Tags

Tags are used to label, organise, or categorise items.

When to use

Variants and states

Tags for desktop come in two variants - default and selected. Each of the tag variants come in a default and a hover state.

Default

Default (hover)

Selected

Selected (hover)

Use on blog pages to label and categorise content.

Use when hovering over the 'Default’ tag.

Use when a user selects one of the default tags.

Use when hovering over the ‘Selected’ tag.

Tags for mobile come in two variants - default and selected. Hover state is not present on mobile.

Default

Selected

Use on blog pages to label and categorise content.

Use when a user selects one of the default tags.

Best practice

Placement

Default

The ‘Default’ tag is usually placed at the bottom of a blog page.

Desktop

 

Desktop - Wrap

Tags should wrap to the next line when they exceed the available space.

 

Mobile

 

Mobile - Wrap

Tags should wrap to the next line when they exceed the available space.

 

Selected

The ‘Selected’ tag is usually placed under the page heading.

Desktop
Mobile

 

Behaviour

  • Pressing the Default tag brings the user to a page with filtered content.
  • Dismissing the Selected tag shows user all the content without filtering.

 

Content

Labels should be short and concise as described in the Best practices section.

 

Accessibility

All variants and states comply with the AA accessibility guidelines.