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Skeleton

A shaped placeholder that holds layout while content loads.

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1 file
No extra npm packages
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Installation

One command and the file is in your project, or copy it in by hand.

$pnpm dlx @dowel-ui/cli add skeleton

No npm packages are needed beyond what Dowel already requires.

Usage

Imported from your own path — the file is yours, so this is an import like any other.

app/page.tsxTSX

import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";

Examples

Every example the tests run, live and operable, side by side.

Default
Shapes
Loading Card
Shimmer

API

Generated from the component's own types, so a prop cannot appear here without existing.

<Skeleton>

Prop	Type	Default
`variant` `pulse` fades in and out; `shimmer` sweeps a band of light across.	`keyof typeof variants`	`"pulse"`

Plus every attribute of <span>.

Accessibility

Hidden from assistive technology. Put aria-busy on the container that owns the loading data so the state is announced once instead of once per placeholder. Pulse and shimmer are decoration and stop under reduced motion.

Quality

Measured from the source and its tests at build time.

All scores

8/8

checks passed

Tested — passes
axe assertion — passes
Keyboard tested — does not apply
Storybook examples — passes
Accessibility documented — passes
Semantic tokens only — passes
Motion from tokens — passes
className merged — passes
Visible focus — does not apply
No fixed widths — passes

Used in

Whole screens assembled from this component. Installing one brings this and everything else it needs with it.

Dashboard