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title: Align Items
description: Align items utilities set the gap property of flex and grid containers, like other Web Awesome layout utilities.
description: Align items utilities align items within flex and grid containers on the cross axis.
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Web Awesome includes classes to set the `align-items` property of flex and grid containers. They can be used alongside other Web Awesome layout utilities, like [cluster](/docs/utilities/cluster) and [stack](/docs/utilities/stack), to align children in container on the container's cross axis.
Web Awesome includes classes to set the `align-items` property of flex and grid containers. Use them alongside other Web Awesome layout utilities, like [cluster](/docs/utilities/cluster) and [stack](/docs/utilities/stack), to align items in a container on the container's [cross axis](#whats-the-cross-axis).
| Class Name | `align-items` Value | Preview |
| ------------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `wa-align-items-baseline` | `baseline` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-align-items-baseline preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-center` | `center` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-align-items-center preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-end` | `flex-end` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-align-items-end preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-start` | `flex-start` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-align-items-start preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-stretch` | `stretch` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-align-items-stretch preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| Class Name | `align-items` Value | Preview |
| ------------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `wa-align-items-baseline` | `baseline` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-gap-2xs wa-align-items-baseline preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-center` | `center` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-gap-2xs wa-align-items-center preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-end` | `flex-end` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-gap-2xs wa-align-items-end preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-start` | `flex-start` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-gap-2xs wa-align-items-start preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
| `wa-align-items-stretch` | `stretch` | <div class="wa-cluster wa-gap-2xs wa-align-items-stretch preview-wrapper"><div class="preview-block"></div><div class="preview-block"></div></div> |
## What's a Cross Axis?
## What's the Cross Axis?
The cross axis runs perpendicular to a flex container's content direction. For containers where `flex-direction` is `row` and content flows in the inline direction, the cross axis runs in the block direction. For containers where `flex-direction` is `column` and content flows in the block direction, the cross axis runs in the inline direction.
The cross axis runs perpendicular to a container's content direction. For containers where `flex-direction` is `row` and content flows in the inline direction, the cross axis runs in the block direction. For containers where `flex-direction` is `column` and content flows in the block direction, the cross axis runs in the inline direction.