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Heading

Titles that give a page its structure, from the marketing headline down to the title of one item.

Pattern

heading.*

Component

<Text>

Intents

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Intents

heading.pitch<h1>

The persuasive headline of a marketing page: what the product does for you

heading.page<h1>

The one title of a page: Settings, Sign in, Privacy policy, a profile name

heading.section<h2>

Title of a major part of a page

heading.item<h3>

Title of a single thing: a list item, a panel, a dialog. A link in it keeps the heading colour

heading.side<h3>

The name of one side in a side-by-side comparison: With intents, Without. A step smaller than heading.item, so it reads as a label over what is compared

heading.kicker<p>

A short label above a heading that names its category

Choosing a domain

Find the row that describes your case, and use the domain on the right.

  • If the problem is

    Use

  • Titles that give a page its structure, from the marketing headline down to the title of one item.

    heading.* this page

  • Running text and the small pieces around it: introductions, captions, labels, facts about an item, code.

    text.*

  • Messages about what just happened or is happening. They are announced to screen readers.

    feedback.*

  • Commands, named for what they do: save, delete, share. With an href they render a link, without one a button.

    action.*

  • Moving around: the home link, pages of the site, views of the same content, steps of a flow.

    nav.*

  • Picking from a small set shown all at once: options for a setting, filters, colours.

    choice.*

  • What the user types or picks in a form. The intent sets the element, the input type, the input mode and autocomplete.

    field.*

  • Page regions and groups. The intent picks the element (main, section, form, ul…) and the arrangement.

    layout.*

  • Images that identify a person or illustrate content, with a text fallback when there is no image.

    media.*

  • Modal interruptions built on the native <dialog>: a task, a confirmation, a full-screen reader.

    dialog.*

  • Things that open next to the button that opened them without blocking the page: menus, pickers, extra detail.

    popover.*

For registry authors

Starter intents. These are the intents prongs add puts in your registry, shown in this site’s theme. Yours are your own registry.ts: rename, restyle and add to them, and see them with prongs add gallery.