Flex Shrink

​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.

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.