CSS align-items Property

Description

The align-items property aligns all the elements inside the flex container along the transverse axis, or aligns all the elements of the grid layout along the axis of the grid container column. In order to align all elements of the grid layout along the row axis, you can use the justify-items property.

Initial value: stretch
Applies to: All elements
Inherited: No
Media: Visual
Computed value: As specified
Animatable: No
CSS Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.alignItems

Syntax

align-items: flex-start | flex-end | center | baseline | stretch

Values

flex-startElements are located at the beginning of the container line. For layout grid elements (grid elements) the abbreviated start value is allowed, for flex elements it is necessary to use the full flex-start value.
flex-endElements are located at the end of the container line. For layout grid elements (grid elements), the abbreviated end value is allowed; for flex elements, the full flex-end value must be used.
centerElements are located in the center of the row of the container (middle of the transverse axis, or the axis of the column).
baselineElements are located on their baseline.
stretchFlex elements are stretched to fit the container along the transverse axis, layout grid elements are stretched along the column. This is the default value.

Example

HTML

<div class="grid-container"><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div><div>D</div><div>E</div><div>F</div><div>G</div><div>H</div></div> 

<div class="grid-container2"><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div><div class="fontSize40">D</div><div>E</div><div>F</div><div>G</div><div class="fontSize40">H</div></div> 

<div class="grid-container3"><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div><div>D</div><div>E</div><div>F</div><div>G</div><div>H</div></div> 

<div class="grid-container4"><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div><div>D</div><div>E</div><div>F</div><div>G</div><div>H</div></div> 

<div class="grid-container5"><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div><div class="fontSize40">D</div><div>E</div><div>F</div><div>G</div><div class="fontSize40">H</div></div>

CSS

body {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
} 
.grid-container, 
.grid-container2, 
.grid-container3, 
.grid-container4, 
.grid-container5 {
   display: inline-grid;
   grid: auto / repeat(4, 1fr);
   height: 120px;
   width: 30%;
   background: rgb(0,150,208); 
   margin: 10px;
   text-align: center;
}
div>div {
   background: rgb(241,101,41);
   border: 1px solid;
} 
.grid-container {
   align-items: stretch;
}
.grid-container2 {
   align-items: start;
}
.grid-container3 {
   align-items: end;
}
.grid-container4 {
   align-items: center;
}
.grid-container5 {
   align-items: baseline;
}
.fontSize40 {
   font-size: 40px;
}

Result