Container
The class sets the max-width
of an element to match the min-width
of the current breakpoint. This is useful if you’d prefer to design for a fixed set of screen sizes instead of trying to accommodate a fully fluid viewport.
Note that unlike containers you might have used in other frameworks, Tailwind’s container does not center itself automatically and does not have any built-in horizontal padding.
To center a container, use the .mx-auto
utility:
<div class="container mx-auto px-4">
<!-- ... -->
</div>
If you’d like to center your containers by default or include default horizontal padding, see the customization options below.
The container
class also includes responsive variants like md:container
by default that allow you to make something behave like a container at only a certain breakpoint and up:
To center containers by default, set the center
option to true
in the theme.container
section of your config file:
// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
container: {
},
},
}
If you want to specify a different padding amount for each breakpoint, use an object to provide a default
value and any breakpoint-specific overrides:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
container: {
padding: {
default: '1rem',
lg: '4rem',
xl: '5rem',
},
},
};
If you’d like to disable the responsive variants, you can do so using by setting container
to an empty array in the variants
section of your tailwind.config.js
file:
If you don’t plan to use the .container
class in your project, you can disable it entirely by setting the container
property to false
in the corePlugins
section of your config file:
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
corePlugins: {
// ...
+ container: false,
}