Chip

Known in Spark 4.0 as a Tag and in other design systems as a "Pill", this UI element facilitates dynamic user actions commonly found within filtering flows.


Overview

Chips allows user to select filters/actions. Commonly found in sheets, this component allows for granular filtering based actions that help users accomplish their needed tasks.

Chip Overview

Key Features


Within the chips component there are two states (default and active) that represent key actions. Alongside these states there are configurable icons that provide addition context to users.

  1. Space for chip label
  2. Configurable icon that provides addition context
  3. Closable icon
Chip / Outline-View

Usage


Do
Group of chips to represent filters with an indication of the active ones and a label to indicate these are filters.

Chips should be included with a relevant label along with active chips being shown first.

Caution
Large group of chips to represent filters with an indication of the active ones and a label to indicate these are filters.

Groups of chips should not be overly lengthy as to avoid overloading users.

Don't
Two chips with no label or indication of their meaning.

Avoid placing a couple of chips in a page without appropriate labelling.

Do
Active chips with clearable icon.

If applied to an active chip, the clearable icon should be shown for all active chips in the group.

Don't
Active chips with altered or missing clearable icon.

Don't alter the clearable icon from the simple close icon.