Badges
Basic example
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Sizes
Badges scale to match the size of the immediate parent element by using relative font sizing
and em units. As of v5, badges no longer have focus or hover styles for links.
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Button
Badges can be used as part of links or buttons to provide a counter.
Note that depending on how they are used, badges may be confusing for users of screen readers and similar assistive technologies. While the styling of badges provides a visual cue as to their purpose, these users will simply be presented with the content of the badge. Depending on the specific situation, these badges may seem like random additional words or numbers at the end of a sentence, link, or button. Unless the context is clear (as with the “Notifications” example, where it is understood that the “4” is the number of notifications), consider including additional context with a visually hidden piece of additional text.
Colors
Use our background utility classes to quickly change the appearance of a badge. Please note
that when using Desig Language's default .cd-bg-light, you’ll likely need a text color utility like
.cd-text-dark
for proper styling. This is because background utilities do not set anything but
background-color.
Conveying meaning to assistive technologies: Using color
to add meaning only provides a visual indication, which will not be conveyed to users of assistive
technologies – such as screen readers. Ensure that information denoted by the color is either obvious
from the content itself (e.g. the visible text), or is included through alternative means, such as
additional text hidden with the .visually-hidden class.
Pills
Use the .cd-rounded-pill utility class to make badges more rounded with a larger
border-radius.