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govuk-design-guide: container

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layout: glossary-documentation sectionKey: Glossary eleventyNavigation: parent: Glossary title: Container description: Containers will be flexible sections within a template. They'll contain content and metadata attributes, user interface components and reusable content blocks. details: ' Note: Currently in development.

Containers are intended to give publishers more choice in how they display their content and how they structure the user experience.' synonym: 0: title: link: definition: nonPreferred: 0: title: Block link: definition: 1: title: Section link: definition: 2: title: Module link: definition: relatedTerm: 0: title: Component link: /glossary/component definition: theme: Presentation layer order: 3