Layout Components

Col

A container that organizes content vertically within a Row. It provides a simple way to create flexible and responsive column-based layouts.

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A vertical flex container. Pairs with Row to build column-based layouts.

Basic Col

Col defaults to column, flex, gap, md, noPadding, noBorder, noRing, outline, and sharp — you don't need to pass any of these. Pass href to render Col as <a> instead of <div> — a focus-visible outline auto-enables when href is set.

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

<Col>
  <div className="p-4 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
  <div className="p-4 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
  <div className="p-4 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
</Col>

Col Spacing

Use size props (xs, sm, md, lg, xl) to control the gap, or noGap to disable.

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

md (default)

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

noGap

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col xs flex1>
    <Text semibold>xs</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
  <Col sm flex1>
    <Text semibold>sm</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
  <Col flex1>
    <Text semibold>md (default)</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
  <Col lg flex1>
    <Text semibold>lg</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
  <Col xl flex1>
    <Text semibold>xl</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
  <Col noGap flex1>
    <Text semibold>noGap</Text>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 1</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 2</div>
    <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Item 3</div>
  </Col>
</Row>

Items (Cross Axis)

Col has no items default, so children stretch to fill the width. Use itemsStart, itemsCenter, itemsEnd, itemsBaseline, or itemsStretch to override.

default (stretch)

itemsStart

itemsCenter

itemsEnd

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>default (stretch)</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col itemsStart flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>itemsStart</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col itemsCenter flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>itemsCenter</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col itemsEnd flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>itemsEnd</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
</Row>

Justify (Main Axis)

Control vertical distribution with justifyStart, justifyEnd, justifyCenter, justifyBetween, justifyAround, or justifyEvenly. The Col needs a fixed height for these to have any effect.

justifyStart

justifyCenter

justifyEnd

justifyBetween

justifyAround

justifyEvenly

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col justifyStart flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyStart</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col justifyCenter flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyCenter</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col justifyEnd flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyEnd</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col justifyBetween flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyBetween</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col justifyAround flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyAround</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
  <Col justifyEvenly flex1 className="h-48 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
    <Text semibold>justifyEvenly</Text>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">A</div>
    <div className="p-2 bg-gray-100 rounded">B</div>
  </Col>
</Row>

Reverse Order

Use columnReverse to reverse the visual order of children.

First in DOM

Second

Last in DOM

<Col columnReverse className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-2">
  <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">First in DOM</div>
  <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Second</div>
  <div className="p-3 bg-gray-100 rounded">Last in DOM</div>
</Col>

Col Variants

Use filled with an appearance prop for a filled background. Col defaults to sharp — pair with rounded or pill for curved corners, and add padding so the background has breathing room.

Filled Primary

Item 2

Outline Success

Item 2

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col filled primary padding rounded flex1>
    <div className="p-4 bg-white/80 rounded">Filled Primary</div>
    <div className="p-4 bg-white/80 rounded">Item 2</div>
  </Col>
  <Col border success padding rounded flex1>
    <div className="p-4 rounded">Outline Success</div>
    <div className="p-4 rounded">Item 2</div>
  </Col>
</Row>

Text Alignment

Use textLeft, textCenter, textRight, or textJustify to control text alignment within the column.

Left Aligned

Content aligned to the left.

Center Aligned

Content centered within the column.

Right Aligned

Content aligned to the right.

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col textLeft flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-4">
    <Text semibold>Left Aligned</Text>
    <Text>Content aligned to the left.</Text>
  </Col>
  <Col textCenter flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-4">
    <Text semibold>Center Aligned</Text>
    <Text>Content centered within the column.</Text>
  </Col>
  <Col textRight flex1 className="border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-4">
    <Text semibold>Right Aligned</Text>
    <Text>Content aligned to the right.</Text>
  </Col>
</Row>

Nested in Row

Col is commonly used inside Row to create multi-column layouts. Use flex1 so each column shares the available width equally.

Column 1

First column content.

Column 2

Second column content.

Column 3

Third column content.

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col flex1>
    <Card>
      <Title>Column 1</Title>
      <Text sm secondary>First column content.</Text>
    </Card>
  </Col>
  <Col flex1>
    <Card>
      <Title>Column 2</Title>
      <Text sm secondary>Second column content.</Text>
    </Card>
  </Col>
  <Col flex1>
    <Card>
      <Title>Column 3</Title>
      <Text sm secondary>Third column content.</Text>
    </Card>
  </Col>
</Row>

Inside a Card

Col composes naturally inside a Card to lay out a vertical cluster — labelled fields, key/value pairs, or a list of actions.

Account

Plan

Pro

Seats

12 / 25

Renews

Jan 14, 2026

<Card>
  <Title>Account</Title>
  <Col>
    <Row justifyBetween>
      <Text secondary>Plan</Text>
      <Badge success>Pro</Badge>
    </Row>
    <Row justifyBetween>
      <Text secondary>Seats</Text>
      <Text semibold>12 / 25</Text>
    </Row>
    <Row justifyBetween>
      <Text secondary>Renews</Text>
      <Text semibold>Jan 14, 2026</Text>
    </Row>
  </Col>
  <Row justifyEnd>
    <Button secondary>Manage</Button>
    <Button filled>Upgrade</Button>
  </Row>
</Card>

As a Navigation Column

Col is a natural container for a vertical stack of NavLinks in a sidebar.

Dashboard Projects Team Billing Settings

<Col className="w-56 border-2 border-dashed border-gray-300 p-3">
  <NavLink href="#" active>Dashboard</NavLink>
  <NavLink href="#">Projects</NavLink>
  <NavLink href="#">Team</NavLink>
  <NavLink href="#">Billing</NavLink>
  <NavLink href="#">Settings</NavLink>
</Col>

<Row itemsStart>
  <Col href="#docs" flex1 padding border rounded>
    <BookOpen size={20} />
    <Title>Documentation</Title>
    <Text secondary>Browse guides and API reference.</Text>
  </Col>
  <Col href="#examples" flex1 padding border rounded>
    <Codepen size={20} />
    <Title>Examples</Title>
    <Text secondary>Copy-ready component patterns.</Text>
  </Col>
  <Col href="https://github.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" flex1 padding border rounded>
    <GitHub size={20} />
    <Title>Source</Title>
    <Text secondary>View the project on GitHub.</Text>
  </Col>
</Row>

Next.js Link Integration

Use the tag prop to render the Col as a Next.js Link for client-side navigation.

import Link from 'next/link';
import { Col, Title, Text } from '@vaneui/ui';

<Col href="/docs" tag={Link} padding border rounded>
  <Title>Documentation</Title>
  <Text secondary>Browse guides and API reference.</Text>
</Col>

Col Props

Prop	Category	Default	Description
`accent`	Appearance		Accent color appearance (rose)
`brand`	Appearance		Brand color appearance (blue)
`danger`	Appearance		Danger color appearance (red)
`info`	Appearance		Info color appearance (cyan)
`inherit`	Appearance		Inherit appearance from parent — suppresses own data-appearance/data-variant, uses parent's CSS variables
`link`	Appearance		Link color appearance (blue, for hyperlinks)
`primary`	Appearance		Primary color appearance (gray)
`secondary`	Appearance		Secondary color appearance (gray)
`success`	Appearance		Success color appearance (green)
`tertiary`	Appearance		Tertiary color appearance
`warning`	Appearance		Warning color appearance (amber)
`desktopCol`	Breakpoint		Switch to column layout on desktop and below (max-desktop: 80rem)
`mobileCol`	Breakpoint		Switch to column layout on mobile and below (max-mobile: 48rem)
`tabletCol`	Breakpoint		Switch to column layout on tablet and below (max-tablet: 64rem)
`flex1`	Flex		Take up remaining space (= `flex-1`, i.e. `flex: 1 1 0%`)
`flexAuto`	Flex		Grow but respect intrinsic size (= `flex-auto`, i.e. `flex: 1 1 auto`)
`flexNone`	Flex		Don't grow and don't shrink (= `flex-none`, i.e. `flex: none`)
`noPadding`	Padding	✓	Disable internal padding
`padding`	Padding		Enable internal padding
`paddingX`	Padding		Enable only horizontal padding
`paddingY`	Padding		Enable only vertical padding
`pill`	Shape		Fully rounded corners (circular)
`rounded`	Shape		Medium rounded corners (default)
`sharp`	Shape	✓	No rounded corners (square)
`noShrink`	Shrink		Prevent the flex item from shrinking below its content size (= `shrink-0`)
`lg`	Size		Large size
`md`	Size	✓	Medium size (default)
`sm`	Size		Small size
`xl`	Size		Extra large size
`xs`	Size		Extra small size
`textCenter`	Text Align		Align text to center
`textJustify`	Text Align		Justify text
`textLeft`	Text Align		Align text to left
`textRight`	Text Align		Align text to right
`filled`	Variant		Filled variant - solid background with contrasting text color
`ghost`	Variant		Ghost variant - transparent background, no border, appearance-colored text, tinted hover background
`outline`	Variant	✓	Outline variant - transparent background with border and colored text (default)

Layout & utility props (gap, padding, hide, items, justify, ...) — documented on Common Props

Prop	Category	Default	Description
`border`	Border		Enable border on all sides
`borderB`	Border		Enable border on bottom
`borderL`	Border		Enable border on left
`borderR`	Border		Enable border on right
`borderT`	Border		Enable border on top
`borderX`	Border		Enable border on left and right
`borderY`	Border		Enable border on top and bottom
`noBorder`	Border	✓	Disable all borders
`block`	Display		Block display - takes full width, new line
`contents`	Display		Contents display - element's box is removed, children display as if parent didn't exist
`flex`	Display	✓	Flex display - flexbox container
`grid`	Display		Grid display - CSS grid container
`hidden`	Display		Hidden display - element is not visible
`inline`	Display		Inline display - flows with text
`inlineBlock`	Display		Inline-block display - inline but with block properties
`inlineFlex`	Display		Inline-flex display - inline flexbox container
`inlineGrid`	Display		Inline-grid display - inline grid container
`table`	Display		Table display - behaves like table element
`tableCell`	Display		Table-cell display - behaves like td element
`column`	Flex Direction	✓	Flex direction column (vertical)
`columnReverse`	Flex Direction		Flex direction column-reverse
`row`	Flex Direction		Flex direction row (horizontal)
`rowReverse`	Flex Direction		Flex direction row-reverse
`focusVisible`	Focus Visible		Enable focus-visible outline
`noFocusVisible`	Focus Visible		Disable focus-visible outline
`gap`	Gap	✓	Enable gap spacing between children
`noGap`	Gap		Disable gap spacing
`hAuto`	Height		Set height to auto
`hFit`	Height		Set height to fit-content
`hFull`	Height		Set height to 100%
`hScreen`	Height		Set height to 100vh (viewport height), removes max-height constraint
`desktopHide`	Hide		Hide element on desktop devices and below (max-desktop: 80rem)
`mobileHide`	Hide		Hide element on mobile devices and below (max-mobile: 48rem)
`tabletHide`	Hide		Hide element on tablet devices and below (max-tablet: 64rem)
`itemsBaseline`	Items		Align items to baseline
`itemsCenter`	Items		Align items to center
`itemsEnd`	Items		Align items to end (bottom/right)
`itemsStart`	Items		Align items to start (top/left)
`itemsStretch`	Items		Stretch items to fill container
`justifyAround`	Justify		Distribute items with space around them
`justifyBaseline`	Justify		Align items along their baseline on main axis
`justifyBetween`	Justify		Distribute items with space between them
`justifyCenter`	Justify		Center items along the main axis
`justifyEnd`	Justify		Pack items toward the end of the main axis
`justifyEvenly`	Justify		Distribute items with equal space around them
`justifyStart`	Justify		Pack items toward the start of the main axis
`justifyStretch`	Justify		Stretch items to fill the main axis
`overflowAuto`	Overflow		Auto overflow - show scrollbars if needed
`overflowClip`	Overflow		Clip overflow - hard clip without scrollbars
`overflowHidden`	Overflow		Hidden overflow - clip content without scrollbars
`overflowScroll`	Overflow		Scroll overflow - always show scrollbars
`overflowVisible`	Overflow		Visible overflow - content extends beyond bounds
`overflowXAuto`	Overflow		Auto overflow on X-axis only
`overflowXClip`	Overflow		Clip overflow on X-axis only
`overflowXHidden`	Overflow		Hidden overflow on X-axis only
`overflowXScroll`	Overflow		Scroll overflow on X-axis only
`overflowXVisible`	Overflow		Visible overflow on X-axis only
`overflowYAuto`	Overflow		Auto overflow on Y-axis only
`overflowYClip`	Overflow		Clip overflow on Y-axis only
`overflowYHidden`	Overflow		Hidden overflow on Y-axis only
`overflowYScroll`	Overflow		Scroll overflow on Y-axis only
`overflowYVisible`	Overflow		Visible overflow on Y-axis only
`absolute`	Position		Absolute positioning
`fixed`	Position		Fixed positioning
`relative`	Position		Relative positioning
`static`	Position		Static positioning
`sticky`	Position		Sticky positioning
`responsive`	Responsive		Enable responsive sizing - uses breakpoint-specific classes for font size, padding, and gap
`reverse`	Reverse		Reverse the order of children
`noRing`	Ring	✓	Disable focus ring
`ring`	Ring		Enable focus ring
`noShadow`	Shadow		Disable drop shadow
`shadow`	Shadow		Enable drop shadow
`transparent`	Transparent		Disable background color - makes component background transparent
`wAuto`	Width		Set width to auto
`wFit`	Width		Set width to fit-content
`wFull`	Width		Set width to 100%
`wScreen`	Width		Set width to 100vw (viewport width), removes max-width constraint
`flexNoWrap`	Wrap		Force flex items to stay on single line (may overflow)
`flexWrap`	Wrap		Allow flex items to wrap to new lines when container is too narrow
`flexWrapReverse`	Wrap		Wrap flex items in reverse order (last items wrap first)

VaneUI

Col

Basic Col

Col Spacing

Items (Cross Axis)

Justify (Main Axis)

Reverse Order

Col Variants

Text Alignment

Nested in Row

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Inside a Card

Account

As a Navigation Column

As Link

Documentation

Examples

Source

Next.js Link Integration

Col Props