# Boxes

Source: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/boxes
Skill: hig-components-layout
Snapshot: 2025-02-02

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# Boxes

## Best practices

**Prefer keeping a box relatively small in comparison with its containing view.**

**Consider using padding and alignment to communicate additional grouping within a box.**

## Content

**Provide a succinct introductory title if it helps clarify the box’s contents.**

**If you need a title, write a brief phrase that describes the contents.**

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For the complete guidance, including worked examples and illustrations, see the canonical page: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/boxes