Card does not filled up allocated Grid spaces

[claudiachua]

Hey there 👋 , I noticed that the <Card> component in <Grid> does not take up the allocated space. Wondering if there is a reason behind this behaviour and if there's a way to fill it up?

I managed to do it with <Box width="100%"> but I'm unsure if that's the best way forward.

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Thank you!

[TwilioPasteBot]

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Hello! 👋

The <Card> component in the <Grid> not taking up the allocated space could be due to the inherent properties of the Card component. The Card is a flexible container that does not require specific components inside of it and does not handle any interactive events such as hover, click, or focus.

If you find yourself limited by the default styling and constraints of a Card, you may consider using a Box instead. The Box component is a simple wrapper component that takes tokens instead of using CSS. It provides quick and direct access to the Twilio design language while preventing any other value.

Using <Box width="100%"> is a valid approach to make the Card take up the full width of the Grid column. This is because the Box component is designed to build out most of the interfaces at Twilio, making our products resilient to design changes and themeable.

Here's an example of how you might use it:

import {Box, Card, Grid, Column} from '@twilio-paste/core';

const Component = () => (
  <Grid>
    <Column>
      <Box width="100%">
        <Card>
          {/* Card content */}
        </Card>
      </Box>
    </Column>
  </Grid>
);

I hope this helps! If you have further questions or need more clarification, feel free to ask.

I also did a search, and I managed to find these other Discussions that might be similar or related to your question. Give them a read to see if they answer your question. If they do, head back here and update this discussion and mark it as answered, pointing others to the related discussion:

• How to get Grid items to expand to fill available row space? (updated: 01/25/2023, similarity score: 86%)
• Height and width for the Card component (updated: 12/05/2022, similarity score: 85%)
• Layout styling on Card component (updated: 11/02/2022, similarity score: 85%)

[nkrantz]

PasteBot is correct that using a Box is fine. The Card behavior is intended as the component fits the width of the content, and without full-width content, Grid, which uses flex, will shrink down the width. Take a look at those relevant discussions linked in the PasteBot reply. The second one contains a helpful CodeSandbox that shows different ways Cards can be sized using different layout wrappers.