The Box component serves as a wrapper component for most of the CSS utility needs. Material UI for React has this component available for us and it is very easy to integrate. We can use the Box component in ReactJS using the following approach.
Creating React Application And Installing Module:
Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:
npx create-react-app foldername
Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:
cd foldername
Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the material-ui modules using the following command:
npm install @mui/material
Project Structure: It will look like the following.
Project Structure
Example 1: In this example, we will create a simple application that uses the Box component to display a static text. Please update the file App.js like below.
Filename: App.js:
Javascript
import { Box } from '@mui/material'; import React from 'react' const App = () => { return ( <div style={{ marginLeft: '40%', marginTop: '60px', width: '30%' }}> <Box color="white" bgcolor="palevioletred" p={1}> Greetings from neveropen! </Box> </div> ); } export default App |
Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:
npm start
Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:
Box Component Output
Example 2: In this example, we will create a simple application that displays a clickable button inside a Box component. Please update the App.js file like below.
Filename: App.js
Javascript
import React from 'react'import { Box, Button } from '@mui/material'; const App = () => { return ( <Box component="span" sx={{ p: 2, border: '1px dashed grey' }}> <Button style={{ color: 'green' }}> Geeksforneveropen </Button> </Box> ); } export default App |
Steps to run the application:
npm start
Output:
Reference: https://mui.com/material-ui/react-box/#main-content
