alignItems
controls how they align horizontally.
It works like align-items in CSS, except the default value
- is stretch instead of flex-start. See
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/align-items/
- for more detail.stretch instead of flex-start.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/align-items
+ for more details.alignSelf controls how a child aligns in the cross direction,
overriding the alignItems of the parent. It works like align-self
- in CSS. See
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/align-self/
- for more detail.
borderBottomWidth works like border-bottom-width in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-bottom_width.asp
+ in CSS.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/align-self
+ for more details.
borderBottomWidth works like border-bottom-width in CSS.
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-bottom-width
for more details.
borderLeftWidth works like border-left-width in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-bottom_width.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-left-width
for more details.
borderRightWidth works like border-right-width in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-right_width.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-right-width
for more details.
borderTopWidth works like border-top-width in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-top_width.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-top-width
for more details.
borderWidth works like border-width in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-width.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/border-width
for more details.
bottom is the number of logical pixels to offset the bottom edge of
this component.
It works similarly to bottom in CSS, but in React Native you must
use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/bottom
for more details of how top affects layout.
In React Native flex does not work the same way that it does in CSS.
flex is a number rather than a string, and it works
according to the css-layout library
- at https://github.com/facebook/css-layout .
When flex is a positive number, it makes the component flexible
+ at https://github.com/facebook/css-layout.
When flex is a positive number, it makes the component flexible
and it will be sized proportional to its flex value. So a
component with flex set to 2 will take twice the space as a
component with flex set to 1.
When flex is 0, the component is sized according to width
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ for more details.
flexDirection controls which directions children of a container go.
row goes left to right, column goes top to bottom, and you may
be able to guess what the other two do. It works like flex-direction
- in CSS, except the default is column. See
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-direction/
- for more detail.
column.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/flex-direction
+ for more details.flexWrap controls whether children can wrap around after they
hit the end of a flex container.
- It works like flex-wrap in CSS. See
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/f/flex-wrap/
- for more detail.
height sets the height of this component.
It works similarly to height in CSS, but in React Native you
+ It works like flex-wrap in CSS.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/flex-wrap
+ for more details.
height sets the height of this component.
It works similarly to height in CSS, but in React Native you
must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_width.asp for more details.
justifyContent aligns children in the main direction.
For example, if children are flowing vertically, justifyContent
controls how they align vertically.
- It works like justify-content in CSS. See
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/j/justify-content/
- for more detail.
left is the number of logical pixels to offset the left edge of
+ It works like justify-content in CSS.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/justify-content
+ for more details.
left is the number of logical pixels to offset the left edge of
this component.
It works similarly to left in CSS, but in React Native you must
use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/left
for more details of how left affects layout.
Setting margin has the same effect as setting each of
- marginTop, marginLeft, marginBottom, and marginRight.
marginBottom works like margin-bottom in CSS.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-bottom.asp
+ marginTop, marginLeft, marginBottom, and marginRight.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin
+ for more details.
marginBottom works like margin-bottom in CSS.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-bottom
for more details.
Setting marginHorizontal has the same effect as setting
both marginLeft and marginRight.
marginLeft works like margin-left in CSS.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-left.asp
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-left
for more details.
marginRight works like margin-right in CSS.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-right.asp
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-right
for more details.
marginTop works like margin-top in CSS.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_margin-top.asp
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/margin-top
for more details.
Setting marginVertical has the same effect as setting both
marginTop and marginBottom.
maxHeight is the maximum height for this component, in logical pixels.
It works similarly to max-height in CSS, but in React Native you
- must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-height.asp + must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/max-height for more details.
maxWidth is the maximum width for this component, in logical pixels.
It works similarly to max-width in CSS, but in React Native you
- must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_max-width.asp + must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/max-width for more details.
minHeight is the minimum height for this component, in logical pixels.
It works similarly to min-height in CSS, but in React Native you
- must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_min-height.asp + must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/min-height for more details.
minWidth is the minimum width for this component, in logical pixels.
It works similarly to min-width in CSS, but in React Native you
- must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_min-width.asp - for more details.
padding works like padding in CSS.
- It's like setting each of paddingTop, paddingBottom,
- paddingLeft, and paddingRight to the same thing.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_padding.asp
+ must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/min-width + for more details.
Setting padding has the same effect as setting each of
+ paddingTop, paddingBottom, paddingLeft, and paddingRight.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding
for more details.
paddingBottom works like padding-bottom in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-bottom.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-bottom
for more details.
Setting paddingHorizontal is like setting both of
paddingLeft and paddingRight.
paddingLeft works like padding-left in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-left.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-left
for more details.
paddingRight works like padding-right in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-right.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-right
for more details.
paddingTop works like padding-top in CSS.
-See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_padding-top.asp
+See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-top
for more details.
Setting paddingVertical is like setting both of
paddingTop and paddingBottom.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/top
for more details of how top affects layout.
width sets the width of this component.
It works similarly to width in CSS, but in React Native you
must use logical pixel units, rather than percents, ems, or any of that.
- See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_dim_width.asp for more details.
zIndex controls which components display on top of others.
+ See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/width for more details.
zIndex controls which components display on top of others.
Normally, you don't use zIndex. Components render according to
their order in the document tree, so later components draw over
earlier ones. zIndex may be useful if you have animations or custom
modal interfaces where you don't want this behavior.
It works like the CSS z-index property - components with a larger
zIndex will render on top. Think of the z-direction like it's
- pointing from the phone into your eyeball. See
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/z-index for
- more detail.