The pattern, three ways
Preview it, read the source, or copy the prompt that rebuilds it.
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-value">1,482</span>
<span class="hss-unit">this period</span>
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</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;
}
@container (min-width: 21rem) { .hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@container (min-width: 42rem) { .hss-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); } }
.hss-tile { background: var(--surface); padding: .8rem .9rem; min-width: 0; }
.hss-label { font: 500 .8125rem/1.3 ui-monospace, monospace; text-transform: uppercase; }
.hss-value { 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));
}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.
Why it works
Gap, not border
The container paints the border color; the tiles paint the surface. Separators never double up.
Pinned columns
1 → 2 → 4 columns by container width, so the row never wraps into an orphan with a stray edge.
Honest empties
A missing value renders as a dimmed em dash, never a zero.
Filter form
Tiles become aria-pressed toggles; counts come from the unfiltered set.
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Object-shaped cards
Where a record stands for a physical thing, the card is drawn as that thing — nine variations in pure gradients.
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Adaptive tile mosaic
A container with no artwork draws one from up to four member tiles, grid tracks following tile count.
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Annotated transcript
Conversation bubbles with a speaker-colored spine and a fixed metadata gutter.