Place-content
The CSS place-content shorthand property sets how content is aligned and distributed along a container’s axes.
CSS in Depth, Second Edition
The CSS place-content shorthand property sets the align-content and justify-content properties together.
- How it is used
- Combines grid or flex container content alignment and distribution into one declaration.
- How deep it goes
- Defines the shorthand and gives one grid equivalence, while deferring detailed value examples to an external grid resource.
- Examples
- Demonstrates place-content: center start as the equivalent of separate align-content and justify-content declarations.
- What you can do after
- Apply the shorthand to position grid tracks or wrapped flex rows and distribute remaining container space.
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Tiny CSS Projects
The CSS place-content property aligns and distributes a grid or flex container's content along its axes.
- How it is used
- Centers generated inner disks and check marks inside custom radio and checkbox inputs.
- How deep it goes
- Explains grid-based centering in inline-grid controls but does not detail other values or flex-container behavior.
- Examples
- Demonstrates centering a one-em generated inner box inside 1.75em radio and checkbox inputs.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via CSS to center generated content inside inline-grid form controls.
Related concepts
- justify-contentequivalent to · The CSS justify-content property distributes flex items or grid tracks along the relevant container axis when free space is available.
- align-contentequivalent to · The CSS align-content property distributes flex lines or grid tracks along a container’s cross or block axis when free space is available.
- CSS Gridconfigures · CSS Grid is a CSS layout system for arranging elements in two-dimensional rows and columns.
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