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Flexbox

Quickly manage the layout, alignment, and sizing of grid columns, navigation, components, and more with a full suite of responsive flexbox utilities.

If you are new to or unfamiliar with flexbox, we encourage you to read this CSS-Tricks flexbox guide.

Properties for the Parent

display

I'm a flexbox container that uses flex!
I'm a flexbox container that uses inline-flex!
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">display</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">display</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'inline-flex'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

flex-direction

For more information please see flex-direction on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexDirection</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'row'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexDirection</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'row-reverse'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexDirection</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'column'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexDirection</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'column-reverse'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

flex-wrap

For more information please see flex-wrap on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexWrap</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'nowrap'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexWrap</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'wrap'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexWrap</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'wrap-reverse'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

justify-content

For more information please see justify-content on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-start'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-end'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'center'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'space-between'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'space-around'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">justifyContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'space-evenly'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

align-items

For more information please see align-items on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignItems</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-start'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignItems</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-end'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignItems</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'center'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignItems</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'stretch'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignItems</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'baseline'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

align-content

For more information please see align-content on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-start'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-end'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'center'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'space-between'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'space-around'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignContent</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'stretch'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>…

Properties for the Children

order

For more information please see order on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">order</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">2</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">1</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">order</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">3</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">2</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">order</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">3</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>

flex-grow

For more information please see flex-grow on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexGrow</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">1</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">2</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">3</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>

flex-shrink

For more information please see flex-shrink on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">width</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'100%'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">1</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexShrink</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">1</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">2</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">flexShrink</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token number">0</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">3</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>

align-self

For more information please see align-self on MDN.

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<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">1</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">sx</span><span class="token script language-javascript"><span class="token script-punctuation punctuation">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span> <span class="token literal-property property">alignSelf</span><span class="token operator">:</span> <span class="token string">'flex-end'</span> <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">2</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Item <span class="token number">3</span><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span><span class="token class-name">Box</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>

API

<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span> flexbox <span class="token punctuation">}</span> <span class="token keyword">from</span> <span class="token string">'@mui/system'</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
Import name Prop CSS property Theme key
flexDirection flexDirection flex-direction none
flexWrap flexWrap flex-wrap none
justifyContent justifyContent justify-content none
alignItems alignItems align-items none
alignContent alignContent align-content none
order order order none
flex flex flex none
flexGrow flexGrow flex-grow none
flexShrink flexShrink flex-shrink none
alignSelf alignSelf align-self none