# Nesting Components in an Article Use container components to create the component hierarchies you need for special article designs. ## Discussion A *nested* component is a child of the parent component that contains it. The child component is positioned and rendered relative to that parent. The size of the child components determines the minimum size of a container component. > Tip: > If you use an anchor to attach multiple children to the same side of their parent component, the children “stack” to create a cleanly aligned header. For information about using container components and anchors, see . Many design and layout effects require you to use hierarchies of nested components. For example, you can create a layering effect by nesting content (such as a `title`) inside a parent component that has a background [`Fill`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Fill). Any content displayed by the parent — as well as any content from its child components — is layered in front of the parent’s background fill, as shown in this example.  Apple News Format has several container components that allow you to nest other components within them: - [`Chapter`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Chapter) - [`Header`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Header) - [`Section`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Section) - [`Container`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Container) The [`Aside`](/documentation/AppleNewsFormat/Aside) component also lets you nest other components, but generally contains content that isn’t directly related to your article. The following example shows a section component with two child components (`title` and `photo`) defined in its components array. ```json {   "role": "section",   "components": [ {     "role": "title",     "text": "A Photo",   }, {    "role": "photo",     "URL": "bundle://.",     }    ] } ``` All container components have a components property whose value is an array of components. In this array, the order of the components is the order in which they appear in your article. ## See Also --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)