grid-auto-flow - Flexbox & Grid - Tailwind CSS
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Flexbox & Grid

grid-auto-flow

Utilities for controlling how elements in a grid are auto-placed.

Examples

Basic example

Use utilities like grid-flow-col and grid-flow-row-dense to control how the auto-placement algorithm works for a grid layout:

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<div class="grid grid-flow-row-dense grid-cols-3 grid-rows-3 ...">  <div class="col-span-2">01</div>  <div class="col-span-2">02</div>  <div>03</div>  <div>04</div>  <div>05</div></div>

Responsive design

Prefix a grid-auto-flow utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

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

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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