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Andres Galante
September 25, 2018
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PatternFly 4 variable system
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September 25, 2018
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PATTERNFLY’S VARIABLE SYSTEM
PATTERNFLY 3 1
PatternFly Users 1 PATTERNFLY 3 1
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https://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-web-design/ “...when things always behave the same, users don't have
to worry about what will happen. Instead, they know what will happen based on earlier experiences” Jakob Nielsen PATTERNFLY 3 1
PatternFly Contributors 2 Developers Designers PATTERNFLY 3 1
“If you give a mockup to 10 developers you’ll get
10 different results and none of them will look like the original mockup” Paul, UXD supreme leader PATTERNFLY 3 1
PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
BUMPERS! PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Patternfly 4 Variables Global vs Component variables https://css-tricks.com/theming-with-variables-globals-and-locals/ PATTERNFLY 4
VARIABLES 2
Global and component variables, when combined, can be super powerful,
make CSS more maintainable, and even collaborative. Geoff Graham PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Global variables global variables keep consistency across components PATTERNFLY 4
VARIABLES 2
Global variables Typography Borders Breakpoints Colors Spaces Shadows PATTERNFLY 4
VARIABLES 2
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Component variables component variables are scoped to theme-able component properties
PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Comment This is a an example of a title Here
goes some body text that the component might have Home Dashboard Reports Users Help Logout Navigation
Global variable link color: #007bba PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
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Comment This is a an example of a title Here
goes some body text that the component might have Home Dashboard Reports Users Help Logout Navigation
Global link color = BLUE Navigation link color = Global
link color Comment link color = Global link color PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Navigation color Commment color Global link color PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES
2
Global link color = YELLOW Navigation link color = Global
link color Comment link color = Global link color PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2 Navigation color Commment color Global link
color
Comment This is a an example of a title Here
goes some body text that the component might have Home Dashboard Reports Users Help Logout Navigation
Global link color = YELLOW Navigation link color = Global
link color Comment link color = RED PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Navigation color Commment color PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2 Global link
color
Comment This is a an example of a title Here
goes some body text that the component might have Home Dashboard Reports Users Help Logout Navigation
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Global spacer xl = 32px Modal Box padding = Global
spacer xl PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Global spacer xl 32px PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2 Modal padding
top Global spacer xl
Global spacer md = 16px Modal Box padding = Global
spacer md PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2 Global spacer xl = 32px
PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2 Global spacer md 16px Modal padding
top Global spacer md Global spacer xl 32px
Sharing components between Red Hat’s design systems PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES
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A good design system empowers designers to code, and developers
to design. PATTERNFLY 4 VARIABLES 2
Thanks!