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Display

Quickly and responsively toggle the display value of components and more with the display utilities. Includes support for some of the more common values, as well as some extras for controlling display when printing.

Examples

Inline

inline
inline
<Box component="div" sx={{ display: 'inline' }}>inline</Box>
<Box component="div" sx={{ display: 'inline' }}>inline</Box>

Block

blockblock
<Box component="span" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>block</Box>
<Box component="span" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>block</Box>

Hiding elements

For faster mobile-friendly development, use responsive display classes for showing and hiding elements by device. Avoid creating entirely different versions of the same site, instead hide element responsively for each screen size.

Screen Size Class
Hidden on all sx={{ display: 'none' }}
Hidden only on xs sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', sm: 'block' } }}
Hidden only on sm sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', sm: 'none', md: 'block' } }}
Hidden only on md sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', md: 'none', lg: 'block' } }}
Hidden only on lg sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', lg: 'none', xl: 'block' } }}
Hidden only on xl sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', xl: 'none' } }}
Visible only on xs sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', sm: 'none' } }}
Visible only on sm sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', sm: 'block', md: 'none' } }}
Visible only on md sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', md: 'block', lg: 'none' } }}
Visible only on lg sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', lg: 'block', xl: 'none' } }}
Visible only on xl sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', xl: 'block' } }}
hide on screens wider than md
hide on screens smaller than md
<Box sx={{ display: { xs: 'block', md: 'none' }}}>
  hide on screens wider than md
</Box>
<Box sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', md: 'block' }}}>
  hide on screens smaller than md
</Box>

Display in print

Screen Only (Hide on print only)
Print Only (Hide on screen only)
<Box sx={{ display: 'block', displayPrint: 'none' }}>
  Screen Only (Hide on print only)
</Box>
<Box sx={{ display: 'none', displayPrint: 'block' }}>
  Print Only (Hide on screen only)
</Box>

Overflow

Overflow Hidden. Overflow Hidden. Overflow Hidden.
Overflow Auto. Overflow Auto. Overflow Auto.
<Box component="div" sx={{ overflow: 'hidden' }}>
  Overflow Hidden
</Box>
<Box component="div" sx={{ overflow: 'visible' }}>
  Overflow visible
</Box>

Text overflow

Text Overflow Clip. Text Overflow Clip.
Text Overflow Ellipsis. Text Overflow Ellipsis
<Box component="div" sx={{ textOverflow: 'clip' }}>
  Text Overflow Clip
</Box>
<Box component="div" sx={{ textOverflow: 'ellipsis' }}>
  Text Overflow Ellipsis
</Box>

Visibility

Visibility VisibleVisibility Hidden
<Box component="div" sx={{ visibility: 'visible' }}>
  Visibility Visible
</Box>
<Box component="div" sx={{ visibility: 'hidden' }}>
  Visibility Hidden
</Box>

White space

White Space Nowrap. White Space Nowrap.
White Space Normal. White Space Normal.
<Box component="div" sx={{ whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
  White Space Nowrap
</Box>
<Box component="div" sx={{ whiteSpace: 'normal' }}>
  White Space Normal
</Box>

API

import { display } from '@material-ui/system';
Import name Prop CSS property Theme key
displayPrint displayPrint display none
displayRaw display display none
overflow overflow overflow none
textOverflow textOverflow text-overflow none
visibility visibility visibility none
whiteSpace whiteSpace white-space none