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!

<Box sx={{ display: 'flex' }}>…
<Box sx={{ display: 'inline-flex' }}>…

flex-direction

For more information please see flex-direction on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ flexDirection: 'row' }}>…
<Box sx={{ flexDirection: 'row-reverse' }}>…
<Box sx={{ flexDirection: 'column' }}>…
<Box sx={{ flexDirection: 'column-reverse' }}>…

flex-wrap

For more information please see flex-wrap on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ flexWrap: 'nowrap' }}>…
<Box sx={{ flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>…
<Box sx={{ flexWrap: 'wrap-reverse' }}>…

justify-content

For more information please see justify-content on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'flex-start' }}>…
<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'flex-end' }}>…
<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'center' }}>…
<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'space-between' }}>…
<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'space-around' }}>…
<Box sx={{ justifyContent: 'space-evenly' }}>…

align-items

For more information please see align-items on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ alignItems: 'flex-start' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignItems: 'flex-end' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignItems: 'center' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignItems: 'stretch' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignItems: 'baseline' }}>…

align-content

For more information please see align-content on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'flex-start' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'flex-end' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'center' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'space-between' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'space-around' }}>…
<Box sx={{ alignContent: 'stretch' }}>…

Properties for the Children

order

For more information please see order on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ order: 2 }}>Item 1</Box>
<Box sx={{ order: 3 }}>Item 2</Box>
<Box sx={{ order: 1 }}>Item 3</Box>

flex-grow

For more information please see flex-grow on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>Item 1</Box>
<Box>Item 2</Box>
<Box>Item 3</Box>

flex-shrink

For more information please see flex-shrink on MDN.

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<Box sx={{ width: '100%' }}>Item 1</Box>
<Box sx={{ flexShrink: 1 }}>Item 2</Box>
<Box sx={{ flexShrink: 0 }}>Item 3</Box>

align-self

For more information please see align-self on MDN.

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<Box>Item 1</Box>
<Box sx={{ alignSelf: 'flex-end' }}>Item 2</Box>
<Box>Item 3</Box>

API

import { flexbox } from '@mui/system';

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