Spectrum
Avatar
An avatar is a thumbnail representation of an entity, such as a user or an organization.
Table of contents#
Options#
Size#
Avatar sizes scale exponentially, based on the Spectrum type scale. These range from size-50 to size-700. An avatar can also be customized to fit appropriately for your context.
Image#
Avatars can have a defined image, which is usually uploaded by a user.
Disabled#
An avatar in a disabled state shows that an avatar exists, but is not available or a user is not active in that circumstance. This can be used to maintain layout continuity and communicate that an avatar may become available or active later.
Table of options#
From the design point of view, each component has a number of options. These options and their names are platform agnostic, and each implementation should adapt these to fit into their framework.
| Property | Values | Default value |
|---|---|---|
| size | 50 / 75 / 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 / 700 / custom | 100 |
| image | image / nothing | – |
| is disabled | yes / no | no |
Behaviors#
Keyboard focus#
An avatar can be navigated using a keyboard. The keyboard focus state adds a blue ring to the avatar in focus.
Usage guidelines#
Use generic avatars when image is undefined#
Use branded generic avatars when a user has not set their avatar image. These images are designed to be abstracted from all genders, locales, and cultures.
Don’t make assumptions and use gendered placeholder avatars.
Changelog#
| Date | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 06, 2022 | 3.0.0 |
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| Apr 05, 2020 | 2.0.0 |
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| Feb 04, 2020 | 1.0.0 |
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Design checklist#
All interactive states
Includes all interactive states that are applicable (hover, down, focus, keyboard focus, disabled).
All color themes
Works properly across all four color themes (lightest, light, dark, darkest).
All platform scales
Includes a desktop scale (UWP, macOS, web desktop) and a mobile scale (iOS, Android, web mobile).
Accessible use of color
Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information (WCAG 2.0 1.4.1).
Accessible contrast for text
Text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for small text and at least 3:1 for large text (WCAG 2.0 1.4.3).
Accessible contrast for UI components
Visual information required to identify components and states (except inactive components) has a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 (WCAG 2.1 1.4.11).
Content design
UI language and information design considerations have been incorporated into component design.
Defined options
Includes relevant options (variant, style, size, orientation, optional iconography, decorations, selection, error state, etc.)
Defined behaviors
Includes guidelines for keyboard focus, layout (wrapping, truncation, overflow), animation, interactions, etc.
Usage guidelines
Includes a list of dos and don'ts that highlight best practices and common mistakes.
Writing guidelines
Includes content standards or usage guidelines for how to write or format in-product content for the component.
Internationalization guidelines
Works properly across various locales and includes guidelines for bi-directionality (RTL).
Keyboard interactions
Follows WCAG 2.0 standards for keyboard accessibility guidelines and includes a description of the keyboard interactions.
Design tokens
All design attributes (color, typography, layout, animation, etc.) are available as design tokens.
UI kit
Includes a downloadable XD file that shows multiple options, states, color themes, and platform scales.
Generated UI kit
Includes a downloadable XD file, generated by code using design tokens defined in Spectrum DNA, and shows multiple options, states, color themes, and platform scales.
In Spectrum for Adobe XD plugin
Component is included in the Spectrum for Adobe XD plugin.
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