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Container
<gcds-container>

Also called: wrapper, box.

A container is a basic box layout with a set width for its contents.

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Container component preview

Container anatomy

  1. The container groups content together in a limited space that can hold text, images or other components. The width can be adjusted, for example, to limit the length of a line of text.
  2. The optional border surrounds the container showing the width.
The container component with numbers pointing to individual parts of the container anatomy.

Design and accessibility for containers

Limit width of content

  • Keep text line length below 65 characters for a comfortable, accessible reading length.
  • Limit container width to stop large screens from displaying lines of text that are overly long and difficult to read.
  • Avoid exceeding the maximum width of 71.25rem (1140px) wide.

Add a container size

The size property sets the size of the container. It comes in 6 sizes:

Size REM Pixels (Px)
full 100% 100%
xl 71.25rem 1140px
lg 62rem 992px
md 48rem 768px
sm 30rem 480px
xs 20rem 320px

By default, the container size will be set to full which means it will take up the entire width of the parent container.

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2024-12-11