flex-initial: Tailwind CSS Flex class

The flex-initial class sets an element's flex property to its initial value: it doesn't grow or shrink and takes up only the space it needs.

flex-initial

The flex-initial class sets an element's flex property to its initial value: it doesn't grow or shrink and takes up only the space it needs.

Example Code

html
<div class="flex p-10 bg-yellow-50 space-x-5">
  <div class="flex-initial bg-blue-500 p-4 text-center text-white font-bold rounded">Flex-initial</div>
  <div class="bg-blue-200 p-4 flex-grow text-center text-white font-bold rounded">flex-grow</div>
</div>

Preview

Flex-initial
flex-grow

How to Use

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

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

Responsive Usage

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

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