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Structured list

Stable
Feature flag
Last updated Sep 22, 2026

Structured lists group related content, such as terms and definitions, into a clear format that supports scanning and comprehension.

Structured list

Color

Structured lists have a transparent background layer. Optionally, you can apply a background color to a structured list. Structured lists with a background color are only available in the hang alignment.

Default color

Element

Property

Color token

Header

background-color

transparent

Header: text

text color

$text-primary

Row

background-color

transparent

Row: text

text color

$text-secondary

Divider

border-bottom

$border-subtle *

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

Default structured list color

Default structured list color

Selectable color

Selectable structured list has an available feature flag.

Element

Property

Color token

Header

background-color

transparent

Header: text

text color

$text-primary

Row

background-color

transparent

Row: text

text color

$text-secondary

Divider

border-bottom

$border-subtle *

Icon

svg

$icon-primary

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

Selectable structured list color with the feature flag enabled

Selectable interactive state color

State

Element

Property

Color token

Enabled (selected)

Row

background-color

$layer-selected *

Row: text

text color

$text-primary

Hover

Row

background-color

$layer-hover *

Row: text

text color

$text-primary

Hover (selected)

Row

background-color

$layer-selected-hover *

Row: text

text color

$text-primary

Focus

Row

border

$focus

Focus (selected)

Row

background-color

$layer-selected *

Row: text

text color

$text-primary

Border

border

$focus

Disabled

Row: text

text color

$text-disabled

Icon

svg

$icon-disabled

Disabled (selected)

Row

background-color

$layer-selected *

Row: text

text color

$text-disabled

Icon

svg

$icon-disabled

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

Selectable structured list interactive states with the feature flag enabled

With color background

Element

Property

Color token

Header

background-color

$layer *

Row

background-color

$layer *

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

    Selectable structured list color with the feature flag enabled

    With background interactive state color

    Selectable structured list interactive states with the feature flag enabled

    Typography

    Structured list header and row text should use sentence-case capitalization. All typography is left aligned.

    Element

    Font-size (px/rem)

    Font-weight

    Type token

    Header text

    14 / 0.875

    SemiBold / 600

    $heading-compact-01

    Row text

    14 / 0.875

    Regular / 400

    $body-01

    Structure

    Default structure

    Element

    Property

    px / rem

    Spacing token

    Container

    min-width

    500 / 31.25

    –

    Header: text

    padding-top

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-bottom

    8 / 0.5

    $spacing-03

    padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-left (hang)

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-left (flush)

    0px

    –

    Row: text

    padding-top

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-bottom

    24 / 1.5

    $spacing-06

    padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-left (hang)

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-left (flush)

    0px

    –

    Structure and spacing measurements for selectable structured list with a feature flag | px / rem.

    Spacing and measurements for default structured list with hang and flush alignment | px / rem.

    Selectable structure

    Element

    Property

    px / rem

    Spacing token

    Container

    min-width

    500 / 31.25

    –

    Header: text

    padding-top

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-bottom

    8 / 0.5

    $spacing-03

    padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-left, padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    Row: text

    padding-top

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    padding-bottom

    24 / 1.5

    $spacing-06

    padding-left, padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    Icon

    height, width

    16px

    –

    padding-left, padding-right

    16 / 1

    $spacing-05

    Structure and spacing measurements for selectable structured list with a feature flag | px / rem.

    Structure and spacing measurements for selectable structured list with a feature flag | px / rem.

    Size

    There are two structured list height sizes: default and condensed.

    Element

    Size

    Height (px/rem)

    Row

    Default

    60 / 3.75

    Condensed

    36 / 2.25

    Structure and spacing measurements for selectable structured list with a feature flag | px / rem.

    Structured list sizes | px / rem

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