diff --git a/.changeset/shiny-mangos-tease.md b/.changeset/shiny-mangos-tease.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d49e5a1c207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shiny-mangos-tease.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'polaris.shopify.com': patch
+---
+
+Updated `Box` component guidance and examples
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/content/components/box.md b/polaris.shopify.com/content/components/box.md
index 1e3e4ae6c12..3e096261737 100644
--- a/polaris.shopify.com/content/components/box.md
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/content/components/box.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---
title: Box
-description: Box is the most primitive layout component. Box has a set of padding options. Use it to render an individual item.
+description: Box is the most primitive layout component. It’s a way to access Polaris design tokens.
category: Structure
keywords:
- layout
@@ -8,20 +8,32 @@ status:
value: Alpha
message: This component is in development. There could be breaking changes made to it in a non-major release of Polaris. Please use with caution.
examples:
- - fileName: box-with-padding.tsx
- title: Padding
+ - fileName: box-default.tsx
+ title: Default
+ description: >-
+ By default, box has no padding, borders, border radius, background, or shadows.
+ - fileName: box-with-color.tsx
+ title: Color
+ description: >-
+ Background color of box and text color inside a box can be adjusted using the [Color tokens](https://polaris.shopify.com/tokens/colors).
+ - fileName: box-with-border.tsx
+ title: Border
description: >-
- Spacing inside Box can be set with the padding properties. Padding options are provided using our spacing tokens. There are 5 different padding properties: padding, paddingLeft, paddingRight, paddingTop, and paddingBottom.
+ Border width can be adjusted using the [Shape tokens](https://polaris.shopify.com/tokens/shape), and a subset of tokens allows different types of border.
- fileName: box-with-border-radius.tsx
title: Border radius
description: >-
- Border radius can be set with the border radius properties. Border radius options are provided using our shape tokens. There are 5 different padding properties: borderRadius, borderRadiusLeft, borderRadiusRight, borderRadiusTop, and borderRadiusBottom.
- - fileName: box-with-background.tsx
- title: Background
+ Border radius can be adjusted using the [Shape tokens](https://polaris.shopify.com/tokens/shape).
+ - fileName: box-with-padding.tsx
+ title: Padding
description: >-
- Background color for Box can be set with the background prop. Background color options are provided using our color tokens that relate to background, surface, backdrop, and overlay.
- - fileName: box-with-border.tsx
- title: Border
+ Padding can be added to either all sides, left, right, top, and bottom, using the [Spacing tokens](https://polaris.shopify.com/tokens/spacing).
+ - fileName: box-with-shadow.tsx
+ title: Shadow
description: >-
- Border color for Box can be set with the border prop. Border color options are provided using our shape tokens.
+ Shadow can be applied using the Shadow token. The base is [--p-shadow-base](https://polaris.shopify.com/tokens/depth).
---
+
+## Related components
+
+- For more specific use cases, [use the Card](https://polaris.shopify.com/components/card) component.
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-default.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-default.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f2254e5065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-default.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {Box, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+
+import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
+
+function BoxDefaultExample() {
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+const Placeholder = ({label = '', height = 'auto', width = 'auto'}) => {
+ return (
+
+ );
+};
+
+export default withPolarisExample(BoxDefaultExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-background.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-background.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 0469223e3a7..00000000000
--- a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-background.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import {Box, Stack, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
-
-import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
-
-function BoxWithBackgroundExample() {
- return (
-
-
-
- Box with background
-
-
-
-
- Box with background surface
-
-
-
-
- Box with background overlay
-
-
-
-
- Box with background backdrop
-
-
-
- );
-}
-
-export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithBackgroundExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border-radius.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border-radius.tsx
index a6edc00a748..208560e8193 100644
--- a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border-radius.tsx
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border-radius.tsx
@@ -1,47 +1,37 @@
import React from 'react';
-import {Box, Stack, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+import {Box, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
function BoxWithBorderRadiusExample() {
return (
-
-
-
- Box with uniform border radius
-
-
-
-
- Box with bottom border radius
-
-
-
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+const Placeholder = ({label = '', height = 'auto', width = 'auto'}) => {
+ return (
+
+
-
- Box with border radius base
+
+ {label}
-
-
+
+
);
-}
+};
export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithBorderRadiusExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border.tsx
index 5dd7f80326c..70463ac0f04 100644
--- a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border.tsx
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-border.tsx
@@ -1,68 +1,36 @@
import React from 'react';
-import {Box, Stack, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+import {Box, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
function BoxWithBorderExample() {
return (
-
-
-
- Box with border base
-
-
-
-
- Box with border divider
-
-
-
-
- Box with border dark
-
-
-
-
- Box with border transparent
-
-
-
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+const Placeholder = ({label = '', height = 'auto', width = 'auto'}) => {
+ return (
+
+
-
- Box with border divider on dark
+
+ {label}
-
-
+
+
);
-}
+};
export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithBorderExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-color.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-color.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8789b92cb0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-color.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {Box, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+
+import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
+
+function BoxWithColorExample() {
+ return (
+
+
+ Content inside a box
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithColorExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-padding.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-padding.tsx
index aa2176240ad..53b0d32b3d2 100644
--- a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-padding.tsx
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-padding.tsx
@@ -1,39 +1,71 @@
import React from 'react';
-import {Box, Stack, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+import {AlphaStack, Box, Stack, Text, Inline} from '@shopify/polaris';
import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
function BoxWithPaddingExample() {
return (
-
-
-
- Box with uniform padding
-
-
-
-
- Box with left padding overwritten
-
-
-
-
- Box with top padding only
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
);
}
+const Placeholder = ({
+ label = '',
+ height = 'auto',
+ width = 'auto',
+ childAlign,
+}) => {
+ return (
+
+ );
+};
+
export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithPaddingExample);
diff --git a/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-shadow.tsx b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-shadow.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7405c9fc7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polaris.shopify.com/pages/examples/box-with-shadow.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {Box, Text} from '@shopify/polaris';
+
+import {withPolarisExample} from '../../src/components/PolarisExampleWrapper';
+
+function BoxWithShadowExample() {
+ return (
+
+
+
+ );
+}
+
+const Placeholder = ({label = '', height = 'auto', width = 'auto'}) => {
+ return (
+
+ );
+};
+
+export default withPolarisExample(BoxWithShadowExample);