JavaScript/jQuery Box - Overview

The Box UI component allows you to arrange various elements within it. This UI component is separate and adaptive and acts as the layout's building block.

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The following code adds a simple Box containing three items to your page. These items are plain texts placed in differently-colored rectangles arranged in a row. Equal ratio property values ensure they have equal widths.

jQuery
HTML
JavaScript
CSS
<div id="boxContainer">
    <div class="box-item orange" data-options="dxItem: { ratio: 1 }"> Item 1 </div>
    <div class="box-item yellow" data-options="dxItem: { ratio: 1 }"> Item 2 </div>
    <div class="box-item green"  data-options="dxItem: { ratio: 1 }"> Item 3 </div>
</div>
$(function() {
    $("#boxContainer").dxBox({
        direction: "row",
        height: 100
    });
});
.box-item {
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 34px;
    font-size: 16px;
}

.orange { background: #f39e6c }
.yellow { background: #f5e5a6 }
.green { background: #94d7c7 }
Angular
HTML
TypeScript
CSS
<dx-box
    direction="row"
    [height]="100">
    <dxi-item class="box-item orange" [ratio]="1"> Item 1 </dxi-item>
    <dxi-item class="box-item yellow" [ratio]="1"> Item 2 </dxi-item>
    <dxi-item class="box-item green"  [ratio]="1"> Item 3 </dxi-item>
</dx-box>
import { DxBoxModule } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})
.box-item {
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 34px;
    font-size: 16px;
}

.orange { background: #f39e6c }
.yellow { background: #f5e5a6 }
.green { background: #94d7c7 }
Vue
App.vue
<template>
    <DxBox
        direction="row"
        :height="100">
        <DxItem :ratio="1">
            <template #default>
                <div class="box-item orange"> Item 1 </div>
            </template>
        </DxItem>
        <DxItem :ratio="1">
            <template #default>
                <div class="box-item yellow"> Item 2 </div>
            </template>
        </DxItem>
        <DxItem :ratio="1">
            <template #default>
                <div class="box-item green"> Item 3 </div>
            </template>
        </DxItem>
    </DxBox>
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import { DxBox, DxItem } from 'devextreme-vue/box';

export default {
    components: {
        DxBox,
        DxItem
    }
};
</script>
<style>
.box-item {
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 34px;
    font-size: 16px;
}

.orange { background: #f39e6c }
.yellow { background: #f5e5a6 }
.green { background: #94d7c7 }
</style>
React
App.js
CSS
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import Box, { Item } from 'devextreme-react/box';

class App extends React.Component {
    render() {
        return (
            <Box
                direction="row"
                height={100}>
                <Item ratio={1}>
                    <div className="box-item orange"> Item 1 </div>
                </Item>
                <Item ratio={1}>
                    <div className="box-item yellow"> Item 2 </div>
                </Item>
                <Item ratio={1}>
                    <div className="box-item green"> Item 3 </div>
                </Item>
            </Box>
        );
    }
}

export default App;
.box-item {
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 34px;
    font-size: 16px;
    height: 100%;
}

.orange { background: #f39e6c }
.yellow { background: #f5e5a6 }
.green { background: #94d7c7 }

Note that the Box items in the code above are declared using the dxItem markup component. An object passed to this component can have the following fields:

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