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Marker

A divider or status line inside a conversation, such as a date or someone joining.

Left out of Brand expressive Brand expressive keeps only the parts in use for one action and a story, and a visit lasts a few minutes. A long conversation split into days is neither. Use instead: Separator

See it live​

Start Storybook to see it live: npm run storybook
Live from StorybookOpen Marker in StorybookSee it in dark

When to use it​

  • Use it when: Breaking a long conversation into days or showing events in it.
  • Not when: A message someone wrote.

Instead:

Words​

  • Headlines are short and bold. Three to six words.
  • Verbs that move: Join, Try, Go.
  • Playful in headlines, plain in errors.
  • Use: Join, Drop, Go, Love. Avoid: Synergy, Leverage, Kindly.

The labels components use, from the voice tokens:

  • content.action.commit: Go
  • content.action.cancel: Not now
  • content.action.destroy: Remove
  • content.action.retry: Try again
  • content.action.empty-action: Explore the drop

See Voice and tone for the whole voice.

Use it in code​

npx open-ds add marker

The component reads only component keys and semantic tokens, so it follows the brand and mode on <html>.

Tokens it reads​

Marker reads 4 tokens of its own, each an alias of a semantic token. Each row is one part: its own token, the semantic it aliases, and the value it ends at. Change a semantic and every component that reads it follows; override one of Marker's tokens to change Marker alone.

Changes with theme

Brand expressive decides what changes when you switch theme. Here a switch changes colors only, so the marked rows differ between light and dark; everything else holds steady.

PartIts token and the semantic it aliasesValue
Marker
Gapcomponent.marker.gapcomponent-spacing-map.x3var(--marker-gap)space.24:1.5rem
Text sizecomponent.marker.font-sizetype.caption.font-sizevar(--marker-font-size)font.size.14:0.875rem
Text
Changes with theme		component.marker.labelcolor.text.mutedvar(--marker-label)Lighttaupe.light.600:#6B544ADarktaupe.dark.400:#B5988A
Fill
Changes with theme		component.marker.backgroundcolor.border.defaultvar(--marker-background)Lighttaupe.light.200:#F2DCCFDarktaupe.dark.100:#33241F