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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Flexbox Properties Vertical and Horizontal Centering

Posted by Learning Coding
Learning Coding
7,134 Points

Question about Centering

why is it important to use both of these together ?

  • justify-content: center;
  • align-items: center

Does it make to use either justify-content or align-items?

2 Answers

Christopher Debove
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Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points
Christopher Debove
Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points

More specifically :

justify-content is for the main-axis ( horizontally if flex-direction: row, and vertically if flex-direction: column)

align-items is for the cross-axis ( vertically if flex-direction: row, and horizontally if flex-direction: column)

Hope i could help you.

Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points
Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

One aligns the items horizontally, the other vertically.

Here is a great explanation on stackoverflow.

This website shows a more practical answer http://www.sketchingwithcss.com/samplechapter/cheatsheet.html