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What is the SLDs grid in Salesforce Lightning?
You benefit from the power of the SLDS grid every time you use the Salesforce Lightning Experience. In order to present the SLDS grid, let’s peek at its definition: The Lightning Design System grid, based on Flexbox, provides a flexible, mobile-first, device-agnostic scaffolding system.
How to spread layout items out horizontally in Lightning?
Spread layout items out horizontally based on the following values. center: Appends the slds-grid_align-center class to the grid. This attribute orders the layout items into a horizontal line without any spacing, and places the group into the center of the container. space: Appends the slds-grid_align-space class to the grid.
Which is better SLDs or lightning design system?
One of the things that I appreciate the most about these Lightning components is the fact that their column span is easier to assess at a glance compared to SLDS classes.
What do you need to know about SLDs grid system?
The SLDS grid system provides a flexible, mobile-first, device-agnostic layout system. It has features to control alignment, order, flow, and gutters. Our most-used grid has standard 16px gutters. If you don’t have a design that calls for something more specific, this is the grid you’ll want to use.
How to create a flexible grid in Lightning?
To create a flexible grid system for these browsers, use containers with SLDS grid classes. This example creates the same layout shown in Creating Columns, which creates two columns with fixed widths. lightning-layout is available in the Base Components Recipes GitHub repository.
Can a SLDs grid be used in layoutitem?
On the downside, SLDS classes do allow finer-grained column spans (such as 5-of-8) that are not available in layoutItem. Whether you choose to go for a combination of HTML and SLDS classes or Lightning components, make sure that you consider the user experience on different devices.