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Quick reference

Class
Properties
align-baselinevertical-align: baseline;
align-topvertical-align: top;
align-middlevertical-align: middle;
align-bottomvertical-align: bottom;
align-text-topvertical-align: text-top;
align-text-bottomvertical-align: text-bottom;
align-subvertical-align: sub;
align-supervertical-align: super;

Basic usage

Baseline

Use align-baseline to align the baseline of an element with the baseline of its parent.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-baseline ...">...</span>

Top

Use align-top to align the top of an element and its descendants with the top of the entire line.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-top ...">...</span>

Middle

Use align-middle to align the middle of an element with the baseline plus half the x-height of the parent.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-middle ...">...</span>

Bottom

Use align-bottom to align the bottom of an element and its descendants with the bottom of the entire line.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-bottom ...">...</span>

Text Top

Use align-text-top to align the top of an element with the top of the parent element’s font.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-text-top ...">...</span>

Text Bottom

Use align-text-bottom to align the bottom of an element with the bottom of the parent element’s font.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 
<span class="inline-block align-text-bottom ...">...</span>

Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:align-top to only apply the align-top utility on hover.

<p class="align-middle hover:align-top">
  <!-- ... -->
</p>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:align-top to apply the align-top utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<p class="align-middle md:align-top">
  <!-- ... -->
</p>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

Using custom values

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off vertical-align value that isn't included in Tailwind by default, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="align-[4px]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.