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.

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  • <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 }

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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