---
title: "PaneScaffoldDirective"
description: "Top-level directives about how a pane scaffold should be arranged and spaced, like how many
partitions the layout can be split into and what should be the gutter size."
type: "class"
---

<div class='type'>Class</div>


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<div class='sourceset sourceset-common'>Common</div>


```kotlin
@ExperimentalMaterial3AdaptiveApi
class PaneScaffoldDirective(
    val contentPadding: PaddingValues,
    val maxHorizontalPartitions: Int,
    val horizontalPartitionSpacerSize: Dp,
    val maxVerticalPartitions: Int,
    val verticalPartitionSpacerSize: Dp,
    val excludedBounds: List<Rect>
)
```


Top-level directives about how a pane scaffold should be arranged and spaced, like how many
partitions the layout can be split into and what should be the gutter size.

#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| contentPadding | Size of the paddings between the panes and the outer bounds of the layout. |
| maxHorizontalPartitions | the max number of partitions along the horizontal axis the layout      can be split into. |
| horizontalPartitionSpacerSize | Size of the spacers between horizontal partitions.      It's equivalent to the left/right margins the horizontal partitions. |
| maxVerticalPartitions | the max number of partitions along the vertical axis the layout can      be split into. |
| verticalPartitionSpacerSize | Size of the spacers between vertical partitions.      It's equivalent to the top/bottom margins of the vertical partitions. |
| excludedBounds | the bounds of all areas in the window that the layout needs to avoid      displaying anything upon it. Usually these bounds represent where physical hinges are. |