Skeleton
Use to show a placeholder while content is loading.
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Installation
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When to use
Skeletons show content placeholders during loading states. Use this decision tree:
Usage
import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton"<Skeleton className="w-[100px] h-[20px] rounded-full" />Anatomy
The Skeleton component provides loading state placeholders:
Skeleton
├── Base element (div)
├── Animated background - shimmer effect
├── Customizable dimensions - width/height via className
├── Shape control - rounded variants
└── Content-aware sizing - matches target contentExamples
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Credits
- We take our inspiration from Shadcn UI for the skeleton style.
Recent changes
- patchv1.2.0Pin shipped dependency floors to the version we develop against. Registry items now declare ranges like `^5.1.9` (the actual installed version) instead of collapsing to `^5.0.0`, so consumers start on the known-tested b…#133
- minorv1.1.0Theme docs refresh, readability pass on semantic foregrounds, and consumer-facing Base UI regression fixes.#121
- minorv1.0.0Post-Base-UI polish. Public API unchanged.#116
- majorv1.0.0Migrate every Radix-based primitive to `@base-ui/react@^1.4.0` (Base UI).#114
- minorv0.3.0Add theme-provider component to the registry with documentation and tests. Includes playground type improvements (export RegistryItem, remove as-const boilerplate) and docs site dark mode border color fix.#109
Built by malinskibeniamin. The source code is available on GitHub.