Alignment in normal flow

align-content now also works on block containers, without flex or grid. It lets you centre a box’s content vertically with a single declaration.

normal (default): content starts at the top, as always.
center: centres all the content vertically inside the block.
end: places the content at the end of the block.
It only shows when the block is taller than its content, for example with height or min-height.

Example

The container is a normal block with a fixed height. Change align-content to move its content without turning it into flex or grid.

Select align-content:

normalcenterend

ResultLiveContainer width100%

html

<div class="container">
  <div class="child">content</div>
</div>

<div class="container">
  <div class="child">content</div>
</div>

css

.container {
  border: 1px solid #2b7de0;
  align-content: normal;
  display: block;
  height: 12rem;
  padding: 0.5rem;
}

.child {
  padding: 1rem;
}

.container {
  border: 1px solid #2b7de0;
  align-content: normal;
  display: block;
  height: 12rem;
  padding: 0.5rem;
}

.child {
  padding: 1rem;
}

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