Flutter crossAxisAlignment vs mainAxisAlignment

Tushar Nikam 💙 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:29:54 +0000

For Row:

mainAxisAlignment = Horizontal Axis
crossAxisAlignment = Vertical Axis

For Column:

mainAxisAlignment = Vertical Axis
crossAxisAlignment = Horizontal Axis

These two pictures are clear to show the meaning of MainAxisAlignment and CrossAxisAlignment.

When you use a Row, its children are laid out in a row, which is horizontally. So a Row's main axis is horizontal. Using mainAxisAlignment in a Row lets you align the row's children horizontally (e.g. left, right). The cross axis to a Row's main axis is vertical. So using crossAxisAlignment in a Row lets you define, how its children are aligned vertically.

In a Column, it's the opposite. The children of a column are laid out vertically, from top to bottom (per default). So its main axis is vertical. This means, using mainAxisAlignment in a Column aligns its children vertically (e.g. top, bottom) and crossAxisAlignment defines how the children are aligned horizontally in that Column.

Row/Column are associated to an axis:

Horizontal for Row
Vertical for Column

mainAxisAlignment is how items are aligned on that axis.

crossAxisAlignment is how items are aligned on the other axis.

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Flutter crossAxisAlignment vs mainAxisAlignment

For Row:

For Column:

Row/Column are associated to an axis: