Floats

Utilities for controlling the wrapping of content around an element.

Class reference

Float right

Use .float-right to float an element to the right of its container.

<div class="bg-gray-200 p-4">
  <img class="float-right ml-4 my-2 h-32" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459262838948-3e2de6c1ec80?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam venenatis et lorem sit amet vehicula. Etiam vel nibh nec nisi euismod mollis ultrices condimentum velit. Proin velit libero, interdum ac rhoncus sit amet, pellentesque ac turpis. Quisque ac luctus turpis, vel efficitur ante. Cras convallis risus vel vehicula dapibus. Donec eget neque fringilla, faucibus mi quis, porttitor magna. Cras pellentesque leo est, et luctus neque rutrum eu. Aliquam consequat velit sed sem posuere, vitae sollicitudin mi consequat. Mauris eget ipsum sed dui rutrum fringilla. Donec varius vehicula magna sit amet auctor. Ut congue vehicula lectus in blandit. Vivamus suscipit eleifend turpis, nec sodales sem vulputate a. Curabitur pulvinar libero viverra, efficitur odio eu, finibus justo. Etiam eu vehicula felis.</p>
</div>

Float left

Use .float-left to float an element to the left of its container.

<div class="bg-gray-200 p-4">
  <img class="float-left mr-4 my-2 h-32" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459262838948-3e2de6c1ec80?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam venenatis et lorem sit amet vehicula. Etiam vel nibh nec nisi euismod mollis ultrices condimentum velit. Proin velit libero, interdum ac rhoncus sit amet, pellentesque ac turpis. Quisque ac luctus turpis, vel efficitur ante. Cras convallis risus vel vehicula dapibus. Donec eget neque fringilla, faucibus mi quis, porttitor magna. Cras pellentesque leo est, et luctus neque rutrum eu. Aliquam consequat velit sed sem posuere, vitae sollicitudin mi consequat. Mauris eget ipsum sed dui rutrum fringilla. Donec varius vehicula magna sit amet auctor. Ut congue vehicula lectus in blandit. Vivamus suscipit eleifend turpis, nec sodales sem vulputate a. Curabitur pulvinar libero viverra, efficitur odio eu, finibus justo. Etiam eu vehicula felis.</p>
</div>

Don’t float

Use .float-none to reset any floats that are applied to an element. This is the default value for the float property.

<div class="bg-gray-200 p-4">
  <img class="float-none mb-4 h-32" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459262838948-3e2de6c1ec80?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam venenatis et lorem sit amet vehicula. Etiam vel nibh nec nisi euismod mollis ultrices condimentum velit. Proin velit libero, interdum ac rhoncus sit amet, pellentesque ac turpis. Quisque ac luctus turpis, vel efficitur ante. Cras convallis risus vel vehicula dapibus. Donec eget neque fringilla, faucibus mi quis, porttitor magna. Cras pellentesque leo est, et luctus neque rutrum eu. Aliquam consequat velit sed sem posuere, vitae sollicitudin mi consequat. Mauris eget ipsum sed dui rutrum fringilla. Donec varius vehicula magna sit amet auctor. Ut congue vehicula lectus in blandit. Vivamus suscipit eleifend turpis, nec sodales sem vulputate a. Curabitur pulvinar libero viverra, efficitur odio eu, finibus justo. Etiam eu vehicula felis.</p>
</div>

Clearfix

Use .clearfix to force an element to self-clear its children.

<div class="clearfix">
  <img class="float-left mr-4 my-2 h-32" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459262838948-3e2de6c1ec80?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam venenatis et lorem sit amet vehicula.</p>
</div>

Responsive

To control the float of an element at a specific breakpoint, add a {screen}: prefix to any existing float utility class. For example, use md:float-left to apply the float-left utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

For more information about Tailwind’s responsive design features, check out the Responsive Design documentation.

<div class="bg-gray-200 p-4">
  <img class="float-right sm:float-left md:float-none lg:float-right xl:float-left m-2 h-32" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459262838948-3e2de6c1ec80?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=800&q=80">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam venenatis et lorem sit amet vehicula. Etiam vel nibh nec nisi euismod mollis ultrices condimentum velit. Proin velit libero, interdum ac rhoncus sit amet, pellentesque ac turpis. Quisque ac luctus turpis, vel efficitur ante. Cras convallis risus vel vehicula dapibus. Donec eget neque fringilla, faucibus mi quis, porttitor magna. Cras pellentesque leo est, et luctus neque rutrum eu. Aliquam consequat velit sed sem posuere, vitae sollicitudin mi consequat. Mauris eget ipsum sed dui rutrum fringilla. Donec varius vehicula magna sit amet auctor. Ut congue vehicula lectus in blandit. Vivamus suscipit eleifend turpis, nec sodales sem vulputate a. Curabitur pulvinar libero viverra, efficitur odio eu, finibus justo. Etiam eu vehicula felis.</p>
</div>

Customizing

Responsive and pseudo-class variants

By default, only responsive variants are generated for float utilities.

You can control which variants are generated for the float utilities by modifying the float property in the variants section of your tailwind.config.js file.

For example, this config will also generate hover and focus variants:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
 variants: {
    // ...
-   float: ['responsive'],
+   float: ['responsive', 'hover', 'focus'],
 }
}

Disabling

If you don’t plan to use the float utilities in your project, you can disable them entirely by setting the float property to false in the corePlugins section of your config file:

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
 corePlugins: {
    // ...
+   float: false,
 }
}