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boxElement
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An inline-level container that sizes content.

All elements except inline math, text, and boxes are block-level and cannot occur inside of a paragraph. The box function can be used to integrate such elements into a paragraph. Boxes take the size of their contents by default but can also be sized explicitly.

Example

Refer to the docs
#box(
  height: 9pt,
  image("docs.svg")
)
for more information.
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Parameters
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width
auto or relative or fraction
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The width of the box.

Boxes can have fractional widths, as the example below demonstrates.

Note: Currently, only boxes and only their widths might be fractionally sized within paragraphs. Support for fractionally sized images, shapes, and more might be added in the future.

Default: auto

View example
Line in #box(width: 1fr, line(length: 100%)) between.
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height
auto or relative
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The height of the box.

Default: auto

baseline
relative
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An amount to shift the box's baseline by.

Default: 0% + 0pt

View example
Image: #box(baseline: 40%, image("tiger.jpg", width: 2cm)).
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fill
none or color or gradient or pattern
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The box's background color. See the rectangle's documentation for more details.

Default: none

stroke
none or length or color or gradient or stroke or pattern or dictionary
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The box's border color. See the rectangle's documentation for more details.

Default: (:)

radius
relative or dictionary
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How much to round the box's corners. See the rectangle's documentation for more details.

Default: (:)

inset
relative or dictionary
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How much to pad the box's content.

Note: When the box contains text, its exact size depends on the current text edges.

Default: (:)

View example
#rect(inset: 0pt)[Tight]
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outset
relative or dictionary
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How much to expand the box's size without affecting the layout.

This is useful to prevent padding from affecting line layout. For a generalized version of the example below, see the documentation for the raw text's block parameter.

Default: (:)

View example
An inline
#box(
  fill: luma(235),
  inset: (x: 3pt, y: 0pt),
  outset: (y: 3pt),
  radius: 2pt,
)[rectangle].
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clip
bool
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Whether to clip the content inside the box.

Clipping is useful when the box's content is larger than the box itself, as any content that exceeds the box's bounds will be hidden.

Default: false

View example
#box(
  width: 50pt,
  height: 50pt,
  clip: true,
  image("tiger.jpg", width: 100pt, height: 100pt)
)
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body
none or content
Positional
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Settable
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The contents of the box.

Default: none