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
Filed under
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-caption">Reporting only — the figures are the whole job.</p>
<div class="hss-strip">
<div class="hss-tile">
<span class="l">Documents</span>
<span class="v">1,482</span>
<span class="u">this period</span>
</div>
<!-- Median time, Clean runs … -->
<div class="hss-tile">
<span class="l">Quality score</span>
<span class="v missing" aria-label="No value">—</span>
<span class="u">not rated yet</span>
</div>
</div>
<p class="hss-caption">Same strip, working as the filter.</p>
<div class="hss-strip five" data-hss-filter>
<button type="button" class="hss-tile" data-status="All" aria-pressed="true">
<span class="l">All</span><span class="v">6</span><span class="u">downloads</span>
</button>
<!-- Queued, Downloading, Done, Failed … -->
</div>
<ul class="hss-list" data-hss-list>…</ul>
<p class="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;
}
@container (min-width: 21rem) {
.hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}
@container (min-width: 42rem) {
.hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}
.hss-tile { background: var(--surface); padding: .9rem 1rem; min-width: 0; }
.hss-tile .l {
font: .8125rem/1.3 ui-monospace, monospace;
text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .06em; color: var(--dim);
}
.hss-tile .v { font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.hss-tile .v.missing { color: var(--dim); }
button.hss-tile[aria-pressed="true"] {
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface));
}
const strip = document.querySelector('[data-hss-filter]');
const rows = document.querySelectorAll('[data-hss-list] li');
const status = document.querySelector('.hss-status');
strip.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
const tile = event.target.closest('button');
if (!tile) return;
const wasPressed = tile.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
const filter = wasPressed ? 'All' : tile.dataset.status;
for (const other of strip.querySelectorAll('button')) {
other.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(other.dataset.status === filter));
}
let shown = 0;
for (const row of rows) {
row.hidden = filter !== 'All' && row.dataset.status !== filter;
if (!row.hidden) shown += 1;
}
status.textContent = filter === 'All'
? 'Showing all 6 downloads.'
: `Filtered to ${filter}: ${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.