# Skeleton — Staggered

> A staggered skeleton loading placeholder — a notification feed whose rows reveal top-to-down in sequence, looping continuously. Token-driven, design-system agnostic, with dark mode and reduced-motion support.

- Category: Skeleton
- Frameworks: Vanilla, React + CSS, React + Tailwind
- Design system: Caret
- Dark mode: yes
- Access: premium (Atheros AI Pass)
- Tags: loading, notification, placeholder
- Page: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/skeleton-staggered
- Preview: https://d17nmjscumqk5d.cloudfront.net/builder/templates/tpl_builder_skeleton_staggered/preview-112311bc95ea.webp

## Features

- Sequential top-down reveal — each row fades and lifts in via a staggered animation-delay, looping infinitely
- Notification-feed layout — circle avatar, two varied-width text lines, and a trailing status pill per row
- Faint per-row dividers (border-bottom) using the skeleton line token; last row divider-free
- Click or press Enter/Space to replay the load-in animation
- All colors, spacing, and radii driven by design-system tokens (`--skel-line`, `--skel-peak`)
- Dark/light mode via the `body.dark` class
- Prefers-reduced-motion support — rows stay visible when motion is reduced
- Accessible: role=status, aria-busy, screen-reader loading label

## Common questions

**Which frameworks is Skeleton — Staggered available in?**

Skeleton — Staggered ships as Vanilla, React + CSS and React + Tailwind — HTML, CSS, JS and React source you can copy, download or clone into Atheros AI Builder.

**Is Skeleton — Staggered free?**

Skeleton — Staggered is a premium component. Anyone can preview it; the source, downloads and AI customisation are included with Atheros AI Pass.

**Does Skeleton — Staggered support dark mode?**

Yes. Skeleton — Staggered ships light and dark themes, both drawn from the Caret design system's tokens. Switch the preview to dark mode to compare them.

## Get the code

Preview Skeleton — Staggered live, then sign in to copy or download the source, apply another design system, or ask the AI assistant to change it: https://builder.atheros.ai/components/skeleton-staggered

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