Description
The details pane is located on the right side of the page, presenting information and actions relating to selected items within the main content.
Basic Flow
The details panel can have two modes:
Collapsed
Expanded - pinned
Expanded - unpinned
In both modes, the pane can be collapsed and expanded using the collapse/expand bar on the left side of the pane (see below).
Usage & Behavior
General guidelines
When no items are selected, the details pane will show an empty state (see States below).
When two or more items are selected, the pane will show either:
a combined view, aggregating data from all items, or
just the number of selected items (see States below).
Structure
Header
The header displays the pane’s title, and may also contain:
a secondary title
a thumbnail image (for example, an avatar)
a pin icon (see Interaction below)
a contextual help icon
Tabs (optional)
Where relevant, the details pane can include up to 5 tabs.
All tabs will be of the same width.
Titles will not wrap onto multiple lines. Long titles will be truncated, and a tooltip will appear on hover.
The Content Area
The main area of the details pane may contain various types of content. See Content for examples.
If the content exceeds the height of its container, a Scrollbar will appear. The scrollbar will apply only to the content area, excluding the header and the action area, if exists.
Action Area (optional)
Where relevant, an actions area will be shown at the bottom of the details pane, allowing users to perform pane-level (or tab-level) actions.
The action area may include elements such as indicators, buttons, and drop-down menus.
The Collapse/Expand Area (optional)
The collapse/expand area is located on the left side of the details pane.
An arrow is shown in the middle of the area:
when expanded, the arrow will direct to the right.
when collapsed, the arrow will direct to the left.
Placement & Positioning
The details pane is attached to the right side of the page.
The pane has a fixed width.
The pane starts a few pixels below the VerinTop, to align with the page title. However, If the page contains a ribbon, the details pane will be attached to it.
The pane always stretches to the bottom of the page.
Default State
The default state of the details pane will be determined by each application separately.
Content
The content area may contain any combination of elements, such as text, lists, cards, tables, forms, graphs, links. etc.
Examples
Image TBD | Image TBD |
States
State | Description | Example |
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Expanded | See basic flow | |
Collapsed | See basic flow | |
Empty State | When no items are selected, the details pane will present an empty state with guiding text, guiding actions, or a page summary. | Images to be updated |
Loading | While the content is loading, a loading state will show, including a progress Indicator. |
Interaction
The Pin Icon
Clicking the pin icon will switch between its pinned and unpinned states.
Clicking the icon when the pane is pinned will change it to unpinned mode.
If no items are selected in the main content area, the details pane is automatically collapsed.
If one or more items are selected in the main content area, the details pane will remain open and the content will expand to full width, being partially hidden by the pane.
Clicking the icon when the pane is unpinned will change it to pinned mode.
The main content area is narrowed to appear next to the pane, so nothing is hidden.
Pane is unpinned | Pane is pinned |
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The Collapse/Expand Area
Hovering the collapse/expand area switches it to hover state.
When the pane is expanded, clicking the area switches it to the collapsed state.
When the pane is collapsed, clicking the area switches it to the expanded state.
Validations and Errors
The details pane itself does not require special validations.
For validations and errors related to content, see Field Validation.
Transitions
When the details pane is expanded from collapsed mode, the pane will slide from right to left.
When the details pane is collapsed, the pane will slide from left to right.
Best practices
Use:
Where items have a lot of related information that needs to be displayed.
Where there is a need to perform actions on sub-elements of items (e.g. cards).
Don’t use:
Where additional information is not related to the selected items. In this case, use a /wiki/spaces/UserExp/pages/2496694037.
Accessibility Compliance
Unless otherwise specified, see our general compliance information in Fundamentals - Accessibility.
Design
See some examples below:
Zeplin link | Screen thumbnail |
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WFM | |
WFM | |
Form designer |