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Utilities for controlling how a replaced element's content should be positioned within its container.

Quick reference

Class	Properties
object-bottom	object-position: bottom;
object-center	object-position: center;
object-left	object-position: left;
object-left-bottom	object-position: left bottom;
object-left-top	object-position: left top;
object-right	object-position: right;
object-right-bottom	object-position: right bottom;
object-right-top	object-position: right top;
object-top	object-position: top;

Basic usage

Positioning a replaced element

Use the object-* utilities to specify how a replaced element’s content should be positioned within its container.

object-left-top

object-top

object-right-top

object-left

object-center

object-right

object-left-bottom

object-bottom

object-right-bottom

<img class="object-none object-left-top bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-top bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-right-top bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-left bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-center bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-right bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-left-bottom bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-bottom bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">
<img class="object-none object-right-bottom bg-yellow-300 w-24 h-24 ..." src="...">

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Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

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

<img class="object-center hover:object-top" src="...">

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:object-top to apply the object-top utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<img class="object-center md:object-top" src="...">

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

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Using custom values

Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind provides nine object position utilities. You can customize these values by editing theme.objectPosition or theme.extend.objectPosition in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      objectPosition: {
        'center-bottom': 'center bottom',
      }
    },
  }
}

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

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off object-position 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.

<img class="object-[center_bottom]" src="...">

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