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Marker

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

Left out of Multi-brand Multi-brand draws on core, content and media families, not conversation. It admits only families in its roles. Its only messages go to support through a textarea. 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​

  • Shared structure: object, state, next step.
  • Brand tone lives in headlines and marketing copy, not in errors.
  • Errors and confirmations read the same in every brand.
  • Use: Get started, Plan, Order. Avoid: Brand-specific words in errors, Jargon.

The labels components use, from the voice tokens:

  • content.action.commit: Save
  • content.action.cancel: Cancel
  • content.action.destroy: Remove
  • content.action.retry: Try again
  • content.action.empty-action: Get started

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

Multi-brand decides what changes when you switch theme. Here a switch changes colors, type and shape, so the marked rows differ between its brands and 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.20:1.25rem
Text sizecomponent.marker.font-sizetype.caption.font-sizevar(--marker-font-size)font.size.13:0.8125rem
Text
Changes with theme		component.marker.labelcolor.text.mutedvar(--marker-label)Aster Lightslate-deep.light.600:#4B5A6FAster Darkslate-deep.dark.400:#96A3B5Birch Lightslate-deep.light.600:#4B5A6FBirch Darkslate-deep.dark.400:#96A3B5Coral Lightslate-deep.light.600:#4B5A6FCoral Darkslate-deep.dark.400:#96A3B5
Fill
Changes with theme		component.marker.backgroundcolor.border.defaultvar(--marker-background)Aster Lightslate-deep.light.200:#E2E8F0Aster Darkslate-deep.dark.100:#1E293BBirch Lightslate-deep.light.200:#E2E8F0Birch Darkslate-deep.dark.100:#1E293BCoral Lightslate-deep.light.200:#E2E8F0Coral Darkslate-deep.dark.100:#1E293B