Foundations · stable · MIT

Skeleton

A decorative loading placeholder with reduced-motion fallback.

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Add Skeleton

Base UI / canonicalnpx shadcn@latest add https://gummyui.dev/r/gummy-skeleton.json

No package dependency beyond React. Shared Gummy material is resolved automatically.

Behavior contract

Semantics before surface

Semantics

Hidden from assistive technology; real loading state belongs on the region.

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.

  • GummySkeleton
  • GummySkeletonGroup

Prop contracts

GummySkeletonGroupProps

Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & { label?: string; }

GummySkeletonProps

Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & { shape?: "line" | "text" | "circle" | "card"; loadingLabel?: string; lines?: number; }

Troubleshooting

Check behavior before surface.

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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Interactive inspection

Try Skeleton in context

Resize the canvas, switch its theme, or reverse its reading direction without changing the rest of the page.

Width
Theme
Direction

Skeleton preview: fluid width, light theme, left to right.

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Canonical Base UI or native source

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