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# Avatars
## Overview
A flexible container component for displaying avatar images in an overlapping horizontal arrangement. This block creates a row of avatars with negative spacing to achieve an overlapping effect, commonly used for showing groups of users, contributors, or team members.
## Common use cases
* Display team members or contributors in a visually appealing overlapping layout
* Show user groups or participant lists with consistent avatar sizes
* Create engaging visual representations of community or team sections
* Use center or right alignment when adding many avatars depending on your design
## Compatible blocks
The following blocks can be nested within this block:
* [Avatar image](avatar-image.md)
## Block settings
### General
| Setting | Description | Options |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Show advanced settings | Reveals visibility settings | Checkbox (default: false) |
### Spacing
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------- |
| Enable horizontal padding | Adds horizontal padding around the avatars | Checkbox (default: false) |
| Enable top padding | Adds top padding around the avatars | Checkbox (default: false) |
| Enable bottom padding | Adds bottom padding around the avatars | Checkbox (default: false) |
### Layout
| Setting | Description | Options |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Horizontal alignment | Controls horizontal alignment of the avatars |
• Left (default) • Center • Right
|
### Display
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Visibility | Controls when the block is visible |
