align-items property
The align-items property also aligns items, but this time along the cross axis (when arranged as a row vertically, when arranged as a column – horizontally). This property can take the following values:
- stretch : The default value that makes flex items stretch the full height (when stacked) or full width (when stacked) of the flex container
- flex-start : items are aligned to the top (when stacked) or left (when stacked) of the flex container
- flex-end : items are aligned to the bottom (when stacked) or right (when stacked) of the flex container
- center : items are center-aligned on the flex container
- baseline : elements are aligned according to their baseline
Alignment when inline:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Flexbox In CSS3</title>
<style>
.flex-container {
display: flex;
border: 1px #ccc solid;
height: 5em;
}
.flex-start {
align-items: flex-start;
}
.flex-end {
align-items: flex-end;
}
.center {
align-items: center;
}
.baseline {
align-items: baseline;
}
.flex-item {
text-align: center;
font-size: 1em;
padding: 1.2em;
color: white;
}
.largest-item {
padding-top: 2em;
}
.color1 {
background-color: #675BA7;
}
.color2 {
background-color: #9BC850;
}
.color3 {
background-color: #A62E5C;
}
.color4 {
background-color: #2A9FBC;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Flex-start</h3>
<div class="flex-container flex-start">
<div class="flex-item color1">Flex Item 1</div>
<div class="flex-item color2">Flex Item 2</div>
<div class="flex-item color3">Flex Item 3</div>
<div class="flex-item color4">Flex Item 4</div>
</div>
<h3>Flex-end</h3>
<div class="flex-container flex-end">
<div class="flex-item color1">Flex Item 1</div>
<div class="flex-item color2">Flex Item 2</div>
<div class="flex-item color3">Flex Item 3</div>
<div class="flex-item color4">Flex Item 4</div>
</div>
<h3>Center</h3>
<div class="flex-container center">
<div class="flex-item color1">Flex Item 1</div>
<div class="flex-item color2">Flex Item 2</div>
<div class="flex-item color3">Flex Item 3</div>
<div class="flex-item color4">Flex Item 4</div>
</div>
<h3>Baseline</h3>
<div class="flex-container baseline">
<div class="flex-item color1">Flex Item 1</div>
<div class="flex-item color2 largest-item">Flex Item 2</div>
<div class="flex-item color3">Flex Item 3</div>
<div class="flex-item color4">Flex Item 4</div>
</div>
</html>
Similarly, the property works when arranged in a column. For example, let’s change the styles of the flex container as follows:
align-self property
The align-self property allows you to override the value of a property align-itemson a single element. It can take all the same values plus the “auto” value:
- auto : The default value where the element gets its value from the property align-itemsdefined in the flex container. If the style is not defined in the container, then the value is applied stretch.
- stretch
- flex start
- flex end
- center
- baseline
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Flexbox In CSS3</title>
<style>
.flex-container {
display: flex;
border: 1px #ccc solid;
justify-content: space-between;
align-items: stretch;
height: 12em;
}
.flex-item {
text-align: center;
font-size: 1em;
padding: 1.2em;
color: white;
}
.item1 {
background-color: #675BA7;
align-self: center;
}
.item2 {
background-color: #9BC850;
align-self: flex-start;
}
.item3 {
background-color: #A62E5C;
align-self: flex-end;
}
.item4 {
background-color: #2A9FBC;
align-self: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Align-self</h3>
<div class="flex-container">
<div class="flex-item item1">Flex Item 1</div>
<div class="flex-item item2">Flex Item 2</div>
<div class="flex-item item3">Flex Item 3</div>
<div class="flex-item item4">Flex Item 4</div>
</div>
</html>
