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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.
Added 2026-08-21 · Updated 2026-09-28
- → 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.
<div class="hss-strip">
<div class="hss-tile">
<span class="hss-label">Documents</span>
<span class="hss-figure">1,482</span>
<span class="hss-unit">this period</span>
</div>
<!-- … three more tiles … -->
</div>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;
background: var(--border);
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: 1rem; }
.hss-label {
font: 500 0.8125rem/1.4 ui-monospace, monospace;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--dim);
}
.hss-figure { font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
.hss-tile[aria-pressed="true"] {
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 14%, var(--surface));
}
strip.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
const tile = event.target.closest('[data-state]');
if (!tile) return;
const wasOn = tile.getAttribute('aria-pressed') === 'true';
const state = wasOn ? 'all' : tile.dataset.state;
for (const other of strip.querySelectorAll('[data-state]')) {
other.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(other.dataset.state === state && state !== 'all'));
}
for (const row of list.children) row.hidden = state !== 'all' && row.dataset.state !== state;
status.textContent = state === 'all'
? `Showing all ${list.children.length} downloads.`
: `Filtered to ${tile.dataset.label}: ${countFor(state)} of ${list.children.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 prompt continues with sections on pinning column counts, tile anatomy, 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.