Action bar

v1.0

An action bar is a collection of components that provide controls to give users more agency over their content or data sets.

  • CSS
  • Marko
  • React
Stylized artwork of a filter bar.

Anatomy

Properties

Behavior

Screen sizes

Best practices

Non-stacking

Content within the action bar remains on a single line.

A filter group placed on one line and spans across the mobile screen.

Don’t wrap content within the action bar.

A filter group placed on two lines.

Selected position

Do maintain each filter button’s original position as selections are made. For more details, see Quick filter.

A filter group is shown containing a ‘Filters’ all filters selected action button with a counter of 2, a ‘Size’ dropdown button, a ‘$101 to $500’ selected dropdown filter, and a Color dropdown filter.

Don’t change the position of filters as selections are made.

A filter group is shown containing a ‘Filters’ all filters selected action button with a counter of 2, a ‘$101 to $500’ selected dropdown filter, a ‘Size’ dropdown button, and a Color dropdown filter.

Specs

Three filter groups are shown with specs highlighted. The padding above and below the action groups is 16px. The padding between filters is 8px. There is a minimum of 48px space necessary between filters and the overflow button. The padding between the action group buttons is 8px.