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Matt W1//! The design system reference: a component sheet and a rationale page.
Matt W2//!
Matt W3//! These are internal documentation that renders itself. A swatch sheet built
Matt W4//! from the same stylesheet as the product cannot drift from it — which is the
Matt W5//! whole reason to have one, and the reason it is a route rather than a
Matt W6//! screenshot in a wiki.
Matt W7
Matt W8use maud::{html, Markup};
Matt W9
Matt W10use crate::views::change::{change_chip, state_badge};
Matt W11
Matt W12/// Every colour token, as a swatch grid.
Matt W13const NEUTRALS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
Matt W14 ("--bg", "page ground"),
Matt W15 ("--surface", "panels, cards, bars"),
Matt W16 ("--surface-raised", "controls on a surface"),
Matt W17 ("--border", "hairlines"),
Matt W18 ("--border-strong", "control edges"),
Matt W19 ("--text", "body"),
Matt W20 ("--text-dim", "secondary"),
Matt W21 ("--text-faint", "tertiary, metadata"),
Matt W22];
Matt W23
Matt W24const ACCENTS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
Matt W25 ("--identity", "change ids, stacks, revisions"),
Matt W26 ("--action", "links, the one primary move"),
Matt W27 ("--identity-wash", "stacked rows, selected revisions"),
Matt W28];
Matt W29
Matt W30const STATES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
Matt W31 ("--open", "open"),
Matt W32 ("--merged", "merged"),
Matt W33 ("--abandoned", "abandoned"),
Matt W34 ("--conflict", "conflicted"),
Matt W35 ("--danger", "destructive or broken"),
Matt W36];
Matt W37
Matt W38fn swatches(title: &str, tokens: &[(&str, &str)]) -> Markup {
Matt W39 html! {
Matt W40 h3 .swatch-group-title { (title) }
Matt W41 div .swatches {
Matt W42 @for (token, use_for) in tokens {
Matt W43 div .swatch {
Matt W44 span .swatch-chip style=(format!("background:var({token})")) {}
Matt W45 code .swatch-name { (token) }
Matt W46 span .faint { (use_for) }
Matt W47 }
Matt W48 }
Matt W49 }
Matt W50 }
Matt W51}
Matt W52
Matt W53fn section(id: &str, title: &str, body: Markup) -> Markup {
Matt W54 html! {
Matt W55 section .design-section id=(id) aria-labelledby=(format!("{id}-h")) {
Matt W56 h2 #(format!("{id}-h")) .design-section-title { (title) }
Matt W57 (body)
Matt W58 }
Matt W59 }
Matt W60}
Matt W61
Matt W62/// `/design` — the component sheet.
Matt W63pub fn sheet() -> Markup {
Matt W64 html! {
Matt W65 div .design-head {
Matt W66 h1 .display.design-title { "Component sheet" }
Matt W67 p .dim {
Matt W68 "Every token and control, rendered from the same stylesheet the product uses. "
Matt W69 a href="/design/rationale" { "Read the rationale" } "."
Matt W70 }
Matt W71 }
Matt W72
Matt W73 (section("tokens", "Colour tokens", html! {
Matt W74 (swatches("Neutrals", NEUTRALS))
Matt W75 (swatches("Accents", ACCENTS))
Matt W76 (swatches("State", STATES))
Matt W77 p .hint {
Matt W78 "Every token has a light-theme counterpart. Switching the theme re-renders this
Matt W79 page from the same variables, so a swatch that looks wrong here is wrong in the
Matt W80 product."
Matt W81 }
Matt W82 }))
Matt W83
Matt W84 (section("type", "Typography", html! {
Matt W85 div .type-specimens {
Matt W86 @for (spec, sample, style) in [
Matt W87 ("44 / 48 · 600", "Display", "font-size:var(--text-3xl);line-height:48px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:-0.02em"),
Matt W88 ("24 / 32 · 600", "Page title", "font-size:var(--text-xl);line-height:32px;font-weight:600"),
Matt W89 ("20 / 28 · 600", "Section title", "font-size:var(--text-lg);line-height:28px;font-weight:600"),
Matt W90 ("16 / 24 · 400", "Lead paragraph", "font-size:var(--text-md);line-height:24px"),
Matt W91 ("14 / 21 · 400", "Body and row titles", "font-size:var(--text-base);line-height:21px"),
Matt W92 ("12.5 / 18 · 400", "Metadata, secondary", "font-size:var(--text-sm);line-height:18px;color:var(--text-dim)"),
Matt W93 ("11 · mono", "kntqzsqtwrln +18 −4", "font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:var(--text-xs);color:var(--text-faint)"),
Matt W94 ("11 · condensed", "EYEBROW LABEL", "font-family:var(--font-condensed);font-size:var(--text-xs);font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.06em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--text-dim)"),
Matt W95 ] {
Matt W96 div .type-row {
Matt W97 span .type-spec { (spec) }
Matt W98 span style=(style) { (sample) }
Matt W99 }
Matt W100 }
Matt W101 }
Matt W102 }))
Matt W103
Matt W104 (section("states", "Change states", html! {
Matt W105 div .state-list {
Matt W106 @for (state, conflicted, meaning) in [
Matt W107 ("open", false, "pushed and reviewable"),
Matt W108 ("open", true, "mid-thought, still reviewable"),
Matt W109 ("merged", false, "landed on a bookmark"),
Matt W110 ("abandoned", false, "closed without landing"),
Matt W111 ("draft", false, "the author's own flag; never inferred from a push"),
Matt W112 ] {
Matt W113 div .state-row {
Matt W114 (state_badge(state, conflicted))
Matt W115 span .dim { (meaning) }
Matt W116 }
Matt W117 }
Matt W118 }
Matt W119 p .hint.measure {
Matt W120 "Conflicted is not a fifth state — it is something an open change can be. \
Matt W121 That is why it renders as one pill rather than two, and why it is magenta \
Matt W122 rather than red: a conflict is a state, not a failure."
Matt W123 }
Matt W124 }))
Matt W125
Matt W126 (section("keys", "Keycaps", html! {
Matt W127 div .design-row {
Matt W128 @for k in ["⌘K", "j", "k", "↵", "y", "t", "esc", "?"] {
Matt W129 span .kbd { (k) }
Matt W130 }
Matt W131 }
Matt W132 p .hint.measure {
Matt W133 "Only ⌘K is bound. The rest are drawn but not wired — a keycap that does \
Matt W134 nothing is a promise the product has not kept, so they appear here and \
Matt W135 nowhere else."
Matt W136 }
Matt W137 }))
Matt W138
Matt W139 (section("diffrows", "Diff rows", html! {
Matt W140 div .filelist style="max-width:720px" {
Matt W141 @for (class, ln, text) in [
Matt W142 ("diff-hunk", "", "@@ hunk header — surface-raised, no rule"),
Matt W143 ("line-add", "137", "+ addition — add-bg with a 2px add rule"),
Matt W144 ("line-del", "136", "- deletion — del-bg with a 2px del rule"),
Matt W145 ("line-ctx", "149", " context — transparent, body colour"),
Matt W146 ] {
Matt W147 div .diffline.(class) {
Matt W148 span .diff-ln { (ln) }
Matt W149 span .diff-text { (text) }
Matt W150 }
Matt W151 }
Matt W152 }
Matt W153 }))
Matt W154
Matt W155 (section("stats", "Stat lines", html! {
Matt W156 div style="max-width:240px" {
Matt W157 @for (k, v, colour) in [
Matt W158 ("Open changes", "128", "var(--open)"),
Matt W159 ("Conflicted", "3", "var(--conflict)"),
Matt W160 ("Median time to first review", "42m", "var(--text-dim)"),
Matt W161 ] {
Matt W162 div .dotline {
Matt W163 span .dotline-key { (k) }
Matt W164 span .dotline-val style=(format!("color:{colour}")) { (v) }
Matt W165 }
Matt W166 }
Matt W167 }
Matt W168 p .hint.measure {
Matt W169 "The leader is a flexing border rather than a run of periods, so both ends \
Matt W170 sit on the same baseline whatever their lengths are."
Matt W171 }
Matt W172 }))
Matt W173
Matt W174 (section("buttons", "Buttons", html! {
Matt W175 div .design-row {
Matt W176 a .btn.btn-primary href="#buttons" { "Primary" }
Matt W177 a .btn href="#buttons" { "Default" }
Matt W178 a .btn.btn-danger href="#buttons" { "Danger" }
Matt W179 span .btn.btn-quiet-danger { "Quiet danger" }
Matt W180 span .btn.is-disabled aria-disabled="true" { "Disabled" }
Matt W181 }
Matt W182 div .design-row {
Matt W183 a .btn.btn-primary.btn-lg href="#buttons" { "Large primary" }
Matt W184 a .btn.btn-lg href="#buttons" { "Large default" }
Matt W185 }
Matt W186 p .hint.measure {
Matt W187 "Primary is filled `--action` and there is at most one on a screen. A second
Matt W188 primary button means the page has not decided what it is for. Everything
Matt W189 else is the transparent default, which reaches for the accent only on hover."
Matt W190 }
Matt W191 }))
Matt W192
Matt W193 (section("segmented", "Segmented control", html! {
Matt W194 div .design-row {
Matt W195 div .segmented role="group" aria-label="Example" {
Matt W196 a .segmented-item.is-on href="#segmented" { "rendered" }
Matt W197 a .segmented-item href="#segmented" { "source" }
Matt W198 }
Matt W199 }
Matt W200 p .hint {
Matt W201 "Two links, not a scripted toggle — each half is a real URL, so the control
Matt W202 works without JavaScript and either view can be linked to."
Matt W203 }
Matt W204 }))
Matt W205
Matt W206 (section("chips", "Chips and badges", html! {
Matt W207 div .design-row {
Matt W208 (change_chip("kmnwolvtqrsz", false))
Matt W209 (change_chip("anything", true))
Matt W210 span .chip { "private" }
Matt W211 span .chip { "draft" }
Matt W212 }
Matt W213 div .design-row {
Matt W214 (state_badge("open", false))
Matt W215 (state_badge("merged", false))
Matt W216 (state_badge("abandoned", false))
Matt W217 (state_badge("open", true))
Matt W218 }
Matt W219 p .hint {
Matt W220 "A state is never colour alone — every badge carries its own name as text, so
Matt W221 it survives a monochrome display and a colour-blind reader."
Matt W222 }
Matt W223 }))
Matt W224
Matt W225 (section("forms", "Form controls", html! {
Matt W226 div .field {
Matt W227 label for="d-text" { "Text input" }
Matt W228 input type="text" id="d-text" value="dogfood";
Matt W229 p .hint { "A hint sits under the control it explains." }
Matt W230 }
Matt W231 div .field {
Matt W232 label for="d-area" { "Textarea" }
Matt W233 textarea id="d-area" rows="3" { "Monospace, because it usually holds code." }
Matt W234 }
Matt W235 div .field {
Matt W236 label for="d-select" { "Select" }
Matt W237 select id="d-select" {
Matt W238 option { "main" }
Matt W239 option { "release" }
Matt W240 }
Matt W241 }
Matt W242 }))
Matt W243
Matt W244 (section("banners", "Banners", html! {
Matt W245 div .banner role="status" { "A neutral banner." }
Matt W246 div .banner.banner-ok role="status" { "Something worked." }
Matt W247 div .banner.banner-error role="alert" { "Something failed, and here is why." }
Matt W248 }))
Matt W249
Matt W250 (section("empty", "Empty state", html! {
Matt W251 div .empty {
Matt W252 h2 { "No changes yet" }
Matt W253 p { "Push one with " code { "jj git push" } "." }
Matt W254 p { a .btn.btn-primary href="#empty" { "New repository" } }
Matt W255 }
Matt W256 }))
Matt W257
Matt W258 (section("compare", "Comparison list", html! {
Matt W259 ul .compare {
Matt W260 li .compare-item {
Matt W261 span .compare-them {
Matt W262 span .compare-sign aria-hidden="true" { "−" }
Matt W263 "the old way"
Matt W264 }
Matt W265 span .compare-us {
Matt W266 span .compare-sign aria-hidden="true" { "+" }
Matt W267 "the new way"
Matt W268 }
Matt W269 }
Matt W270 }
Matt W271 }))
Matt W272 }
Matt W273}
Matt W274
Matt W275/// `/design/rationale` — why the system is the way it is.
Matt W276///
Matt W277/// Written against the current tokens. The prototype's own rationale page still
Matt W278/// describes the pre-brand palette, so this is not a port of that text.
Matt W279pub fn rationale() -> Markup {
Matt W280 html! {
Matt W281 article .rationale {
Matt W282 header {
Matt W283 h1 .display.design-title { "Design rationale" }
Matt W284 p .dim {
Matt W285 "One page, for the cases the component sheet does not cover. "
Matt W286 a href="/design" { "Back to the component sheet" } "."
Matt W287 }
Matt W288 }
Matt W289
Matt W290 section {
Matt W291 h2 { "Two accents, two jobs" }
Matt W292 p .dim {
Matt W293 "Gold is " em { "identity" } " — change ids, stack rails, the revision
Matt W294 timeline, the wash behind a stacked row. Every place the interface is
Matt W295 pointing at a thing that keeps its name through a rewrite. Teal is "
Matt W296 em { "action" } " — links, and the one primary control on a page. The test
Matt W297 when adding an element: does it " em { "name" } " a change, or does it "
Matt W298 em { "do" } " something? It is never both. A gold button or a teal change
Matt W299 id breaks the only colour rule the interface has, and once either starts
Matt W300 leaking the other stops meaning anything."
Matt W301 }
Matt W302 p .dim {
Matt W303 "There is deliberately no third brand colour. An earlier revision of this
Matt W304 system had one — a vermilion reserved for the wordmark and marketing
Matt W305 surfaces — and it spent its force competing with the two accents that
Matt W306 carry meaning. Identity and action are the whole palette; everything else
Matt W307 is neutral or a state."
Matt W308 }
Matt W309 }
Matt W310
Matt W311 section {
Matt W312 h2 { "Conflict is magenta, not red" }
Matt W313 p .dim {
Matt W314 "In jj a conflict is a committed, reviewable state — not an error. Colouring
Matt W315 it red would teach the wrong model on the first encounter and take a long
Matt W316 time to unteach. Red is reserved for destructive actions and for things that
Matt W317 are actually broken."
Matt W318 }
Matt W319 }
Matt W320
Matt W321 section {
Matt W322 h2 { "The type pairing" }
Matt W323 p .dim {
Matt W324 "Mono carries the content: identifiers, paths, diffs, timestamps, numbers.
Matt W325 IBM Plex Sans carries the interface around it. Plex Sans Condensed does two
Matt W326 jobs — uppercase at 11px for labels and column headers, where it buys
Matt W327 horizontal room in dense tables and subordinates the label to its value; and
Matt W328 large and bold for display headings, where it gives the marketing surfaces a
Matt W329 voice the product surfaces do not have. Base is 14px on 21px. If a new
Matt W330 element holds data, set it in mono; if it explains data, sans; if it names a
Matt W331 column of data, condense it."
Matt W332 }
Matt W333 p .dim {
Matt W334 "All three faces are self-hosted Latin subsets. A forge should not tell a
Matt W335 third party which repository you are reading, which is what a font CDN
Matt W336 learns on every page load."
Matt W337 }
Matt W338 }
Matt W339
Matt W340 section {
Matt W341 h2 { "Density over decoration" }
Matt W342 p .dim {
Matt W343 "Radius is 3px, borders are one hairline, and shadows appear only on things
Matt W344 that genuinely float. The pages that matter — change lists, diffs, file
Matt W345 trees — are read for hours, and every pixel of chrome is one not spent on
Matt W346 code. Rows are 28 to 34px, tables are separated by hairlines rather than
Matt W347 boxed, and the only decorative element in the whole system is the tagline
Matt W348 strip on the landing page."
Matt W349 }
Matt W350 p .dim {
Matt W351 "Nothing animates. The design this was ported from types into a terminal
Matt W352 and scrolls a marquee; neither ships. A console that types at you is
Matt W353 indistinguishable from one showing live output, and a permanently moving
Matt W354 strip is a permanently moving object on the page for a reader who did not
Matt W355 ask for one."
Matt W356 }
Matt W357 }
Matt W358
Matt W359 section {
Matt W360 h2 { "Nothing depends on JavaScript" }
Matt W361 p .dim {
Matt W362 "Progressive enhancement is a hard requirement, so every control here has a
Matt W363 no-script form: toggles are links to real URLs, filters are GET forms, and
Matt W364 the line numbers in a blob are anchors. htmx is loaded for enhancement only.
Matt W365 A control that cannot be built this way is a control this system does not
Matt W366 have."
Matt W367 }
Matt W368 }
Matt W369 }
Matt W370 }
Matt W371}

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