Timeline Design

Timeline UI patterns for activity feeds, history, and chronological displays.

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Timeline Design

Types

Type Layout Use Case
Vertical Default Activity feeds, history
Horizontal Alternate Milestones, roadmap
Alternating Left/right zigzag Case studies, about pages
Compact List-style Audit logs, commit history

Vertical Timeline

● Title                    [Date]
  Description text
  [Optional media/action]
│
● Title                    [Date]
  Description text
│

Design Rules

  1. Most recent first (unless it's a roadmap)
  2. Group by date (Today, Yesterday, This Week)
  3. Clear visual line connecting events
  4. Nodes mark each event on the line
  5. Differentiate event types with icons or colors
  6. Collapse old events ("Show older")

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