CSS3 Flexbox: Align-Self

The align-self property of flex items overrides the flex container's align-items property for that item. It has the same possible values as the align-items property. The following example sets different align-self values to each flex item:

HTML file: Displayed by browser:
<style>
.flex-container {
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: flex;
    width: 400px;
    height: 250px;
    background-color: lightgrey;
}
.flex-item {
    background-color: cornflowerblue;
    width: 60px;
    min-height: 100px;
    margin: 10px;
}
.item1 {
    -webkit-align-self: flex-start;
    align-self: flex-start;
}
.item2 {
    -webkit-align-self: flex-end;
    align-self: flex-end;
}
.item3 {
    -webkit-align-self: center;
    align-self: center;
}
.item4 {
    -webkit-align-self: baseline;
    align-self: baseline;
}
.item5 {
    -webkit-align-self: stretch;
    align-self: stretch;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class="flex-container">
 <div class="flex-item item1">flex-start</div>
 <div class="flex-item item2">flex-end</div>
 <div class="flex-item item3">center</div>
 <div class="flex-item item4">baseline</div>
 <div class="flex-item item5">stretch</div>
</div>
</body>
flex-start
flex-end
center
baseline
stretch

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