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HBoxContainer
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**Inherits:** :ref:`BoxContainer<class_BoxContainer>` **<** :ref:`Container<class_Container>` **<** :ref:`Control<class_Control>` **<** :ref:`CanvasItem<class_CanvasItem>` **<** :ref:`Node<class_Node>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`EditorResourcePicker<class_EditorResourcePicker>`

Horizontal box container.

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Description
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Horizontal box container. See :ref:`BoxContainer<class_BoxContainer>`.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`GUI containers <../tutorials/ui/gui_containers>`

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Theme Properties
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   :widths: auto

   +-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+
   | :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`separation<class_HBoxContainer_theme_constant_separation>` | ``4`` |
   +-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+-------+

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Theme Property Descriptions
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:ref:`int<class_int>` **separation** = ``4``

The horizontal space between the **HBoxContainer**'s elements.

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