---
title: Column
framework: docc
role: symbol
role_heading: Directive
path: docc/column
---

# Column

A container directive that holds general markup content describing a column with a row in a grid-based layout.

## Declaration

```swift
@Column(size: Int = 1, alignment: Alignment = leading) {
    ...
}
```

## Parameters

- `size`: The size of this column. (optional) Specify a value greater than 1 to make this column span multiple columns in the parent doc://org.swift.docc/documentation/docc/Row.
- `alignment`: The alignment of this column’s content. (optional)

## Overview

Overview Create a column inside a Row by nesting a @Column directive within the content for an @Row directive. Use size to span multiple columns and alignment to control content positioning. @Row {     @Column {         Default (leading) alignment     }

@Column(alignment: center) {         Centered content     }

@Column(size: 2, alignment: trailing) {         Trailing alignment; twice as wide     } } note: Before Swift-DocC 6.4, the alignment parameter wasn’t supported for @Column.