Stack

Overview

The Stack component arranges its children in a vertical or horizontal stack with consistent spacing.
It’s ideal for layouts like button groups, form fields, navigation links, and responsive arrangements.

Preview

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Preview

Code

<Stack
  direction="vertical"
  align="stretch"
  justify="start"
  spacing="normal"
  wrap={false}
>
  <Button>One</Button>
  <Button>Two</Button>
  <Button>Three</Button>
</Stack>

Installation

npm

npx @mindfiredigital/ignix-ui add stack

Yarn

yarn @mindfiredigital/ignix-ui add stack

pnpm

pnpm @mindfiredigital/ignix-ui add stack

manual

import React from "react";
import clsx from "clsx";

type StackDirection =      "vertical" | "horizontal" | "responsive";
type StackAlign     =      "start" | "center" | "end" | "stretch";
type StackJustify   =      "start" | "center" | "end" | "between" | "around";
type StackSpacing   =      "none" | "xs" | "sm" | "normal" | "lg" | "xl" | string;

interface ResponsiveProp {
mobile?:   StackDirection;
tablet?:   StackDirection;
desktop?:  StackDirection;
}

export interface StackProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
direction?:  StackDirection;
align?:      StackAlign;
justify?:    StackJustify;
spacing?:    StackSpacing;
wrap?:       boolean;
responsive?: ResponsiveProp;
children:    React.ReactNode;
className?:  string;
}

const directionMap = {
vertical:   "flex-col",
horizontal: "flex-row",
};

const alignMap = {
start:   "items-start",
center:  "items-center",
end:     "items-end",
stretch: "items-stretch",
};

const justifyMap = {
start:   "justify-start",
center:  "justify-center",
end:     "justify-end",
between: "justify-between",
around:  "justify-around",
};

const spacingMap = {
none:   "gap-0",
xs:     "gap-1",
sm:     "gap-2",
normal: "gap-4",
lg:     "gap-8",
xl:     "gap-12",
};

export const Stack: React.FC<StackProps> = ({
direction = "vertical",
align     = "stretch",
justify   = "start",
spacing   = "normal",
wrap      = false,
responsive,
className,
children,
...rest
}) => {
// Responsive direction classes
const responsiveClasses: string[] = [];
if (responsive) {
if (responsive.mobile)
  responsiveClasses.push(
    responsive.mobile === "vertical" || responsive.mobile === "horizontal"
      ? directionMap[responsive.mobile]
      : ""
  );
if (responsive.tablet) {
  responsiveClasses.push(
    responsive.tablet === "vertical" || responsive.tablet === "horizontal"
      ? `sm:${directionMap[responsive.tablet]}`
      : ""
  );
}
if (responsive.desktop) {
  responsiveClasses.push(
    responsive.desktop === "vertical" || responsive.desktop === "horizontal"
      ? `md:${directionMap[responsive.desktop]}`
      : ""
  );
}
}

return (
<div
  className={clsx(
    "flex",
    direction === "vertical" || direction === "horizontal"
      ? directionMap[direction]
      : "",
    alignMap[align],
    justifyMap[justify],
    (spacing in spacingMap ? spacingMap[spacing as keyof typeof spacingMap] : spacing),
    wrap && "flex-wrap",
    ...responsiveClasses,
    className
  )}
  {...rest}
>
  {children}
</div>
);
};

Usage

Import the component:

import { Stack } from './components/ui';

Basic Usage

<Stack responsive={{ mobile: "vertical", tablet: "horizontal", desktop: "horizontal" }}>
  <Button>One</Button>
  <Button>Two</Button>
  <Button>Three</Button>
</Stack>

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
direction	string	"vertical"	Stack direction: "vertical", "horizontal", "responsive"
align	string	"stretch"	Alignment: "start", "center", "end", "stretch"
justify	string	"start"	Justify: "start", "center", "end", "between", "around"
spacing	string	"normal"	Space between items: "none", "xs", "sm", "normal", "lg", "xl", or custom
wrap	boolean	false	Allow items to wrap to next line
responsive	object		Responsive direction: mobile, tablet, desktop
className	string		Additional CSS classes
children	node		Content inside the stack

Use Cases

• 👉 Horizontal button groups
• 👉 Vertical form layouts
• 👉 Navigation links in a header
• 👉 Responsive layouts (switch direction on mobile)