Patterns for prompts, agent plans, transparency, approval, and AI output review.
Open in labUX patterns guide
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Browse practical interface patterns by family, read the decision rule, then open the lab when you need filtering, comparison, live examples, and implementation checks.
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Pattern families
Start from the user problem, not from a component name.
Patterns for comments, mentions, presence, feeds, handoffs, and shared work.
Open in labPatterns for touch, sensors, device permissions, haptics, camera, and offline use.
Open in labPatterns for tables, dashboards, charts, maps, timelines, and drill-down views.
Open in labPatterns for revealing detail, focusing attention, and keeping context stable.
Open in labPatterns for preventing mistakes, explaining failure, retrying, undoing, and restoring work.
Open in labPatterns for loading, progress, alerts, banners, notifications, and system confidence.
Open in labPatterns for forms, fields, validation, uploads, dates, addresses, payments, and account data.
Open in labPatterns for moving through pages, sections, steps, breadcrumbs, menus, and local hierarchy.
Open in labPatterns for defaults, settings, preferences, saved views, recommendations, and user control.
Open in labPatterns for search, filters, categories, suggestions, empty results, and saved retrieval.
Open in labPatterns for choosing values, commands, objects, options, ranges, and contextual actions.
Open in labPatterns for staged tasks, approvals, review, scheduling, checkout, and multi-step work.
Open in labPatterns for consent, warnings, privacy, security, permissions, reporting, and sensitive data.
Open in labReadable entries
Each entry explains when to use it, when to avoid it, what states are required, and what sources back the guidance.
Accordion
A page has several related sections and users do not need all details visible at once.
Disclosure And Attention ManagementAccount creation
Users need to save and resume drafts, regularly update their data, manage records, check ongoing status, collaborate, or protect repeated access.
Task And Workflow PatternsAction menu
A resource, row, card, selected set, or local page object has several contextual commands.
Selection And ChoiceAction sheet
A user-initiated action has a few immediate valid outcomes.
Selection And ChoiceActivity feed
Users need to catch up on recent collaboration, app, repository, channel, project, meeting, reminder, or task activity.
Collaboration And Social InteractionActivity log
Users need to inspect recorded user, admin, system, security, or integration events.
Data Display And ExplorationOne practical pattern at a time.
The newsletter belongs after the catalog path: a concise pattern brief for teams that want sharper implementation and review language.
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