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HFlowContainer
==============

**Inherits:** :ref:`FlowContainer<class_FlowContainer>` **<** :ref:`Container<class_Container>` **<** :ref:`Control<class_Control>` **<** :ref:`CanvasItem<class_CanvasItem>` **<** :ref:`Node<class_Node>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

A container that arranges its child controls horizontally and wraps them around at the borders.

.. rst-class:: classref-introduction-group

Description
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A variant of :ref:`FlowContainer<class_FlowContainer>` that can only arrange its child controls horizontally, wrapping them around at the borders. This is similar to how text in a book wraps around when no more words can fit on a line.

.. rst-class:: classref-introduction-group

Tutorials
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- :doc:`Using Containers <../tutorials/ui/gui_containers>`

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`
.. |constructor| replace:: :abbr:`constructor (This method is used to construct a type.)`
.. |static| replace:: :abbr:`static (This method doesn't need an instance to be called, so it can be called directly using the class name.)`
.. |operator| replace:: :abbr:`operator (This method describes a valid operator to use with this type as left-hand operand.)`
.. |bitfield| replace:: :abbr:`BitField (This value is an integer composed as a bitmask of the following flags.)`