z_element_plus/docs/en-US/component/container.md

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title: Container

lang: en-US

Container

Container components for scaffolding basic structure of the page:

<el-container>: wrapper container. When nested with a <el-header> or <el-footer>, all its child elements will be vertically arranged. Otherwise horizontally.

<el-header>: container for headers.

<el-aside>: container for side sections (usually a side nav).

<el-main>: container for main sections.

<el-footer>: container for footers.

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These components use flex for layout, so please make sure your browser supports it. Besides, <el-container>'s direct child elements have to be one or more of the latter four components. And father element of the latter four components must be a <el-container>.

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Common layouts

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container/layout-hm

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container/layout-hmf

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container/layout-am

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container/layout-ham

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container/layout-hamf

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container/layout-ahm

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container/layout-ahmf

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Example

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container/example

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Container API

Container Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
direction	layout direction for child elements	^[enum]'horizontal' \| 'vertical'	vertical when nested with el-header or el-footer; horizontal otherwise

Container Slots

Name	Description	Subtags
default	customize default content	Container / Header / Aside / Main / Footer

Header API

Header Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
height	height of the header	^[string]	60px

Header Slots

Name	Description
default	customize default content

Aside API

Aside Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
width	width of the side section	^[string]	300px

Aside Slots

Name	Description
default	customize default content

Main API

Main Slots

Name	Description
default	customize default content

Footer API

Footer Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
height	height of the footer	^[string]	60px

Footer Slots

Name	Description
default	customize default content