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govuk-design-guide: layout

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layout: glossary-documentation sectionKey: Glossary eleventyNavigation: parent: Glossary title: Layout description: A layout is the high-level arrangement of components and content in a user interface. details: 'The layout encompasses hierarchy, alignment, spacing and screen sizes.

Common GOV.UK layouts are single column, two-thirds and one-third, and two-thirds.' synonym: 0: title: link: definition: nonPreferred: 0: title: Grid link: definition: 1: title: Pattern link: definition: relatedTerm: 0: title: link: definition: theme: Presentation layer order: 2