Layouts and Containers

Streamlit provides several options for controlling how different elements are laid out on the screen.

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Columns

Insert containers laid out as side-by-side columns.

col1, col2 = st.columns(2) col1.write("this is column 1") col2.write("this is column 2")
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Container

Insert a multi-element container.

c = st.container() st.write("This will show last") c.write("This will show first") c.write("This will show second")
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Modal dialogs

Insert a modal dialog that can rerun independently from the rest of the script.

@st.dialog("Sign up") def email_form(): name = st.text_input("Name") email = st.text_input("Email")
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Empty

Insert a single-element container.

c = st.empty() st.write("This will show last") c.write("This will be replaced") c.write("This will show first")
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Expander

Insert a multi-element container that can be expanded/collapsed.

with st.expander("Open to see more"): st.write("This is more content")
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Popover

Insert a multi-element popover container that can be opened/closed.

with st.popover("Settings"): st.checkbox("Show completed")
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Sidebar

Display items in a sidebar.

st.sidebar.write("This lives in the sidebar") st.sidebar.button("Click me!")
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Tabs

Insert containers separated into tabs.

tab1, tab2 = st.tabs(["Tab 1", "Tab2"]) tab1.write("this is tab 1") tab2.write("this is tab 2")

Third-party components

These are featured components created by our lovely community. For more examples and inspiration, check out our Components Gallery and Streamlit Extras!

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Streamlit Elements

Create a draggable and resizable dashboard in Streamlit. Created by @okls.

from streamlit_elements import elements, mui, html with elements("new_element"): mui.Typography("Hello world")
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Pydantic

Auto-generate Streamlit UI from Pydantic Models and Dataclasses. Created by @lukasmasuch.

import streamlit_pydantic as sp sp.pydantic_form(key="my_form", model=ExampleModel)
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Streamlit Pages

An experimental version of Streamlit Multi-Page Apps. Created by @blackary.

from st_pages import Page, show_pages, add_page_title show_pages([ Page("streamlit_app.py", "Home", "🏠"), Page("other_pages/page2.py", "Page 2", ":books:"), ])
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