Gap

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Basic usage

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Setting the gap between elements

Use gap-{size} to change the gap between both rows and columns in grid and flexbox layouts.

<div class="grid gap-4 grid-cols-2">
  <div>01</div>
  <div>02</div>
  <div>03</div>
  <div>04</div>
</div>

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Changing row and column gaps independently

Use gap-x-{size} and gap-y-{size} to change the gap between columns and rows independently.

<div class="grid gap-x-8 gap-y-4 grid-cols-3">
  <div>01</div>
  <div>02</div>
  <div>03</div>
  <div>04</div>
  <div>05</div>
  <div>06</div>
</div>

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Applying conditionally

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Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:gap-6 to only apply the gap-6 utility on hover.

<div class="grid gap-4 hover:gap-6">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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

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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:gap-6 to apply the gap-6 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="grid gap-4 md:gap-6">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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

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Using custom values

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Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind’s gap scale uses the default spacing scale. You can customize your spacing scale by editing theme.spacing or theme.extend.spacing in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      spacing: {
        '11': '2.75rem',
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can customize just the gap scale by editing theme.gap or theme.extend.gap in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      gap: {
        '11': '2.75rem',
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off gap 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="grid gap-[2.75rem]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

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