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title: StaggeredLayout
author: skendrot
description: The StaggeredLayout displays items in a column approach where an item will be added to whichever column has used the least amount of space.
keywords: StaggeredPanel, StaggeredLayout, Layout
dev_langs:
  - csharp
category: Layouts
subcategory: Layout
discussion-id: 0
issue-id: 0
icon: Assets/StaggeredLayout.png
---

# StaggeredLayout

The `StaggeredLayout` allows for layout of items in a column approach where an item will be added to whichever column has used the least amount of space.

It is a Layout for `ItemsRepeater` which will provide better virtualization compared to the `StaggeredPanel` below.

:::code language="xaml" source="~/../code-windows/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml":::

:::code language="csharp" source="~/../code-windows/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml.cs":::


