Semantics
Images retain alt text; fallbacks and status names remain explicit.
Display and feedback · stable · MIT
Avatar
Image, fallback, group, and named presence status.
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Behavior contract
Semantics before surface
Keyboard
No component-specific keys.
System support
Light and dark themes, logical RTL layout, reduced motion, responsive content, and forwarded public refs.
Source-derived reference
Anatomy and public API
Exported anatomy
These public React parts are read directly from the canonical source during the documentation build.
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Prop contracts
GummyAvatarGroupProps
Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & { label: string; }
GummyAvatarProps
Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLSpanElement> & { src?: string; alt?: string; fallback: React.ReactNode; size?: "small" | "medium" | "large"; status?: "online" | "busy" | "away" | "offline"; statusLabel?: string; }
Troubleshooting
Check behavior before surface.
- If the material is missing, confirm the registry-installed shared and component CSS files are imported once.
- If interaction differs, preserve this contract: No component-specific keys.
- If assistive output differs, preserve this semantic foundation: Images retain alt text; fallbacks and status names remain explicit.
- If dark, RTL, or reduced-motion behavior is missing, verify the nearest theme, direction, and media-query boundaries rather than adding page-local overrides.
Implementation decisions
When to use Avatar
Use an avatar as supporting identity, never as the only way to distinguish a person or organisation. Keep the visible name nearby and define a stable fallback for missing, blocked, or undecodable images. Decide whether the image itself needs alternative text or whether adjacent text already supplies the name. Test long international names, duplicate initials, slow images, privacy-restricted accounts, and high-density group layouts.
Live product source
Inspect the canonical states
The Component Lab exercises real source across default, focus, disabled, responsive, dark, reduced-motion, and RTL contexts.
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Try Avatar in context
Load the real component preview when you are ready to interact with its responsive, theme, and direction controls.
Editable source
Read before you install
Canonical Base UI or native source
The registry payload stays off the initial page request.