# Media Object vs Image & Text, and Core Elements

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348 "2024-08-20T16:18:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon68150607](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@anon68150607](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon68150607)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348/1 "2024-08-20T16:18:15Z")

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In looking at both the Media Object and Image & Text elements I’m struck by how similar they are, especially as the ‘media object’ isn’t what I was expecting at all (I was thinking it has something to do with audio or video _media_).

How do you imagine folks using these elements, and are these really ‘core’ elements, or should they possibly be in another ‘bucket’ of common elements?

Core elements to me would be Container(s, _incl. flex and grid_), Image (incl. SVG), Text (currently called paragraph), and Media (audio/video). The rest (Button, Card, Header, Modal, etc) seem like great template elements that provide the user with common patterns, using core elements packaged in an easy to use, and user configurable component.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348/2 "2024-08-20T17:05:53Z")

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Don’t worry, we’re having the same conversations… you’re seeing these beta’s weekly as we’re working this stuff out in public. We do have some change planned regarding naming and categorizations.

One train of thought is that we just call all of these “Components”, and just categories them, much like the way they have done on the [Tailwind Components page](https://tailwindui.com/components). This feels like the most sensible course of action.

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**Author:** ![anon68150607](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@anon68150607](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon68150607)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348/3 "2024-08-20T17:21:15Z")

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> [@dan](#):
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> One train of thought is that we just call all of these “Components”, and just categories them, much like the way they have done on the [Tailwind Components page](https://tailwindui.com/components). This feels like the most sensible course of action.

I _think_ that makes sense, and now I know where ‘[media object](https://tailwindui.com/components/application-ui/layout/media-objects)’ came from. 😉

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/media-object-vs-image-text-and-core-elements/44348/4 "2024-08-20T17:26:30Z")

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Exactly, why reinvent the wheel!

> **Good designers copy, great designers steal**.  
> – _Pablo Picasso_