ECL Layout wrapper

npm package: @ecl/layout-wrapper

npm install --save @ecl/layout-wrapper

Parameters

• "nb_columns" (int) (default: 3): Number of item columns (2, 3, or 4)
• "forced_column" (boolean) (default: false): If true, columns on desktop will always be with a fixed number, instead of dynamically adapting to the container; use with caution
• "info_position" (string) (default: 'top'): Position of the title/description block. Possible options:
  • top: always stacked above the grid
  • side: beside the grid at wider breakpoints; capped to 3 columns
• "title" (object) (default: {}): Title of the layout wrapper
  • "level" (int) (default: 2): Heading level, up to h4
  • "label" (string) (default: ''): Title content
• "description" (string) (default: ''): Description of the layout wrapper
• "items" (array) (default: []): Items to be displayed in the wrapper. Each item can be either:
  • a string (rendered as-is)
  • an object with a defining component key, e.g. { card: { ... } } Supported component keys: card, navigation_list, content_item, file, list_illustration
• "direction" (string) (default: "horizontal"): Flow of items; can be "horizontal" or "vertical"
• "divider" (boolean) (default: false): Display dividers between rows
• "view_all" (object) (default: {}): Link display below the grid; Follows the ECL Link structure
• "full_height" (boolean) (default: true): Elements inside the layout wrapper would take the full height
• "extra_classes" (string) (default: '')
• "extra_attributes" (array) (default: []): format: [ { "name" (string) (default: ''), "value" (optional) (string) }, ... ],

Example:

{% include '@ecl/layout-wrapper/layout-wrapper.html.twig' with { 
  title: {
    level: 2,
    label: 'Heading',
  },
  description: 'Description',
  items: [
    card: {
      // Card content, following the component structure 
      ... 
    },
    navigation_list: { 
      // Navigation list content, following the component structure 
      ... 
    },
  ],
  view_all: {
    link: {
      path: '#',
      label: 'View all',
    },
  },
} %}

How it works

The layout wrapper uses CSS container queries to adapt its column count based on its own available width, not the viewport. This means it responds correctly whether placed full-width or inside a narrower context (e.g. a sidebar layout).

The outer .ecl-layout-wrapper element establishes the container context (container-type: inline-size). An inner .ecl-layout-wrapper__grid element holds the actual CSS grid and is styled by the container queries.

Column breakpoints (col-x variants):

Highlight variants (highlight-col-x) place a first item (typically a heading) to the left of a sub-grid of remaining items. At smaller sizes both sections stack vertically.

Vertical flow (direction="vertical") fills items top-to-bottom within each column before moving to the next, instead of the default left-to-right order:

horizontal (default)     vertical
[ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]          [ 1 ][ 3 ][ 5 ]
[ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ]          [ 2 ][ 4 ][ 6 ]

This is implemented with grid-auto-flow: column and an explicit grid-template-rows, which tells the browser how many rows to fill before wrapping to the next column. Below > m (single column), vertical flow has no effect and items stack normally.

Because the column count changes at each breakpoint, the required row count changes too — e.g. 6 items in 2 cols needs 3 rows, but in 3 cols needs 2 rows. CSS cannot compute this dynamically, so the template pre-calculates all needed values and outputs them as separate custom properties (--ecl-layout-rows-2, --ecl-layout-rows-3, --ecl-layout-rows-4). Each container query breakpoint then references the variable that matches its active column count.