---
title: layoutProperties
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: swiftui/layout/layoutproperties
---

# layoutProperties

Properties of a layout container.

## Declaration

```swift
static var layoutProperties: LayoutProperties { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Implement this property in a type that conforms to the Layout protocol to characterize your custom layout container. For example, you can indicate that your layout has a vertical stackOrientation: extension BasicVStack {     static var layoutProperties: LayoutProperties {         var properties = LayoutProperties()         properties.stackOrientation = .vertical         return properties     } } If you don’t implement this property in your custom layout, the protocol provides a default implementation, namely layoutProperties, that returns a LayoutProperties instance with default values.

## See Also

### Reporting layout container characteristics

- [explicitAlignment(of:in:proposal:subviews:cache:)](swiftui/layout/explicitalignment(of:in:proposal:subviews:cache:).md)
- [spacing(subviews:cache:)](swiftui/layout/spacing(subviews:cache:).md)