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Spacer

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Spacer


The Spacer is a simple invisible utility component that allows you to space out content when creating your own components or blocks. Spacer’s sizes are tied to css variables which can be overridden, changing the spacing across the whole site.


Usage

Do’s

  • Use a spacer to create consistence spacing when building your own components or blocks.

Anatomy

 

Item

Component type

Content type

Notes

 

Item

Component type

Content type

Notes

1

Spacer

n/a

n/a

 

Visual style

Spacer css variable

Default value

--cds-space-0

0

--cds-space-1

0.25rem

--cds-space-2

0.5rem

--cds-space-3

1rem

--cds-space-4

1.25rem

--cds-space-5

1.5rem

--cds-space-6

2rem

--cds-space-7

3rem

--cds-space-8

4rem

--cds-space-9

6rem

--cds-space-10

9rem

Editorial

n/a

Behaviour

n/a

Accessibility

n/a