Card

Flat structured content with public anatomy. CSS only

Card

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<article class="ui-card">
  <header data-ui-part="header">
    <p data-ui-part="meta">Reference</p>
    <h2 data-ui-part="title">Component contract</h2>
    <p data-ui-part="description">Review the public anatomy before publishing.</p>
  </header>
  <footer data-ui-part="footer">
    <div data-ui-part="actions">
      <a class="ui-link" href="#card">Open</a>
      <span class="ui-badge" data-ui-variant="success">Stable</span>
    </div>
  </footer>
</article>

Install

Styles and registration

import '@timelessui/components/css/tokens.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/button.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/badge.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/card.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/link.css'

Anatomy

Parts are authored in your own markup and identified by the selector below, so your CSS can target the same anatomy without loading Timeless styles. Required parts must be present for the component to work. Private data-ui-internal-* hooks are written by the runtime and must never be authored.

Part	Required	Selector	Purpose
header	No	[data-ui-part~='header']	Top region, usually the title and meta.
body	No	[data-ui-part~='body']	Main content region.
footer	No	[data-ui-part~='footer']	Bottom region, usually actions.
title	No	[data-ui-part~='title']	Card heading. Use a real heading element.
description	No	[data-ui-part~='description']	Supporting copy under the title.
meta	No	[data-ui-part~='meta']	Secondary metadata such as a category or date.
actions	No	[data-ui-part~='actions']	Container for card actions.

Attributes

Every value below is implemented by the stylesheets this component ships. Boolean attributes are presence-based: author the attribute with no value, or omit it.

Attribute	Values	Default	Description
data-ui-variant	surface · filled · ghost	surface	Background and border treatment.
data-ui-density	compact · normal	normal	Internal spacing.

Styling

Root identity: ui-card. Required stylesheets: tokens.css, button.css, badge.css, card.css, link.css.

This component adds no custom properties of its own. Restyle it through the design tokens or your own CSS.

Design tokens this component reads (40)

These are global Atmosphere tokens. Change them once at the theme level rather than per component.

--ui-accent · --ui-accent-hover · --ui-accent-soft · --ui-bg-accent · --ui-bg-accent-active · --ui-bg-accent-hover · --ui-bg-control · --ui-bg-control-active · --ui-bg-control-hover · --ui-bg-control-muted · --ui-bg-danger · --ui-bg-danger-active · --ui-bg-danger-hover · --ui-bg-surface · --ui-bg-surface-raised · --ui-danger · --ui-danger-soft · --ui-duration-fast · --ui-ease-standard · --ui-fg · --ui-fg-muted · --ui-focus · --ui-line · --ui-radius-control · --ui-radius-lg · --ui-radius-pill · --ui-radius-xs · --ui-shadow-control-accent · --ui-shadow-control-active · --ui-shadow-control-danger · --ui-shadow-outline-control · --ui-space-1 · --ui-space-2 · --ui-space-3 · --ui-space-4 · --ui-space-5 · --ui-success · --ui-success-soft · --ui-warning · --ui-warning-soft

Accessibility

Keep the native elements, roles, and relationships shown in the example. Timeless adds only the state and keyboard coordination the platform does not already provide, and it never supplies your accessible names — those depend on your content.

Before JavaScript runs

This primitive is CSS only. There is nothing to register and nothing to wait for.

More examples

Open Card in StoryLite for variants, controls, and manual testing.