---
category: Components
group: Layout
title: Flex
description: A flex layout container for alignment.
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## When To Use

- Good for setting spacing between elements.
- Suitable for setting various horizontal and vertical alignments.

### Difference with Space component

- Space is used to set the spacing between inline elements. It will add a wrapper element for each child element for inline alignment. Suitable for equidistant arrangement of multiple child elements in rows and columns.
- Flex is used to set the layout of block-level elements. It does not add a wrapper element. Suitable for layout of child elements in vertical or horizontal direction, and provides more flexibility and control.

## Examples

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<code src="./demo/basic.tsx">Basic</code>
<code src="./demo/align.tsx">align</code>
<code src="./demo/gap.tsx">gap</code>
<code src="./demo/wrap.tsx">Wrap</code>
<code src="./demo/combination.tsx">combination</code>
<code src="./demo/debug.tsx" debug>debug</code>

## API

> This component is available since `antd@5.10.0`. The default behavior of Flex in horizontal mode is to align upward, In vertical mode, aligns the stretch, You can adjust this via properties.

Common props ref：[Common props](/docs/react/common-props)

| Property | Description | type | Default | Version |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| vertical | Is direction of the flex vertical, use `flex-direction: column` | boolean | `false` |  |
| wrap | Set whether the element is displayed in a single line or in multiple lines | [flex-wrap](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/flex-wrap) \| boolean | nowrap | boolean: 5.17.0 |
| justify | Sets the alignment of elements in the direction of the main axis | [justify-content](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/justify-content) | normal |  |
| align | Sets the alignment of elements in the direction of the cross axis | [align-items](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/align-items) | normal |  |
| flex | flex CSS shorthand properties | [flex](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/flex) | normal |  |
| gap | Sets the gap between grids | `small` \| `middle` \| `large` \| string \| number | - |  |
| component | custom element type | React.ComponentType | `div` |  |

## Design Token

<ComponentTokenTable component="Flex"></ComponentTokenTable>