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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.
Reach for it when building
- 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="hss-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" aria-label="not rated">—</span> <span class="hss-sub">not rated yet</span> </div> </div> <p class="hss-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" data-hss-filter role="group" aria-label="Filter downloads by status"> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" data-status="all" aria-pressed="true"> <span class="hss-label">All</span> <span class="hss-fig">6</span> <span class="hss-sub">downloads</span> </button> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" data-status="queued" aria-pressed="false"> <span class="hss-label">Queued</span> <span class="hss-fig">2</span> <span class="hss-sub">downloads</span> </button> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" data-status="downloading" aria-pressed="false"> <span class="hss-label">Downloading</span> <span class="hss-fig">1</span> <span class="hss-sub">downloads</span> </button> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" data-status="done" aria-pressed="false"> <span class="hss-label">Done</span> <span class="hss-fig">2</span> <span class="hss-sub">downloads</span> </button> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" data-status="failed" aria-pressed="false"> <span class="hss-label">Failed</span> <span class="hss-fig">1</span> <span class="hss-sub">downloads</span> </button> </div> <ul class="hss-list" data-hss-list> <li data-status="done"> <span>Bicycle drivetrain teardown</span> <span class="hss-st done">Done</span> </li> <li data-status="downloading"> <span>Kiln firing, part three</span> <span class="hss-st downloading">Downloading</span> </li> <li data-status="queued"> <span>Field recording — marsh at dawn</span> <span class="hss-st queued">Queued</span> </li> <li data-status="done"> <span>Lathe restoration, episode 12</span> <span class="hss-st done">Done</span> </li> <li data-status="failed"> <span>Sourdough hydration tests</span> <span class="hss-st failed">Failed</span> </li> <li data-status="queued"> <span>Bookbinding: the long stitch</span> <span class="hss-st queued">Queued</span> </li> </ul> <p class="hss-status" data-hss-status role="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 */
background: var(--border); /* shows through the gap */
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, minmax(0, 1fr)); } }
@media (min-width: 42rem) { .hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); } }
.hss-strip.five { grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(8.5rem, 1fr)); }
.hss-tile { background: var(--surface); padding: 0.9rem 1rem; min-width: 0; text-align: left; border: 0; color: var(--ink); font: inherit; }
.hss-label { display: block; font: 500 0.8125rem/1.4 ui-monospace, monospace; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--dim); }
.hss-fig { display: block; font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.hss-fig.none { color: var(--dim); font-weight: 400; }
.hss-sub { display: block; color: var(--dim); }
button.hss-tile { cursor: pointer; }
button.hss-tile[aria-pressed="true"] {
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface));
box-shadow: inset 0 -4px 0 var(--accent);
}
:root {
--ground: #eef0f3; --surface: #ffffff; --surface-2: #f5f7f9; --border: #d2d8e0;
--ink: #161b22; --dim: #56606e; --accent: #364f6a; --radius: 10px;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root {
--ground: #10141a; --surface: #191f27; --surface-2: #202834; --border: #2c3743;
--ink: #e6ecf3; --dim: #97a4b4; --accent: #6f92bd;
}
}
const tiles = [...document.querySelectorAll('[data-hss-filter] button')];
const items = [...document.querySelectorAll('[data-hss-list] li')];
const status = document.querySelector('[data-hss-status]');
tiles.forEach((tile) => tile.addEventListener('click', () => {
const wasPressed = tile.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
const filter = wasPressed || tile.dataset.status === 'all' ? 'all' : tile.dataset.status;
tiles.forEach((other) => other.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(other.dataset.status === filter)));
let shown = 0;
items.forEach((item) => {
item.hidden = !(filter === 'all' || item.dataset.status === filter);
if (!item.hidden) shown += 1;
});
status.textContent = filter === 'all'
? `Showing all ${items.length} downloads.`
: `Filtered to ${tile.querySelector('.hss-label').textContent}: ${shown} of ${items.length}. 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.
What the full prompt goes on to cover
- Pinning column counts (1, then 2 from 21rem, then 4 from 42rem) instead of leaving them to auto-fit.
- Tile anatomy: a mono uppercase label, a bold tabular figure, and a quiet sub-line.
- Two rules of honesty: render a missing value as a dimmed em dash, and keep units with the number.
- The filter form, computing counts from the unfiltered set.
- Using
aria-pressedrather than tab roles.
More layout
Adaptive tile mosaic
A container with no artwork draws one from up to four member tiles, grid tracks following tile count.
Column-flow wall
Cards flowing down columns instead of across rows, with the reading-order cost stated plainly.
Object-shaped cards
Where a record stands for a physical thing, the card is drawn as that thing — nine variations in pure gradients.