Best Practices
Properties
Variant
Value | Usage |
---|---|
primary | Value is related to the main job and it's crucial for merchants to take immediate action such as changing sales strategies or fixing security issues. |
secondary | Value is not related to the main job. For example, when accessing that products page the merchant may not be interested in the product status. |
Color
Value | Usage | Example |
---|---|---|
gray | Value can't be classified or requires less attention. | Archived |
blue | Value contains information about the system and doesn't require the merchant to act. | Indexing |
red | Value contains negative information and/or require action. | Error or Canceled |
orange | Value requires action and is not related to an error. | Draft |
green | Value contains positive information, such as the status of an item that is matching or surpassing expectations. | Active |
cyan , teal , purple , or pink | Value doesn't have a clear semantic but should be easy to quickly identify and visually differentiate. | App categories |
Size
Size | Usage |
---|---|
normal | Next to text using $text-body, $title-display3, or $title-display4. |
large | Next to text using $title-display1 or $title-display2. |
Label
- Write as short and direct of a label as possible. For example, write Pending payment instead of Waiting for payment. Don't write text longer than 30 characters.
- Don't use punctuation or separators. For example, write only Active instead of Status: active.
- Write a property, such as Active, or a category, such as Product page.
- Use sentence case.
Position
Considering left-to-right interfaces:
- Position in a container: Prefer to position the Tag next to a title or label. Don't position it on the top-right of a container.
- Position in a table: Position a column with Tags as one of the last columns, such as immediately before the column with Menu triggers.
- Position in a header: Position the Tag on the right side of the title and left-aligned.
- Space around a tag and between tags: Consider a safe space around Tags of at least
$space-3
horizontally and$space-2
vertically. Separate multiple Tags with$space-3
in horizontal lists and$space-2
in vertical lists.
Behavior
Hover or Click
Tags shouldn't be clickable, removable, or editable. Nothing should happen on hover or click.