noting down tricky points in tailwindcss:

  • “content-center vs item-center vs place-content-center vs place-items-center”,
  • “align vs justify”

content-center vs items-center vs place-content-center vs place-items-center

content-center and place-content-center are CSS utility classes for aligning content.

  • content-center works in flex containers,
  • place-content-center, though suggested for both grid and flex, only affects flex containersand not grid containers

Similarly, items-center only works on grid container.

align vs justify

align is used to handle vertical alignment, while justify is used to handle horizontal alignment.