CSS | align-content property

The align-content property changes the behavior of the flex-wrap property. It aligns flex lines. It is used to specify the alignment between the lines inside a flexible container. This property defines how each flex line is aligned within a flexbox and it only applicable if flex-wrap: wrap is applied i.e. if there are multiple lines of flexbox items present.

List of align-content property:

  • center
  • stretch
  • flex-start
  • flex-end
  • space-around
  • space-between

center: Lines are placed on the center of flex container.
Syntax:

align-content:center;

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>align-content property</title>
        <style>
            .main-container {
                display: flex;
                height: 400px;
                flex-wrap: wrap;
                align-content: center;
                background-color: green;
            }
              
            .main-container div {
                background-color: #f4f4f4;
                width: 100px;
                margin: 10px;
                text-align: center;
                font-size: 50px;
            }
            h2 {
                text-align:center;
            }
            .geeks {
                font-size:40px;
                text-align:center;
                color:#009900;
                font-weight:bold;
            } 
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div>
        <h2>align-content: center;</h2>
        <div class="main-container">
            <div>1</div>
            <div>2</div>
            <div>3</div> 
            <div>4</div>
            <div>5</div>
            <div>6</div> 
            <div>7</div>
            <div>8</div>
            <div>9</div> 
            <div>10</div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>                    

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Output:

align content center


stretch: The line stretched to take the remaining space of flex container. It is the default value.

Syntax:


align-content: stretch;



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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>align-content property</title> 


        <style> 


            .main-container { 


                display: flex; 


                height: 400px; 


                flex-wrap: wrap; 


                align-content: stretch; 


                background-color: green; 


            } 


              


            .main-container div { 


                background-color: #f4f4f4; 


                width: 100px; 


                margin: 10px; 


                text-align: center; 


                font-size: 50px; 


            } 


            h2 { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            .geeks { 


                font-size:40px; 


                text-align:center; 


                color:#009900; 


                font-weight:bold; 


            }  


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div> 


        <h2>align-content: stretch;</h2> 


        <div class="main-container"> 


            <div>1</div> 


            <div>2</div> 


            <div>3</div>  


            <div>4</div> 


            <div>5</div> 


            <div>6</div>  


            <div>7</div> 


            <div>8</div> 


            <div>9</div>  


            <div>10</div> 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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Output:

align content stretch


flex-start: Displays the lines at the start of the flex container.

Syntax:


align-content: flex-start;



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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>align-content property</title> 


        <style> 


            .main-container { 


                display: flex; 


                height: 400px; 


                flex-wrap: wrap; 


                align-content: flex-start; 


                background-color: green; 


            } 


              


            .main-container div { 


                background-color: #f4f4f4; 


                width: 100px; 


                margin: 10px; 


                text-align: center; 


                font-size: 50px; 


            } 


            h2 { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            .geeks { 


                font-size:40px; 


                text-align:center; 


                color:#009900; 


                font-weight:bold; 


            }  


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div> 


        <h2>align-content: flex-start;</h2> 


        <div class="main-container"> 


            <div>1</div> 


            <div>2</div> 


            <div>3</div>  


            <div>4</div> 


            <div>5</div> 


            <div>6</div>  


            <div>7</div> 


            <div>8</div> 


            <div>9</div>  


            <div>10</div> 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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Output:

align-content flex-start


flex-end: Displays the flex lines at the end of the flex container

Syntax:


align-content: flex-end;



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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>align-content property</title> 


        <style> 


            .main-container { 


                display: flex; 


                height: 400px; 


                flex-wrap: wrap; 


                align-content: flex-end; 


                background-color: green; 


            } 


              


            .main-container div { 


                background-color: #f4f4f4; 


                width: 100px; 


                margin: 10px; 


                text-align: center; 


                font-size: 50px; 


            } 


            h2 { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            .geeks { 


                font-size:40px; 


                text-align:center; 


                color:#009900; 


                font-weight:bold; 


            }  


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div> 


        <h2>align-content: flex-end;</h2> 


        <div class="main-container"> 


            <div>1</div> 


            <div>2</div> 


            <div>3</div>  


            <div>4</div> 


            <div>5</div> 


            <div>6</div>  


            <div>7</div> 


            <div>8</div> 


            <div>9</div>  


            <div>10</div> 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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Output:

align-content flex-end


space-around: By using space-around property space will be distributed equally around the flex lines.

Syntax:


align-content: space-around;



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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>align-content property</title> 


        <style> 


            .main-container { 


                display: flex; 


                height: 400px; 


                flex-wrap: wrap; 


                align-content: space-around; 


                background-color: green; 


            } 


              


            .main-container div { 


                background-color: #f4f4f4; 


                width: 100px; 


                margin: 10px; 


                text-align: center; 


                font-size: 50px; 


            } 


            h2 { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            .geeks { 


                font-size:40px; 


                text-align:center; 


                color:#009900; 


                font-weight:bold; 


            }  


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div> 


        <h2>align-content: space-around;</h2> 


        <div class="main-container"> 


            <div>1</div> 


            <div>2</div> 


            <div>3</div>  


            <div>4</div> 


            <div>5</div> 


            <div>6</div>  


            <div>7</div> 


            <div>8</div> 


            <div>9</div>  


            <div>10</div> 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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Output:

align-content space-around


space-between: Displays the flex lines with equal space between them.

Syntax:


align-content: space-between;



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<!DOCTYPE html> 


<html> 


    <head> 


        <title>align-content property</title> 


        <style> 


            .main-container { 


                display: flex; 


                height: 400px; 


                flex-wrap: wrap; 


                align-content: space-between; 


                background-color: green; 


            } 


              


            .main-container div { 


                background-color: #f4f4f4; 


                width: 100px; 


                margin: 10px; 


                text-align: center; 


                font-size: 50px; 


            } 


            h2 { 


                text-align:center; 


            } 


            .geeks { 


                font-size:40px; 


                text-align:center; 


                color:#009900; 


                font-weight:bold; 


            }  


        </style> 


    </head> 


    <body> 


        <div class = "geeks">GeeksforGeeks</div> 


        <h2>align-content: space-between;</h2> 


        <div class="main-container"> 


            <div>1</div> 


            <div>2</div> 


            <div>3</div>  


            <div>4</div> 


            <div>5</div> 


            <div>6</div>  


            <div>7</div> 


            <div>8</div> 


            <div>9</div>  


            <div>10</div> 


        </div> 


    </body> 


</html>                     



















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Output:

align-content space between



          
          
          
          

            

    

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