Hairline stat strip
A row of stat tiles joined by hairlines that are grid gap, not borders — the container paints the border color and the tiles paint the surface, so separators never double up or break when the row wraps — in a reporting form and in a second form where each tile is the filter for the list beneath it.
- summary strip at the top of a detail page
- dashboard KPI row
- account usage overview
- report header figures
- profile stats band
Reporting only — the figures are the whole job.
Same strip, working as the filter. Press a tile to narrow the list; press it again to clear.
- Bicycle drivetrain teardownDone
- Kiln firing, part threeDownloading
- Field recording — marsh at dawnQueued
- Lathe restoration, episode 12Done
- Sourdough hydration testsFailed
- Bookbinding: the long stitchQueued
Showing all 6 downloads.
<p class="cap">Reporting only — the figures are the whole job.</p>
<div class="hss-strip">
<div class="hss-tile"><span class="hss-label">Documents</span><span class="hss-fig">1,482</span><span class="hss-sub">this period</span></div>
<div class="hss-tile"><span class="hss-label">Median time</span><span class="hss-fig">3.2s</span><span class="hss-sub">last 24h</span></div>
<div class="hss-tile"><span class="hss-label">Clean runs</span><span class="hss-fig">98.4%</span><span class="hss-sub">no retries</span></div>
<div class="hss-tile"><span class="hss-label">Quality score</span><span class="hss-fig none">—</span><span class="hss-sub">not rated yet</span></div>
</div>
<p class="cap">Same strip, working as the filter. Press a tile to narrow the list; press it again to clear.</p>
<div class="hss-strip five" id="hss-filter">
<button class="hss-tile" data-status="all" aria-pressed="false">…</button>
<!-- Queued · Downloading · Done · Failed -->
</div>
<ul class="dl-list" id="hss-list">…</ul>
<p class="status" id="hss-status" aria-live="polite">Showing all 6 downloads.</p>Colors come from shared theme tokens — --surface, --ink, --border, --accent and friends — so this CSS carries no palette of its own. Use Runnable file to copy the tokens along with it.
.hss-strip {
display: grid;
gap: 1px; /* the hairline IS the gap */
background: var(--border); /* container paints the line color */
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: var(--radius);
overflow: hidden;
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
}
@media (min-width: 21rem) { .hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (min-width: 42rem) { .hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); } }
.hss-tile { background: var(--surface); padding: .85rem 1rem; min-width: 0; }
.hss-label {
font-family: ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: .8125rem;
text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .05em; color: var(--dim);
}
.hss-fig { font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 800; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.hss-fig.none { color: var(--dim); }
button.hss-tile[aria-pressed="true"] {
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface));
}:root {
--ground: #eef0f3; --surface: #ffffff; --border: #d2d8e0;
--ink: #161b22; --dim: #56606e; --accent: #364f6a; --radius: 10px;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root { --ground: #10141a; --surface: #191f27; --border: #2c3743;
--ink: #e6ecf3; --dim: #97a4b4; --accent: #6f92bd; }
}
const strip = document.getElementById('hss-filter');
const items = document.querySelectorAll('#hss-list li');
const status = document.getElementById('hss-status');
strip.querySelectorAll('button').forEach((tile) => {
tile.addEventListener('click', () => {
const wasOn = tile.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
const key = wasOn ? 'all' : tile.dataset.status;
strip.querySelectorAll('button').forEach((other) => {
other.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(!wasOn && other === tile && key !== 'all'));
});
let shown = 0;
items.forEach((item) => {
const match = key === 'all' || item.dataset.status === key;
item.hidden = !match;
if (match) shown += 1;
});
status.textContent = key === 'all'
? 'Showing all 6 downloads.'
: `Filtered to ${tile.dataset.name}: ${shown} of 6. Press the lit tile again to clear.`;
});
});Build a strip of statistic tiles that reads as one joined instrument panel rather than a row of floating cards.
The separators between tiles must not be borders. Make the container a CSS grid with gap: 1px and give the container itself the border color as its background; each tile then paints the surface color on top. The 1px of container showing through the gap is the hairline. This is the entire pattern: real borders double where two tiles meet and leave a stray edge when auto-fit wraps the row, and a gap physically cannot do either.
The full prompt continues with sections on pinning column counts, tile anatomy, the two rules of honesty (render a missing value as a dimmed em dash; keep units with the number), the filter form, computing counts from the unfiltered set, and using aria-pressed rather than tab roles.