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Place self

The place self class sets the place-self property. It is a shorthand for setting both the cross axis the main axis on a single grid item. It overrides the container’s place-items setting and controls how that individual item is aligned within its grid area. In flexbox, justify-self is ignored, so place-self has no effect. Overview
CSS Shortcut class Applied style 
place-self-auto
 
place-self: auto;
 
place-self-center
 
place-self: center;
 
place-self-stretch
 
place-self: stretch;
 
place-self-start
 
place-self: start;
 
place-self-end
 
place-self: end;

Examples

Auto
place-self-auto

The item with the place-self-auto class follows the container’s place-items setting.

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<div class="d-grid grid-cols-3 gap-300 place-items-stretch">
  <p>1</p>
  <p class="place-self-auto">2</p>
  <p>3</p>
  <p>4</p>
  <p>5</p>
  <p>6</p>
</div>

Centre
place-self-center

The item with the place-self-center class is centred both vertically and horizontally within its grid area, overriding the container’s place-items setting.

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<div class="d-grid grid-cols-3 gap-300 place-items-stretch">
  <p>1</p>
  <p class="place-self-center">2</p>
  <p>3</p>
  <p>4</p>
  <p>5</p>
  <p>6</p>
</div>

stretch
place-self-stretch

The item with the place-self-stretch class stretches to fill the entire grid area along both axes, overriding the container’s place-items setting.

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<div class="d-grid grid-cols-3 gap-300 place-items-start">
  <p>1</p>
  <p class="place-self-stretch">2</p>
  <p>3</p>
  <p>4</p>
  <p>5</p>
  <p>6</p>
</div>

Start
place-self-start

The item with the place-self-start class aligns to the start edge of both axes within its grid area, overriding the container’s place-items setting.

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<div class="d-grid grid-cols-3 gap-300 place-items-stretch">
  <p>1</p>
  <p class="place-self-start">2</p>
  <p>3</p>
  <p>4</p>
  <p>5</p>
  <p>6</p>
</div>

End
place-self-end

The item with the place-self-end class aligns to the end edge of both axes within its grid area, overriding the container’s place-items setting.

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<div class="d-grid grid-cols-3 gap-300 place-items-stretch">
  <p>1</p>
  <p class="place-self-end">2</p>
  <p>3</p>
  <p>4</p>
  <p>5</p>
  <p>6</p>
</div>
Conditional styling Apply this style to specific screen sizes Use a responsive layout prefix to apply this class only to a specified screen size. The available breakpoints are:
  • xs: > 480px
  • sm: > 640px
  • md: > 768px
  • lg: > 1024px
  • xl: > 1280px
<div class="xs:place-self-center ...">
  ...
</div>
Learn more about the responsive layout prefix. 2026-02-12