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Shape

The Zurich Shape Language is our biggest arena for play and spontaneity. The Shape Language gives us the opportunity to create varied and dynamic compositions, to provide a home for our photography and Smiling Z, and to put a distinctive Zurich stamp on all our communications.

UX/UI Guidelines

Check the design documentation of the component in ZeroHeight.

Implementations

The component Shape is available in the following technologies:

CSS Components
cssreactvue
Web Components
webreactvueangular
Native
react_native

Parameters

Parameters

Parameters are the attributes that can be used to customize the component when using it in a project. They apply to the WebComponents implementation and wrappers and to the Vue and React CSS implementations. Some parameters names change between the implementations, in order to follow the conventions of each technology and framework.

For example, the param model is named ngModel in Angular, modelValue in Vue, but stays as model in React.

By default, all the parameters are optional or can be set in different, except for the ones marked as required

The parametrization of the component can be done with the following custom params or properties:

NameTypeSlotDescription
shapestring

The main parameter has two components following the pattern: <shape><?:flip> where:

  • shape: Value of the shape to display. Possible values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • flip: Optional parameter to flip the shape.
customobject

A record of key-value pairs to set the CSS custom tokens. It's a complex attribute set as an JS object in stringified JSON format.

Example:

html
<z-shape custom='{"fill":"#06e7a3"}' />

Check the available values in the customization section.

custom-strstring

The stringified version of the custom property. It follows the pattern key:value;key:value;, with the possibility of setting multiple values and spaces between the punctuation characters.

Example:

html
<z-shape custom-str="fill:#06e7a3" />
z-themestring

Sets the theme of the component. The possible values are light and dark.

html
<z-shape z-theme="dark" />

From Figma to code

You can check the Figma implementation here.

Customization

INFO

Check everything about the customization mechanics in the "How it works" documentation.

CSS VariableTypeDescription
--z-shape--sizedistanceAssume pixels

The size of the shape can be customized using the --z-shape--size CSS custom property.

You can customize the size of the shape using the --z-shape--size CSS custom property.