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Progress

How far a task has come.

Left out of Content first Forms are rare and short, so there are no steps to count. Skeleton already holds article text while it loads. Use instead: Skeleton

See it live​

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

When to use it​

  • Use it when: A known amount of work: an upload, steps of a form.
  • Not when: A wait of unknown length (spinner), or a layout placeholder (skeleton).

Instead:

  • Spinner: A wait of unknown length.
  • Skeleton: Content that has not arrived.

Words​

  • Write to one person: "you", not "users".
  • Short sentences with room to breathe.
  • Explain why before asking for anything.
  • Use: Read, Save for later, You, Next issue. Avoid: Click here, Submit, Users, Content.

The labels components use, from the voice tokens:

  • content.action.commit: Save
  • content.action.cancel: Not now
  • content.action.destroy: Remove
  • content.action.retry: Try again
  • content.action.empty-action: Browse guides

See Voice and tone for the whole voice.

Accessibility and keyboard​

Test before you ship:

  • It reports its value and has a name. undefined

Use it in code​

npx open-ds add progress

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

Tokens it reads​

Progress reads 3 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 Progress's tokens to change Progress alone.

Changes with theme

Content first 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
Progress
Cornercomponent.progress.radiusradius.roundvar(--progress-radius)radius.full:9999px
Fill
Changes with theme		component.progress.backgroundcolor.action.primaryvar(--progress-background)Lightnavy.light.600:#1E3A5FDarknavy.dark.600:#8FA6C4
Indicator
Fill
Changes with theme		component.progress.indicator.backgroundcolor.action.primaryvar(--progress-indicator-background)Lightnavy.light.600:#1E3A5FDarknavy.dark.600:#8FA6C4