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Zigzag layout

Also called: alternating layout, alternating rows, Z-pattern, left-right sections.

Feature sections where the picture swaps sides on every row: text left and picture right, then picture left and text right. Your eye moves down the page in a Z.

Text left, picture right; then picture left, text right. The eye moves in a Z down the page.

Zigzag

Say it in a prompt

Show the three features in a zigzag layout: each row is a picture (42% width, 4:3, rounded 10px) next to a title and two lines of text; odd rows put the picture on the right, even rows on the left. On phones, stack every row with the picture on top.

Seen on

  • Duolingo: Below the hero, sections swap sides: text left and picture right, then picture left and text right.

You might describe it as

  • text on the left picture on the right then it flips
  • sections that switch sides as you go down
  • picture and text taking turns left and right