Layout Updated
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
- stats
- css-grid
- css-only
- hairline
- no-assets
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 hss-strip--4"> <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 is-missing" aria-label="not available">—</span><span class="hss-sub">not rated yet</span></div> </div> <p class="hss-cap">Same strip, working as the filter.</p> <div class="hss-strip hss-strip--5" role="group" aria-label="Filter downloads by status"> <button class="hss-tile" type="button" aria-pressed="true" data-status="All"><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" aria-pressed="false" data-status="Queued"><span class="hss-label">Queued</span><span class="hss-fig">2</span><span class="hss-sub">downloads</span></button> <!-- Downloading, Done, Failed follow the same shape --> </div> <ul class="hss-list" aria-live="polite">…</ul>
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); /* container paints the line */
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--4 { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}
@media (min-width: 52rem) {
.hss-strip--5 { grid-template-columns: repeat(5, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}
.hss-tile { background: var(--surface); padding: .9rem 1rem; min-width: 0; text-align: left; border: 0; font: inherit; color: var(--ink); }
.hss-label { display: block; font-family: ui-monospace, monospace; font-size: .8125rem; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--dim); }
.hss-fig { display: block; font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.hss-fig.is-missing { color: var(--dim); }
.hss-sub { display: block; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
button.hss-tile { cursor: pointer; }
button.hss-tile[aria-pressed="true"] { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface)); }
const tiles = document.querySelectorAll('.hss-strip--5 .hss-tile');
const rows = document.querySelectorAll('.hss-list li');
const status = document.querySelector('.hss-status');
tiles.forEach((tile) => {
tile.addEventListener('click', () => {
const wasOn = tile.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
const value = wasOn ? 'All' : tile.dataset.status;
tiles.forEach((other) => other.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(other.dataset.status === value)));
let shown = 0;
rows.forEach((row) => {
row.hidden = value !== 'All' && row.dataset.status !== value;
if (!row.hidden) shown += 1;
});
status.textContent = value === 'All'
? `Showing all ${rows.length} downloads.`
: `Filtered to ${value}: ${shown} of ${rows.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.
The full prompt continues with sections on:
- pinning the column counts (1, then 2 from 21rem, then 4 from 42rem);
- tile anatomy;
- 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.
This demo runs the pattern inline with this site's Memphis tokens. On the live site the preview renders in a sandboxed frame themed with the shared pattern tokens.