Spacer Primitive
Free · MITExplicit, aria-hidden vertical or horizontal gap element for one-off spacing between unrelated blocks, with a flex-grow mode.
- Category
- Bento & Layout
- Framework
- astro
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Peer deps
- none
Install
velocityx add spacer
Free and MIT licensed — no account needed. The file lands under src/components/velocity/spacer/ by default (override with --dest), and it's yours to edit from the moment it's written.
Demo
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Source
Pulled live from the registry — this is the exact file velocityx add spacer writes into your project right now.
components/velocity/spacer/Spacer.astro
---
// VELOCITY COMPONENT · theming
//
// Colours here are Tailwind `primary-*` / `accent-*`, which resolve through
// the Velocity preset. Out of the box they are a neutral indigo — NOT the
// Aidxn brand — so this drops into your project without dragging our look in.
//
// ⚡ NOT USING VELOCITY? Run this once, in your project root:
//
// velocityx theme
//
// It writes velocity-preset.cjs + velocity-theme.css. Add the preset to your
// tailwind.config, import the css, then set your whole brand in ONE place:
//
// :root {
// --vx-brand: custom;
// --vx-primary-600: 220 38 38; <- your action colour
// --vx-primary-700: 185 28 28;
// }
//
// ⚠️ Raw RGB channels, space separated — NOT hex. `#DC2626` here silently
// breaks every /opacity variant in the library (bg-primary-600/20 etc).
//
// Prefer not to install anything? Find-and-replace `primary-` with your own
// scale name. Nothing else in this file depends on Velocity.
/**
* Spacer — Explicit, visible-in-markup vertical (or horizontal) gap when a
* `gap`/`space-y` utility on the parent isn't available or isn't the right
* tool (e.g. a one-off gap between two unrelated sections authored by
* different components, or a flex `justify-between` push-to-edges spacer
* via `grow`).
*
* Renders `aria-hidden` and has no semantic meaning — purely visual. Size
* is a Tailwind spacing step; `grow` ignores `size` and instead fills all
* available space (the classic flexbox "spacer div" trick).
*/
export interface Props {
size?: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 32;
axis?: 'vertical' | 'horizontal';
grow?: boolean;
}
const { size = 8, axis = 'vertical', grow = false } = Astro.props;
const SIZE: Record<number, string> = {
1: '0.25rem', 2: '0.5rem', 3: '0.75rem', 4: '1rem', 5: '1.25rem',
6: '1.5rem', 8: '2rem', 10: '2.5rem', 12: '3rem', 16: '4rem',
20: '5rem', 24: '6rem', 32: '8rem',
};
const style = grow
? 'flex:1 1 auto;'
: axis === 'vertical'
? `height:${SIZE[size]}; width:100%;`
: `width:${SIZE[size]}; height:100%;`;
---
<span aria-hidden="true" class="block shrink-0" style={style}></span>
Theming
Uses the shared primary-* / accent-* scale — see Theming if colours look unstyled after install.