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import { Meta } from "@storybook/addon-docs"; import { useTheme, ThemeProvider } from "@appsmith/wds-theming"; import { TokenTable, StyledLinePreview, StyledSquarePreview, } from "@design-system/storybook";

import { Icon } from "@appsmith/wds";

<Meta title="WDS/Theme/Tokens/Dimension" />

Dimension

WDS provides a set of dimensions scales defining sizing, distances, corner radii etc. They define dimensions of UI in an application. WDS always provide precise integer pixel values. This is used to optimize the quality of rendering, e.g. rasterization of strokes in icons.

Available Scales

Sizing

As a basis for token calculations, we use the musical scale formula. The base formula for the token size looks like this:

<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <mi>Size</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>V</mi> <mo>×</mo> <mi> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mn> <mfrac> <mi>i</mi> <mi>N</mi> </mfrac> </mn> </msup> </mi> </math>

In here V, R, and N are configuration defined values and i is step numerator.

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User Sizing and Density Coefficient Adjustments

Token values are further adjusted based on theme-set parameters of sizing and density that apply to different scales using different coefficients.

Generally it looks likes this:

language=javascript
const ratio = userDensity * userDensityRatio + userSizing * userSizingRatio;

const scales = calculateScales(
 {
  V: V * ratio,
  ...rest,
 },
);

The userDensityRatio and userSizingRatio are different for each scale, e.g. userDensityRatio is 1.5 for outer spacing and for 2.5 for inner spacing. The achieved effect is that increasing and decreasing density has more pronounced effect on inner spacing than on outer spacing.

Scales

export const Spacing = ({ type }) => { const { theme } = useTheme(); const { outerSpacing, innerSpacing } = theme; return ( <ThemeProvider theme={theme}> <TokenTable prefix={${type}-spacing} tokens={type === "inner" ? innerSpacing : outerSpacing} > {(cssVar) => ( <StyledLinePreview style={{ width: cssVar, }} /> )} </TokenTable> </ThemeProvider> ); };

Outer Spacing

Outer spacing is used for distances between significant UI elements in a composition, e.g. between multiple inputs in a form.

<Spacing type="outer" />

Inner Spacing

Inner spacing is used inside individual UI elements, e.g. padding. It can be also used between micro-elements inside a UI element, e.g. distance between an icon and corresponding to it text element.

<Spacing type="inner" />

Typography Sizing

Typography sizes are fluid tokens that are applied to text with step numbers corresponding to semantical prominence.

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Border Radii

Border radii on various elements are fluid and additionally adjusted by theme corner radius setting: sharp | rounded | pill.

export const BorderRadius = () => { const { theme } = useTheme(); console.log(theme); const { borderRadiusElevation } = theme; return ( <ThemeProvider theme={theme}> <TokenTable prefix="border-radius-elevation" tokens={borderRadiusElevation} > {(cssVar) => ( <StyledSquarePreview style={{ borderRadius: cssVar, }} /> )} </TokenTable> </ThemeProvider> ); };

<BorderRadius />

Icon Sizing

export const IconSizing = () => { const { theme } = useTheme(); const { iconSize } = theme; return ( <ThemeProvider theme={theme}> <TokenTable prefix="icon-size" tokens={iconSize}> {(cssVar) => ( <Icon name="star" style={{ width: cssVar, height: cssVar }} /> )} </TokenTable> </ThemeProvider> ); };

<IconSizing />

Icon Stroke

export const IconStroke = () => { const { theme } = useTheme(); const { strokeWidth } = theme; return ( <ThemeProvider theme={theme}> <TokenTable prefix="stroke-width" tokens={strokeWidth}> {(cssVar) => <Icon name="star" style={{ strokeWidth: cssVar }} />} </TokenTable> </ThemeProvider> ); };

<IconStroke />

[Table will be here once scale is implemented]

Border Thickness

Border thickness tokens are applied to various borders and separators and are affected by sizing and density theme props as well as available viewport size.

[Table will be here once scale is implemented]