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Justify-Content and Align-Items

Distribute items along the main axis and cross axis using justify-content and align-items.

Two Key Alignment Properties

The two most used flex alignment properties are:

  • justify-content — aligns items along the main axis
  • align-items — aligns items along the cross axis

justify-content: flex-start

flex-start (default) packs items toward the start of the main axis. In row direction, items align to the left.

.nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-start; /* default */
}

All lessons in this course

  1. Display Flex and Flex Direction
  2. Justify-Content and Align-Items
  3. Flex Wrap and Align-Content
  4. Flex Grow Shrink and Basis
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