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# align-items\[row]

## align-items \[row] <a href="#day-15-align-items-row" id="day-15-align-items-row"></a>

So justify-content controls how items are laid out on the main axis. What about their layout in the cross axis? Don't worry, that's where align-items come into play. Remember the cross axis is always perpendicular to the main axis. So if the main axis is sitting horizontally, where flex-direction is row. Then , the cross axis is sitting vertically. 🤓

```css
.parent {
  align-items: stretch /* default */
            or flex-start
            or flex-end
            or center
            or baseline
}
```

The **align-items** property is used to align the flex items.

* The center value aligns the flex items in the middle of the container:&#x20;

```css
.flex-container { 
display: flex; 
height: 200px;
 align-items: center; }
```

* The flex-start value aligns the flex items at the top of the container:&#x20;

```css
.flex-container { 
display: flex; 
height: 200px; 
align-items: flex-start; }
```

* The flex-end value aligns the flex items at the bottom of the container:&#x20;

```css
.flex-container { 
display: flex;
 height: 200px; 
 align-items: flex-end; }
```

* The stretch value stretches the flex items to fill the container (this is default):&#x20;

```css
.flex-container { 
display: flex; 
height: 200px; 
align-items: stretch; }
```

* The baseline value aligns the flex items such as their baselines aligns:&#x20;

```css
.flex-container { 
display: flex;
 height: 200px; 
 align-items: baseline; }
```

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