Spacing is an important, and often underestimated, part of the visual design within Inspire. The Spacing serves to make all distances within the modules look the same. The different spacings allow for flexible arrangement within the system.

The distances are divided into two applications. 1. The "Spacing Scale" can be used horizontally and vertically. It refers to padding, margin and space between the elements. 2. The "White Scale" can also be used horizontally and vertically. It is used as a design element to create hierarchies with spacing, to create focus and to give the overall design a sense of calm. Within the white scacing no data may be visualized.



ScaleUsecase
Spacing ScaleUse the spacing scale when building individual components. It includes small increments needed to create appropriate spatial relationships for detail-level designs.
White ScaleUse the white scale when building the interface. Empty space — also known as white space — is important in design. It can be used to break up sections on a page or to help create focus on certain element(s). White space helps with information processing; too much dense information can be disorienting or overwhelming for a user.




Spacing Scale

Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from .col-sm- to .col-xxl-, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied from min-width: 0 and up, and thus are not bound by a media query. The remaining breakpoints, however, do include a breakpoint abbreviation.






Where property is one of:
m -for classes that set margin
p -for classes that set padding
Where sides is one of:
t -for classes that set margin-top or padding-top
b -for classes that set margin-bottom or padding-bottom
l -for classes that set margin-left or padding-left
r -for classes that set margin-right or padding-right
x - for classes that set both *-left and *-right
y -for classes that set both *-top and *-bottom
blank -for classes that set a margin or padding on all 4 sides of the element



Where size is one of:rempx
$spacer * 000
$spacer * 10.1252
$spacer * 20.254
$spacer * 30.58
$spacer * 40.7512
$spacer * 5116
$spacer * 61.2520
$spacer * 71.524



Spacing Scale Example
Here are some representative examples of these classes:




<div class="dialog-container p-7">...</div>

<div class="form-group mb-md-8 mb-sm-4">.../my input fields/...</div>





Other Spacing 
There are a few other methods that can be used for spacing elements. Each has its own unique use case. Here are some representative examples of these classes.




White Scale

Spacing utilities that apply to all breakpoints, from .col-sm- to .col-xxl-, have no breakpoint abbreviation in them. This is because those classes are applied from min-width: 0 and up, and thus are not bound by a media query. The remaining breakpoints, however, do include a breakpoint abbreviation.



Where size is one of:rempx
$w-spacer * 000
$w-spacer * 10.1252
$w-spacer * 20.254
$w-spacer * 30.3756