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GOV.UK Design System: Inset text

Documents inset text for highlighting important content on a page, including guidance not to overuse it and to keep it close to relevant content.

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What this source can teach

Use this source to compare a documented solution with the task and states in your own product.

  1. Start with the original. Open the source and find the guidance or example relevant to your task.
  2. Trace the connection. Use the claim notes below to see how this site applies the source to specific patterns.
  3. Check the setting. Compare the source's platform, people, and constraints with your own decision.

Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

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Summary box Choose summary box when a longer page needs a compact extract of key facts, next steps, eligibility, documents, dates, or outcomes. The summary box summarizes content that is present, reachable, or clearly linked from the same task context. GOV.UK inset text guidance helps distinguish important static page content from alerts and warnings.

Evidence Role

This source is treated as pattern-library evidence. Its value comes from the specific claims and setting described above.

Publisher: GOV.UK. Last checked: .

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