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

NameTypeDefaultDescription
ref
React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>
as
React.ElementType
"div"

The underlying element to render — either a HTML element name or a React component.

sx
SystemStyleObject

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.