Container properties
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Containers are structural elements that hold and organize other elements.
They define how child elements are arranged, aligned, and spaced. Layout behavior, responsiveness, and positioning are controlled at the container level rather than on individual child elements.
Containers can also hold data through their Type of content and Data source properties. Child elements inside the container can reference this data directly.
General container properties
Containers define how elements are structured and positioned on a page.
Every container controls the layout behavior of its child elements, including their direction, alignment, spacing, and how they respond to changes in size. Instead of positioning elements individually, you configure the container, and its children follow those rules automatically.
Layout settings determine whether elements stack vertically, align horizontally, layer freely, or use fixed coordinates. They also influence how content adapts across different screen sizes, how extra space is distributed, and how elements behave when content grows or shrinks.
Understanding containers is essential to building responsive, predictable layouts. Rather than thinking in terms of absolute positioning, you design by defining relationships between elements — and the container enforces those relationships consistently.
Container elements for web
Group
A Group is a general-purpose container that holds other elements. It serves both a visual and a data role in your app.
Repeating group
A repeating group is a container that displays a list of items by repeating its cell layout once per item in a data source.
Popup
A container displayed above the page content, typically used for modals, dialogs, or focused user interactions.
Floating Group
A container that remains fixed relative to the viewport rather than the page layout.
Group Focus
A group focus is a contextual container that appears relative to another element on the page.
Table
A Table is a structured container that displays tabular data in predefined rows and columns.
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