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Contained list

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Last updated Sep 30, 2026

Contained lists group content that is similar or related and can contain read-only or interactive information.

Contained list

Color

Element

Property

Color token

List title: on-page

text color

$text-primary

background-color

$background

List title: disclosed

text color

$text-secondary

background-color

$layer*

List item

text color

$text-primary

background-color

transparent

Icon (optional)

svg

$icon-primary

Row divider

border-bottom

$border-subtle*

* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.

Contained list variants

Example of enabled states for contained list variants

Interactive states

Element

Property

Color token

Hover

background-color

$layer-hover*

Focus

border

$focus

Active

background-color

$layer-active*

Disabled

text color

$text-disabled

border

$border-disabled

* Denotes a contextual color token that will change values based on the layer it is placed on.

Interactive states for contained list item rows

Example of interactive states for contained list item rows

Interactive states for contained list inline actions

Example of interactive states for contained list inline actions

Typography

All contained list text should be set in sentence case, with only the first word in a phrase and any proper nouns capitalized.

Element

Font-size (px/rem)

Font-weight

Type token

List title: on-page

14 / 0.875

SemiBold / 600

$heading-compact-01

List title: disclosed

12 / 0.75

Regular / 400

$label-01

List item

14 / 0.875

Regular / 400

$body-01

Structure

Element

Property

px / rem

Spacing token

List header area: on-page

height

32 / 2

$spacing-07

padding-left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

List header area: disclosed

height

48 / 3

$spacing-09

padding-left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

List item

padding-left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

Non-interactive icon (optional)

height, width

16px

—

padding left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

Inline action icon button (optional)

height, width

16px

—

padding left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

Search icon button (optional)

height, width

16px

—

padding left, padding-right

16 / 1

$spacing-05

Structure and spacing measurements for the on-page list variant

Structure and spacing measurements for the on-page list variant | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for the disclosed list variant

Structure and spacing measurements for the disclosed list variant | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for height and width of row content

Structure and spacing measurements for height and width of row content | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for padding and rule alignment

Structure and spacing measurements for padding and rule alignment | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for inline actions

Structure and spacing measurements for inline actions | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for non-interactive icons.

Structure and spacing measurements for non-interactive icons | px / rem

Structure and spacing measurements for search and filtering.

Structure and spacing measurements for search and filtering | px / rem

Size

On-page list

Size

Element

Height px / rem

Small (sm)

Header and row

32 / 2

Medium (md)

Header and row

40 / 2.5

Large (lg)

Header and row

48 / 3

Extra large (xl)

Header

48 / 3

Row

64 / 4

Sizes for contained list on-page variant

Sizes for contained list on-page variant | px / rem

Disclosed list

Size

Element

Height px / rem

Large (lg)

Header

32 / 2

Row

48 / 3

Sizes for contained list disclosed variant

Sizes for contained list disclosed variant | px / rem

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