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# init()

Creates a default set of properties.

```
init()
```

## Discussion

Use a layout properties instance to provide information about
a type that conforms to the [`Layout`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Layout) protocol. For example, you
can create a layout properties instance in your layout’s implementation
of the [`layoutProperties`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Layout/layoutProperties) method, and use it to
indicate that the layout has a [`Axis.vertical`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Axis/vertical) orientation:

```
extension BasicVStack {
    static var layoutProperties: LayoutProperties {
        var properties = LayoutProperties()
        properties.stackOrientation = .vertical
        return properties
    }
}
```

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