Flex Direction

Default class reference

Class	Properties
flex-row	flex-direction: row;
flex-row-reverse	flex-direction: row-reverse;
flex-col	flex-direction: column;
flex-col-reverse	flex-direction: column-reverse;

Row

Use flex-row to position flex items horizontally in the same direction as text:

<div class="flex flex-row ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
</div>

Row reversed

Use flex-row-reverse to position flex items horizontally in the opposite direction:

<div class="flex flex-row-reverse ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
</div>

Column

Use flex-col to position flex items vertically:

<div class="flex flex-col ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
</div>

Column reversed

Use flex-col-reverse to position flex items vertically in the opposite direction:

<div class="flex flex-col-reverse ...">
  <div>1</div>
  <div>2</div>
  <div>3</div>
</div>

Responsive

To apply a flex direction utility only at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to the existing class name. For example, adding the class md:flex-row to an element would apply the flex-row utility at medium screen sizes and above.

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

  <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row ...">
    <!-- ... -->
  </div>

Customizing

Variants

By default, only responsive variants are generated for flex-direction utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the flex-direction utilities by modifying the flexDirection property in the variants section of your tailwind.config.js file.

For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    variants: {
      extend: {
        // ...
+       flexDirection: ['hover', 'focus'],
      }
    }
  }

Disabling

If you don't plan to use the flex-direction utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the flexDirection property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:

  // tailwind.config.js
  module.exports = {
    corePlugins: {
      // ...
+     flexDirection: false,
    }
  }