Empty Block
The Empty Block component is used to position and center other components on the page, providing flexible layout control.
What is the Empty Block component?
The Empty Block component is used to position and center other components on the page. Place other blocks inside it to control layout and alignment.
Open the CMS editor where you want to add or edit an Empty Block component.
Drag the Empty Block component onto your page.
Place other components inside the Empty Block to position or center them as needed.
Adjust layout, spacing, and alignment using the settings below.
Save your changes in the editor.
Empty Block Component Settings
All Empty Block components support the standard CMS settings below. Use these tabs to control layout, typography, and display for your block:
General

Selectors
In this box you can add classes that are defined elsewhere on the site to a specific page.
ID
ID is used to direct user to an element of the page or identify it for future use, so you can link to this aspect of the page.
Styles
Styles are used to add a specific style not predefined in a class. You can add style settings which can be applied against any component. Below are a list of styles you can add:
- Margin (either just
"margin:"or specific sides of a component like"margin-top:"or"margin-left:") - Padding (either just
"padding:"or specific sides of a component like"padding-top:"or"padding-left:") - Max Width
- Font
- Border
- ID
Examples:
max-width: 352px!important;
margin-bottom: 0 auto;
padding-top: 30px;To center an image: margin:auto;
To center text/markdown: text-align: center;
To make a component go edge-to-edge: margin-left:-15px;margin-right:-15px
Typography
This section controls the text that appears on the page.

Colour
This box can be used to change the colour of the text. Use hex colour codes eg Red #ff0000 White #ffffff
Font Family
Specify the font family or leave blank to automatically inherit the default page font
Size
Specify the size or leave blank to automatically inherit the default initial size
Weight
Specify the weight from the dropdown list, choose from 'light', 'normal' or 'bold' or select 'auto' to automatically inherit the default weight.
Alignment
Use icons to select the alignment choose from: 'no alignment', 'left align', 'centre align', 'right align' and 'justify' respectively
Text Transform
Use icons to change the text from block capitals to lower case or title case or no transformation.
Text Style
Use icons to choose from Italicised or not.
Text Decoration
Use icons to choose from no decoration, strikethrough, underline or overline
Display

Display
Choose from the dropdown list to select display default is block, options are 'Flex', 'inline', 'none' and 'inline block'
Width
Specify a width
Max Width
Specify a max width
Min W
Specify a min width
Height
Specify a height
Max Height
Specify a maximum height
Min H
Specify a minimum height
BG
Change the background colour
Overflow
Chose from visible, not visible(icon) Scroll, scroll x
Spacing
Click on margins or borders to increase the margin or border by pixels
Borders
Click on borders to increase the border by pixels
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