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List Styles

Right now there is an array of different list styles in GNOME design. This page is an attempt to define some common patterns.

Variables

Aspects of the list styles that vary:

Examples

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/documents/documents-list-view.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/contacts/png/selection.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/music/music-artists.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/initial-setup/aday/1-language.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/logs/logs.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/nautilus/nautilus-next/list-with-tabs.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/system-settings/region-and-language/png/region-and-language.png

settings-network.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/software/version2/software-installed-selection.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/print/more-options-general.png

Tentative Guidelines

There are three primary types of lists in GNOME 3: standard, embedded, and sidebar.

List Type

Usage

Standard

Content items

Embedded

Options, add/remove lists

Sidebar

Sidebars

Standard and embedded lists share some visual properties:

Standard Lists

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/experiments/list-styles-standard.png

Embedded Lists

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/experiments/list-styles-embedded.png

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/experiments/list-styles-sidebar.png

Add/Remove Lists

These are lists where rows can be added and removed. They are a common variant of the embedded list pattern.

https://raw.github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/theming/experiments/list-styles-add-remove.png

Outstanding Questions

Comments


2024-10-23 11:04