1# Stack Layout 2 3 4## Overview 5 6The stack layout reserves an area on the screen to display elements in a component and allows the elements to be stacked. You can implement a stack layout through the [\<Stack>](../reference/arkui-ts/ts-container-stack.md) component, which provides a stack container where positioned or non-positioned child components are pushed successively and the latter one sits on top of the previous one. 7 8The stack layout excels at page stacking and positioning, and is widely used in ads and widget arrangement. 9 10In the **\<Stack>** component shown in Figure 1, the sequence of child elements (child components) is Item1 -> Item2 -> Item3. 11 12 13 **Figure 1** Stack layout 14 15![stack-layout](figures/stack-layout.png) 16 17 18## How to Develop 19 20The **\<Stack>** component can contain a wide variety of child components, which are stacked in the center by default based on their sizes. While respecting the constraints of **\<Stack>**, child components are laid out in their respective style. 21 22 23 24```ts 25Column(){ 26 Stack({ }) { 27 Column(){}.width('90%').height('100%').backgroundColor('#ff58b87c') 28 Text('text').width('60%').height('60%').backgroundColor('#ffc3f6aa') 29 Button('button').width('30%').height('30%').backgroundColor('#ff8ff3eb').fontColor('#000') 30 }.width('100%').height(150).margin({ top: 50 }) 31} 32``` 33 34 35![stack-layout-sample](figures/stack-layout-sample.png) 36 37 38## Alignment 39 40Alignment of child components in the **\<Stack>** component is set through the [alignContent](../reference/arkui-ts/ts-appendix-enums.md#alignment) parameter. As shown in Figure 2, nine alignment modes are supported. 41 42 **Figure 2** Alignment modes in the \<Stack> component 43 44![en-us_image_0000001562940621](figures/en-us_image_0000001562940621.png) 45 46 47## Z-order Control 48 49The stacking order of child components in the **\<Stack>** component is set through the **[zIndex](../reference/arkui-ts/ts-universal-attributes-z-order.md)** attribute. A larger **zIndex** value indicates a higher display level. 50 51 In the stack layout, if the size of a component is greater than that of the one before it, the one before it is hidden. 52 53```ts 54Stack({ alignContent: Alignment.BottomStart }) { 55 Column() { 56 Text ('Stacked component 1').textAlign (TextAlign.End).fontSize (20) 57 }.width(100).height(100).backgroundColor(0xffd306) 58 59 Column() { 60 Text ('Stacked component 2').fontSize (20) 61 }.width(150).height(150).backgroundColor(Color.Pink) 62 63 Column() { 64 Text ('Stacked component 3').fontSize (20) 65 }.width(200).height(200).backgroundColor(Color.Grey) 66}.margin({ top: 100 }).width(350).height(350).backgroundColor(0xe0e0e0) 67``` 68 69![en-us_image_0000001511900544](figures/en-us_image_0000001511900544.png) 70 71In the following figure, the size of the stacked component 3 is greater than that of all the components before it. Therefore, the first two components are completely hidden. To show these components, modify their **zIndex** attribute settings. 72 73 74```ts 75Stack({ alignContent: Alignment.BottomStart }) { 76 Column() { 77 Text ('Stacked component 1').fontSize (20) 78 }.width(100).height(100).backgroundColor(0xffd306).zIndex(2) 79 80 Column() { 81 Text ('Stacked component 2').fontSize (20) 82 }.width(150).height(150).backgroundColor(Color.Pink).zIndex(1) 83 84 Column() { 85 Text ('Stacked component 3').fontSize (20) 86 }.width(200).height(200).backgroundColor(Color.Grey) 87}.margin({ top: 100 }).width(350).height(350).backgroundColor(0xe0e0e0) 88``` 89 90![en-us_image_0000001563060797](figures/en-us_image_0000001563060797.png) 91 92 93## Example Scenario 94 95In this example, the stack layout is used to quickly set up a page display model. 96 97 98```ts 99@Entry 100@Component 101struct StackSample { 102 private arr: string[] = ['APP1', 'APP2', 'APP3', 'APP4', 'APP5', 'APP6', 'APP7', 'APP8']; 103 104 build() { 105 Stack({ alignContent: Alignment.Bottom }) { 106 Flex({ wrap: FlexWrap.Wrap }) { 107 ForEach(this.arr, (item) => { 108 Text(item) 109 .width(100) 110 .height(100) 111 .fontSize(16) 112 .margin(10) 113 .textAlign(TextAlign.Center) 114 .borderRadius(10) 115 .backgroundColor(0xFFFFFF) 116 }, item => item) 117 }.width('100%').height('100%') 118 119 Flex({ justifyContent: FlexAlign.SpaceAround, alignItems: ItemAlign.Center }) { 120 Text ('Contacts').fontSize (16) 121 Text ('Settings').fontSize (16) 122 Text ('Messaging').fontSize (16) 123 } 124 .width('50%') 125 .height(50) 126 .backgroundColor('#16302e2e') 127 .margin({ bottom: 15 }) 128 .borderRadius(15) 129 }.width('100%').height('100%').backgroundColor('#CFD0CF') 130 } 131} 132``` 133 134 135![en-us_image_0000001511421368](figures/en-us_image_0000001511421368.png) 136