flex-auto: Tailwind CSS Flex class

The flex-auto class makes an element fully grow and shrink as needed, while occupying all available space.

flex-auto

The flex-auto class makes an element fully grow and shrink as needed, while occupying all available space.

Example Code

html
<div class="flex p-10 bg-gray-100 space-x-5">
  <div class="flex-auto bg-blue-400 p-4  text-center text-white font-bold rounded">Flexible Item</div>
  <div class="bg-gray-400 p-4  text-center text-white font-bold rounded">Fixed Item</div>
</div>

Preview

Flexible Item
Fixed Item

How to Use

Add the flex-auto class directly to your HTML element:

html
<div class="flex-auto">
  <!-- Your content here -->
</div>

Responsive Usage

Use Tailwind's responsive prefixes to apply flex-auto at specific breakpoints:

html
<div class="sm:flex-auto md:flex-auto lg:flex-auto">
  Responsive element
</div>
  • sm:flex-auto — applies from 640px and up
  • md:flex-auto — applies from 768px and up
  • lg:flex-auto — applies from 1024px and up

Customization

You can extend or override this utility in your tailwind.config.js. See the Tailwind CSS documentation for details on customizing your theme.

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