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Box
A low-level utility component that accepts styles to enable custom theme-aware styling
- Beta
- Not reviewed for accessibility
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import {Box} from '@primer/react'
Examples
Border on all sides
Border on one side
Flexbox
Use Box to create flexbox layouts.
Grid
Use Box to create grid layouts.
Props
Box
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
ref | React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> | A ref to the element rendered by this component. Because this component is polymorphic, the type will vary based on the value of the as prop. | |
as | React.ElementType | "div" | The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component. |
sx | SystemStyleObject | Style overrides to apply to the component. See also overriding styles. |
Status
Alpha
- Component props and basic example usage of the component are documented on primer.style/react.
- Component does not have any unnecessary third-party dependencies.
- Component can adapt to different themes.
- Component can adapt to different screen sizes.
- Component has robust unit test coverage (100% where achievable).
- Component has visual regression coverage of its default and interactive states.
- Component does not introduce any axe violations.
- N/A: Component has been manually reviewed by the accessibility team and any resulting issues have been addressed.
Beta
- Component is used in a production application.
- Common usage examples are documented on primer.style/react.
- Common usage examples are documented in storybook stories.
- N/A: Component has been reviewed by a systems designer and any resulting issues have been addressed.
- Component does not introduce any performance regressions.
Stable
- Component API has been stable with no breaking changes for at least one month.
- Feedback on API usability has been sought from developers using the component and any resulting issues have been addressed.
- N/A: Component has corresponding design guidelines documented in the interface guidelines.
- N/A: Component has corresponding Figma component in the Primer Web library.
- Tooling (such as linters, codemods, etc.) exists to prevent further use of alternatives.