---
title: Layout
description:
  JSX style props to control the width, height, and spacing of elements
---

## Aspect Ratio

Use the `aspectRatio` prop to set the desired aspect ratio of an element.

```jsx
// raw value
<Box aspectRatio="1.2" />

// token
<Box aspectRatio="square" />
```

| Prop          | CSS Property   | Token Category |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
| `aspectRatio` | `aspect-ratio` | `aspectRatios` |

## Break

### Break After

Use the `breakAfter` prop to set how page, column, or region breaks should
behave after an element.

```jsx
<Box columns="2">
  <Box>Item 1</Box>
  <Box breakAfter="page">Item 2</Box>
</Box>
```

| Prop         | CSS Property  | Token Category |
| ------------ | ------------- | -------------- |
| `breakAfter` | `break-after` | -              |

### Break Before

Use the `breakBefore` prop to set how page, column, or region breaks should
behave before an element.

```jsx
<Box columns="2">
  <Box>Item 1</Box>
  <Box breakBefore="page">Item 2</Box>
</Box>
```

| Prop          | CSS Property   | Token Category |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
| `breakBefore` | `break-before` | -              |

### Break Inside

Use the `breakInside` prop to set how page, column, or region breaks should
behave inside an element.

```jsx
<Box columns="2">
  <Box>Item 1</Box>
  <Box breakInside="avoid">Item 2</Box>
</Box>
```

| Prop          | CSS Property   | Token Category |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------------- |
| `breakInside` | `break-inside` | -              |

## Box Decoration Break

Use the `boxDecorationBreak` prop to set how box decorations should behave when
the box breaks across multiple lines, columns, or pages.

```jsx /boxDecorationBreak/
<Box bgImage="linear-gradient(red, blue)" boxDecorationBreak="clone">
  Chakra is <br /> great!
</Box>
```

| Prop                 | CSS Property           | Token Category |
| -------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------- |
| `boxDecorationBreak` | `box-decoration-break` | -              |

## Box Sizing

Use the `boxSizing` prop to set the box sizing of an element.

```jsx /boxSizing/
<Box boxSizing="border-box" padding="4" width="8" height="8" />
```

| Prop        | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ----------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `boxSizing` | `box-sizing` | -              |

## Columns

Use the `columns` prop to set the number of columns for an element.

```jsx
<Box columns={2} />
```

| Prop      | CSS Property | Token Category |
| --------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `columns` | `columns`    | -              |

## Float

Use the `float` prop to set the float of an element.

```jsx /float/
<Box>
  <Text>As much mud in the streets...</Text>
  <Box float="left">Float me</Box>
</Box>
```

| Prop    | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `float` | `float`      | -              |

## Clear

Use the `clear` prop to set whether an element must be moved below (cleared)
floating elements that precede it.

```jsx
<Box>
  <Box float="left">Left</Box>
  <Box float="right">Right</Box>
  <Box clear="none">
    As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the
    face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus,
    forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill.
  </Box>
</Box>
```

| Prop    | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `clear` | `clear`      | -              |

## Isolation

Use the `isolation` prop to set whether an element should explicitly create a
new stacking context.

```jsx
<Box isolation="isolate">
  <Box bg="red.500" width="10" height="10" />
</Box>
```

| Prop        | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ----------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `isolation` | `isolation`  | -              |

## Object Fit

Use the `objectFit` prop to set how an image or video should be resized to fit
its container.

```jsx
<Image src="..." objectFit="cover" width="10" height="10" />
```

| Prop        | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ----------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `objectFit` | `object-fit` | -              |

## Object Position

Use the `objectPosition` prop to set how an element should be positioned within
its container.

```jsx
<Image src="..." objectPosition="center" width="10" height="10" />
```

| Prop             | CSS Property      | Token Category |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | -------------- |
| `objectPosition` | `object-position` | -              |

## Overflow

Use the `overflow` prop to control how content that exceeds an element's
dimensions is handled. This property determines whether to clip the content, add
scrollbars, or display the overflow content.

```jsx
<Box overflow="hidden" maxHeight="120px" />
<Box overflow="auto" maxHeight="120px" />
```

| Prop       | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ---------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `overflow` | `overflow`   | -              |

## Overscroll Behavior

Use the `overscrollBehavior` prop to control what the browser does when reaching
the boundary of a scrolling area.

```jsx
<Box maxHeight="120px" overscrollBehavior="contain" />
```

| Prop                 | CSS Property          | Token Category |
| -------------------- | --------------------- | -------------- |
| `overscrollBehavior` | `overscroll-behavior` | -              |

## Position

Use the `position` utilities to set the position of an element.

```jsx
<Box position="absolute" />
<Box pos="absolute" /> // shorthand
```

| Prop       | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ---------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `position` | `position`   | -              |

## Top / Right / Bottom / Left

Use the `top`, `right`, `bottom` and `left` utilities to set the position of an
element.

```jsx
<Box position="absolute" top="0" left="0" />

// using spacing tokens
<Box position="absolute" top="4" />

// using hardcoded values
<Box position="absolute" top="100px" />
```

Use the logical equivalents of `inset{Start|End}` utilities to set the position
of an element based on the writing mode.

```jsx
<Box position="absolute" insetStart="0" />
```

| Prop                                      | CSS Property         | Token Category |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------- |
| `top`                                     | `top`                | `spacing`      |
| `right`                                   | `right`              | `spacing`      |
| `bottom`                                  | `bottom`             | `spacing`      |
| `left`                                    | `left`               | `spacing`      |
| `start`, `insetStart`, `insetInlineStart` | `inset-inline-start` | `spacing`      |
| `end` , `insetEnd`, `insetInlineEnd`      | `inset-inline-end`   | `spacing`      |
| `insetX`, `insetInline`                   | `inset-inline`       | `spacing`      |
| `insetY`, `insetBlock`                    | `inset-inline`       | `spacing`      |

## Visibility

Use the `visibility` prop to control the visibility of an element.

```jsx
<Box visibility="hidden" />
```

| Prop         | CSS Property | Token Category |
| ------------ | ------------ | -------------- |
| `visibility` | `visibility` | -              |

## Z-Index

Use the `zIndex` prop to set the z-index of an element.

```jsx
// using hardcoded values
<Box zIndex="1" />

// using token
<Box zIndex="overlay" />
```

| Prop     | CSS Property | Token Category |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| `zIndex` | `z-index`    | `zIndices`     |