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# IPublisherLayoutSectionV1

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-model](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/index.md)
- Kind: interface
- Stability: alpha
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-model/src/publisher/v1/layout.ts

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

A container splitting its area into children laid out along a direction.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export interface IPublisherLayoutSectionV1 extends IPublisherLayoutNodeBaseV1 
```
**Extends:** [IPublisherLayoutNodeBaseV1](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherlayoutnodebasev1/index.md)

## Properties

| Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [children](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherlayoutsectionv1/index.md#ipublisherlayoutsectionv1children) |  | [PublisherLayoutNodeV1](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.publisherlayoutnodev1/index.md)[] | **_(ALPHA)_** |
| [direction](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherlayoutsectionv1/index.md#ipublisherlayoutsectionv1direction) |  | "row" \| "column" | **_(ALPHA)_** "row" lays children out horizontally, "column" vertically. |
| [style?](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherlayoutsectionv1/index.md#ipublisherlayoutsectionv1style) |  | [IPublisherBoxStyleV1](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherboxstylev1/index.md) | **_(ALPHA)_** _(Optional)_ Paint of this section's box. Never affects how children are laid out. |
| [type](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.ipublisherlayoutsectionv1/index.md#ipublisherlayoutsectionv1type) |  | "section" | **_(ALPHA)_** |

## Property details

### IPublisherLayoutSectionV1.children

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
children: PublisherLayoutNodeV1[];
```

### IPublisherLayoutSectionV1.direction

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

"row" lays children out horizontally, "column" vertically.

**Signature:**

```typescript
direction: "row" | "column";
```

### IPublisherLayoutSectionV1.style

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Paint of this section's box. Never affects how children are laid out.

**Signature:**

```typescript
style?: IPublisherBoxStyleV1;
```

### IPublisherLayoutSectionV1.type

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
type: "section";
```