---
title: spacer
description: An empty flex item that takes `height` or `flex` — deliberate blank space without a magic margin.
status: shipped
url: https://getairframe.com/framewerk/reference/nodes/spacer
---

> Part of the Framewerk docs. Index of every page: /framewerk/llms.txt

# `spacer`

An empty flex item that takes `height` or `flex` — deliberate blank space without a magic margin.

## Example

**spacer**

```json
{
  "id": "home",
  "layout": {
    "_id": "root",
    "type": "column",
    "gap": 0,
    "padding": 16,
    "children": [
      {
        "_id": "a",
        "type": "text",
        "content": "Top"
      },
      {
        "_id": "sp",
        "type": "spacer",
        "height": 48
      },
      {
        "_id": "b",
        "type": "text",
        "content": "Bottom"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## States

`height` or `flex`. Common to every node: `hover` / `press` / `focus` CSS bags, `showWhen` / `hideWhen`, `animate`.

## Stability

This node type is part of the format contract: adding an optional prop is additive; removing the node or narrowing an existing prop is breaking. Prop tables are generated from the schema; this page carries the prose.