Flex Shrink

Utilities for controlling how flex items shrink.

Quick reference

Class	Properties
shrink	flex-shrink: 1;
shrink-0	flex-shrink: 0;

Basic usage

Shrink

Use shrink to allow a flex item to shrink if needed:

<div class="flex ...">
  <div class="flex-none w-14 h-14 ...">
    01
  </div>
  <div class="shrink w-64 h-14 ...">
    02
  </div>
  <div class="flex-none w-14 h-14 ...">
    03
  </div>
</div>

Don’t shrink

Use shrink-0 to prevent a flex item from shrinking:

<div class="flex ...">
  <div class="flex-1 h-16 ...">
    01
  </div>
  <div class="shrink-0 h-16 w-32 ...">
    02
  </div>
  <div class="flex-1 h-16 ...">
    03
  </div>
</div>

Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:shrink-0 to only apply the shrink-0 utility on hover.

<div class="shrink hover:shrink-0">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:shrink-0 to apply the shrink-0 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="shrink md:shrink-0">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

Using custom values

Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind provides two shrink utilities. You can customize these values by editing theme.flexShrink or theme.extend.flexShrink in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      flexShrink: {
        2: '2'
      }
    }
  }
}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off flex-shrink value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="shrink-[2]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.