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Horizontal alignment using the Lightning layout base component

In this section, we will create an application that demonstrates how to use Lightning:layout base components and achieve horizontal and vertical alignments.

Create a simple Lightning Application via the Developer Console and let's name the application LightningLayoutApp. Now copy the following code:

<aura:application extends="force:slds">    <Lightning:layout horizontalAlign="space">            <Lightning:layoutItem padding="around-small">               <Lightning:card title="1">                    <p class="slds-p-horizontal_small">                        Card 1                    </p>          </Lightning:card>            </Lightning:layoutItem>            <Lightning:layoutItem padding="around-small">                <Lightning:card title="2">                    <p class="slds-p-horizontal_small">                        Card 2                    </p> </Lightning:card> ...

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