CSS justify-self Property


Example

Align a grid item at the right side of its grid cell:

.red {
  display: grid;
  justify-self: right;
}
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Definition and Usage

The justify-self property aligns a grid item within its grid cell in the inline direction.

For pages in English, inline direction is left to right and block direction is downward.

For this property to have any alignment effect, the grid item need available space around itself in the inline direction.

Tip: To align a grid item in block direction instead of inline direction, use align-self or align-items properties.

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Default value: auto
Inherited: no
Animatable: no. Read about animatable
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.justifySelf="right" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
justify-self 57.0 16.0 45.0 10.1 44.0


CSS Syntax

justify-self: auto|normal|stretch|positional alignment|overflow-alignment|baseline alignment|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value Description Play it
auto Default value. Grid container justify-self property value is inherited. Demo ❯
normal Dependant on layout context, but similar to 'stretch' for grid layout for grid items when size is not set. If size is set, the property value behaves lik 'start'. Demo ❯
stretch Stretches to fill the grid cell if inline-size (width) is not set. Demo ❯
start Align items at the start in the inline direction Demo ❯
left Align items to the left Demo ❯
center Align items to the center Demo ❯
end Align items at the end in the inline direction Demo ❯
right Align items to the right Demo ❯
overflow-alignment
  • 'safe' sets alignment of the item to 'start' if the content overflows
  • 'unsafe' keeps the alignment value regardless of wether or not the item content overflows
baseline alignment The element is aligned with the baseline of the parent. Demo ❯
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

More Examples

justify-self vs. justify-items

Alignment is set to 'center' from container with justify-items property, and 'right' on the grid item itself with justify-self property. Property value 'right' prevails:

#container {
  display: grid;
  justify-items: center;
}

.blue {
  justify-self: right;
}
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justify-self on absolutely positioned grid items

Alignment is set to 'right' on absolutely positioned grid items:

#container {
  display: grid;
  position: relative;
}

.red {
  position: absolute;
  justify-self: right;
}
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writing-mode

With the writing-mode property value of the grid container element set to vertical-rl, the inline direction is downwards. The result is that the start of the container is moved from left side to top, and the end of the container is moved from right side to bottom:

#container {
  display: grid;
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}

.blue {
  justify-self: end;
}
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direction

With the direction property value of the grid container element set to 'rtl', the inline direction is right to left. The result is that the start of the container is moved from left side to right side, and the end of the container is moved from right side to left side:

#container {
  display: grid;
  direction: rtl;
}

.blue {
  justify-self: end;
}
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Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS grid

CSS tutorial: CSS positioning

CSS Reference: align-content property

CSS Reference: align-items property

CSS Reference: align-self property

CSS Reference: direction property

CSS Reference: grid property

CSS Reference: grid-template-columns property

CSS Reference: position property

CSS Reference: writing-mode property


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