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Avatars and media

Avatar initials, photos, stacks and flexible media objects.

V1 BETA / DOCUMENTEDLive variants · API · Accessibility · Responsive guidance

LIVE COMPONENT REFERENCE

Avatar sizes and stacks

Provide a meaningful alternate text for an image avatar, or use decorative initials where identity is described alongside it.

Actual Xshna CSSResize to test wrapping

ALMRTYALMRTY

HTML · COPY AND USE

<div class="xsh-ref-flex"><span class="xsh-avatar xsh-avatar-sm" aria-label="Alex">AL</span><span class="xsh-avatar" aria-label="Morgan">MR</span><span class="xsh-avatar xsh-avatar-lg" aria-label="Taylor">TY</span><span class="xsh-avatar-stack"><span class="xsh-avatar">AL</span><span class="xsh-avatar">MR</span><span class="xsh-avatar">TY</span></span></div>

Overview

Use xsh-avatar and xsh-avatar-stack. For real photos include appropriate alt text where the image conveys identity.

Live example

Interactive · Real framework

AWRS

AABB+2

Example markup

<div class="xsh-flex xsh-items-center xsh-gap-4"><span class="xsh-avatar">AW</span><span class="xsh-avatar xsh-avatar-lg">RS</span><div class="xsh-avatar-stack"><span class="xsh-avatar">AA</span><span class="xsh-avatar">BB</span><span class="xsh-avatar">+2</span></div></div>

Production guidance

Avatars using initials should have accompanying accessible names in the surrounding context.

Customize this component through --xsh-* CSS tokens, data-xsh-* configuration attributes and documented xsh-* utilities. Use the optional JavaScript distribution only when an interactive behavior is needed.

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EXACT NAMES FROM THE SHIPPED STYLESHEETS

Complete selector inventory

These selectors exist in the current distribution. An entry in this table does not imply that arbitrary modifier combinations are meaningful; use the examples above for the intended composition.

Class	Purpose	Delivery
`.xsh-avatar`	Core component	CSS-only
`.xsh-avatar-lg`	Composable modifier / structure class	CSS-only
`.xsh-avatar-sm`	Composable modifier / structure class	CSS-only
`.xsh-avatar-stack`	Composable modifier / structure class	CSS-only

ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION

Implementation details

Semantic structure

Use the documented Xshna classes with semantic HTML rather than replacing native elements unnecessarily.

Compose existing xsh- classes on the appropriate HTML element. Keep content order meaningful when CSS is disabled.

Interactive behavior

Verify focus order, disabled behavior and descriptive labels for interactive patterns.

Load xshna.min.js only if the documented interaction needs it. Your application remains responsible for data, persistence and business rules.

Responsive and localization

Test narrow containers, long translations and user-defined text sizes.

Test 320px-wide viewports, container-constrained instances, keyboard zoom, longer translations and right-to-left text where relevant.

Theme and customization

Use --xsh-* CSS variables for theme values and data-xsh-design / data-xsh-density on the xsh-app root.

Prefer design tokens over hard-coded overrides so components remain coherent across personalities.

ACCEPTANCE CHECKLIST

What to verify before shipping

Confirm every documented class used by the feature exists in the release CSS.
Navigate controls using Tab, Shift+Tab, Enter, Space and Escape where appropriate.
Test with reduced motion, high contrast, 200% text zoom and a narrow mobile viewport.
Verify disabled, loading, empty, error and long-content states where relevant.
Check actual application behavior independently of the preview: these examples use illustrative data.