--- title: Align Self position: 18 seo_title: Telerik and Kendo UI Align Self Utilities seo_description: Use the Telerik and Kendo UI Align Self Utilities to control how the item will be aligned along the cross axis. --- ## Align Self The Telerik and Kendo UI Align Self Utilities are CSS utility classes that enable you to control how the item is aligned along the cross axis. ### Stretch Use the `k-align-self-stretch` utility to stretch the item to fill the alignment container along the cross axis. ### Center Use the `k-align-self-center` utility to center the item within the alignment container along the cross axis. ### Start Use the `k-align-self-start` utility to align the item to the start of the container along the cross axis. ### End Use the `k-align-self-end` utility to align the item to the end of the container along the cross axis. ### Baseline Use the `k-align-self-baseline` utility to align the item to the baseline of the container along the cross axis.