Timeline-Responsive
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Overview
A responsive timeline in CSS visually represents events along a chronological path, making it intuitive and interactive for users. It typically uses a combination of Container, CSS for styling, and queries for responsiveness. Events are displayed as markers on a central axis, Flexbox or Grid layouts ensure adaptability to various screen sizes, while transitions and animations can enhance user engagement. This approach creates a clean and functional way to present sequential information.
The timeline component is a graphical representation of events displayed chronologically. It is responsive and allows for an engaging user interface suitable for:
Project milestones
Historical events
Process tracking
CSS Styling
You can now apply CSS to style the timeline and make it responsive., ensuring it's responsive and looks good across different screen sizes. example.
.timeline: The container for all the timeline items. It uses a flex layout to arrange the events vertically.
.timeline-item: Each individual event in the timeline. It is styled with relative positioning to align content and a circle on the left side.
.timeline-content: The content area for each event, which contains the event's title, description, and date.
.timeline-item::before: A pseudo-element used to create the circular marker at the left side of each event.
Responsive Design: The query makes the timeline adapt to smaller screen sizes (e.g., mobile devices). It changes the layout of the timeline items to stack vertically.
Installation
The asset must install successfully. For an asset to install successfully, the following requirements must be met:
No missing dependencies.
No dependencies on deprecated assets from Forge.
Implementation
Trusted assets must comply with the implementation best practices described in this section. The Outsystems Curation team uses the AI Mentor Studio to perform the necessary validations.
Architecture: Aligns with the layers of the OutSystems Architecture Canvas if part of a larger application.
Security: All parameters in SQL queries must be sanitized (if applicable).
Performance: Ensure that the sticky header functionality doesn’t cause performance lags, especially for large tables.
Code Maintainability
The asset code must be easy to maintain. For this, the following requirements must be met:
Ensure clear and logical separation of components (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) for easy maintenance.
No disabled or redundant code.
Compliance
The asset must ensure license compliance. For this, all libraries (e.g., CSS/JavaScript used for fixed table header) must be used correctly according to their license terms.
Maintenance and Support
The asset must be kept up to date. For this, the asset must have the following characteristics:
Available in the latest Outsystems version
Description and documentation must be up to date with the latest asset version
The asset owner must provide the following required support:
Reply to any comments or questions
Solve the reported errors
Conclusion
The timeline component is now ready for use. It can be integrated into any OutSystems Web application and customized further to fit specific design requirements.