */}
<aside className="relative 2xl:order-first 2xl:flex-col flex-shrink-0 w-96 border-r border-gray-200 overflow-y-auto">
<div className="absolute inset-0 py-6 px-1">
</div>
</aside>
{/* End first column */}
{/* Start main area*/}
<main className="flex-1 relative z-0 overflow-y-auto focus:outline-none">
<div className="absolute inset-0 py-6 px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
</div>
</main>
{/* End main area */}
{/* Start third column */}
<aside className="hidden xl:order-last xl:flex xl:flex-col flex-shrink-0 border-r border-gray-200 w-96">
<div className="inset-0 py-6 px-1"></div>
</aside>
{/* end last column */}
</div>
any suggestions or solutions will be appreciated
If I understand the need correctly, we have to:
Make the layout responsive so that 1 column layout is used until breakdown xl, 3 columns until layout 2xl and 2 columns after
Hide the 3rd column after breakdown xl
You can definitely achieve this with out of the box tailwind css
With pure: flex playing with the width of the columns
With grid layout: better IMHO as it is more stable, you can easily add gap without destroying the layout
<head>
<link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss#^2/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="bg-blue-100">
<div class="text-xl p-4">Pure Flex solution</div>
<div class="flex flex-row flex-wrap bg-red-400 p-4">
<div class="w-full xl:w-1/3 2xl:w-1/2 p-4 bg-yellow-400">
Column 1
</div>
<div class="w-full xl:w-1/3 2xl:w-1/2 p-4 bg-gray-400">
Column 2
</div>
<div class="w-full xl:w-1/3 2xl:hidden p-4 bg-blue-400">
Column 3
</div>
</div>
<div class="mt-4 text-xl p-4">Grid solution</div>
<div class="grid grid-cols-1 xl:grid-cols-3 2xl:grid-cols-2 gap-4 p-4 bg-pink-400">
<div class="w-full p-4 bg-yellow-400">
Column 1
</div>
<div class="w-full p-4 bg-gray-400">
Column 2
</div>
<div class="w-full 2xl:hidden p-4 bg-blue-400">
Column 3
</div>
</div>
<div class="mt-4 text-xl italic p-4">Other understanding of the need</div>
<div class="grid grid-cols-1 2xl:grid-cols-3 gap-4 p-4 bg-purple-400">
<div class="w-full p-4 bg-yellow-400">
Column 1
</div>
<div class="w-full p-4 bg-gray-400">
Column 2
</div>
<div class="w-full xl:hidden 2xl:grid p-4 bg-blue-400">
Column 3
</div>
</div>
</body>
I have a dashboard layout with a sidebar on the left, I would like some content right of the sidebar in a grid layout with 3 items
So far I have the dashboard
<div>
<div>
<div class=" flex flex-col inset-y-0 left-0 z-30 overflow-y-auto transition duration-300 transform bg-white w-60 dark:bg-gray-900 lg:translate-x-0 lg:static lg:inset-0">
<div class="flex items-center justify-center mt-8">
<div class="flex items-center">
<span class="text-2xl font-semibold text-gray-800 dark:text-white">Dashboard</span>
</div>
</div>
<nav class="flex flex-col px-4 mt-10 text-center">
Overview
Tickets
Ideas
Contacts
Settings
</nav>
</div>
<!-- the items i want to put in a 3 grid layout !-->
<div class="flex flex-wrap -mx-3 overflow-hidden sm:-mx-1 md:-mx-1 lg:-mx-2 xl:-mx-2">
<div class="my-3 px-3 w-1/3 overflow-hidden sm:my-1 sm:px-1 sm:w-full md:my-1 md:px-1 md:w-1/2 lg:my-2 lg:px-2 lg:w-1/3 xl:my-2 xl:px-2 xl:w-1/3">
#livewire('dashboard')
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I tried a lot of things, most of them ended up with the dashboard covering up the images, now my images are always in the same column as the dashboard instead of centering in the middle liek they should.
See the image for a clearer picture
I created a demo for you.
<div class="flex">
<div class="flex w-60 bg-gray-200 h-96"></div>
<div class="flex flex-1 bg-blue-50">
<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4">
<div class="col-span-1 bg-blue-200 w-48"></div>
<div class="col-span-1 bg-blue-200 w-48"></div>
<div class="col-span-1 bg-blue-200 w-48"></div>
<div class="col-span-1 bg-blue-200 w-48"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Also, I recommend going through YouTube videos from Andre Madarang. He has some great content on Tailwind.
Similar to Digvjay, I put a demo together.
I used a fair bit of your original markup if that makes it easier to follow.
<div class="flex mt-8">
<!-- sidebar -->
<div class="flex flex-col w-60 dark:bg-gray-900">
<div class="flex items-center justify-center ">
<div class="flex items-center">
<span class="text-2xl font-semibold text-gray-800 dark:text-white">Dashboard</span>
</div>
</div>
<nav class="flex flex-col px-4 mt-10 text-center">
Overview
Tickets
Ideas
Contacts
Settings
</nav>
</div>
<!-- the items i want to put in a 3 grid layout !-->
<div class="p-4 grid grid-cols-3 gap-4 bg-gray-50 w-full">
<div class="bg-red-500 w-full"></div>
<div class="bg-red-500 w-full"></div>
<div class="bg-red-500 w-full"></div>
<div class="bg-red-500 w-full"></div>
</div>
</div>