How to use Container Component in ReactJS?

The container centers your content horizontally. It's the most basic layout element. Material UI for React has this component available for us and it is very easy to integrate. We can use the Container component in ReactJS using the following approach.

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the material-ui modules using the following command:

npm install @material-ui/core

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

App.js: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.

import React from 'react'
import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
import Container from '@material-ui/core/Container';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Container maxWidth="sm">
      <Typography component="div" style={{ 
        backgroundColor: 'Orange', height: '100vh' 
      }}>
        Greetings from GeeksforGeeks
      </Typography>
    </Container>
  );
}

export default App

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:

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• JavaScript
• Web Technologies
• ReactJS