How to use Box Component in Material UI ?

How to use Button Component in Material UI ?

The Material UI 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 ways.

Prerequisites to use MUI Box Component

Material UI Box Component

MUI Box is a simple container with access to the CSS utilities from the MUI.

Material UI Box Component Syntax:

<Box component="Element " clone >
    {/* Children /}
</Box

Where,

component: accepts the html elements e.g., span, default value is ‘div’.
Children: components to be rendered inside the box.
clone: it is a boolean that used the React.cloneElement.

Importing Box Component

import Box from '@material-ui/core/Box';

Material UI Box Component Examples:

Lets see implemented examples of the box component.

Example 1: Display Text Using MUI Box Component

This example creates a simple application that uses the Box component to display a static text. Please update the file App.js like below.

Javascript

// Filename: App.js
 
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 w3wiki!
            </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: Button Inside MUI Box Component

This example creates a simple application that displays a clickable button inside a Box component. Please update the App.js file like below.

Javascript

// Filename: App.js
 
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' }}>
                w3wiki
            </Button>
        </Box>
    );
}
 
export default App