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The align-self property defines the alignment for a specified item and overrides the default vertical alignment set by the container’s align-items property.

Vertically Aligning a Flex Item

In the following, the default vertical alignment for the align-items property (stretch) is being used.

				
					<div class="flex_container">
    <div class="div_1">Box 1</div>
    <div class="div_2">Box 2</div>
    <div class="div_3">Box 3</div>
</div>
				
			
				
					.flex_container {
    display: flex;
    background-color: #ffbd02;
}
.flex_container > div {
    background-color: #eaeaea;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    font-size: 22px;
}
				
			
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3

However, if we add lines 11 through 13, we can set Box 2 to self align on the parent container’s center point.

				
					.flex_container {
    display: flex;
    background-color: #ffbd02;
}
.flex_container > div {
    background-color: #eaeaea;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    font-size: 22px;
}
.div_2 {
	align-self: center;
}
				
			
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3

Flex Properties

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