Legacy CSS Framework

Nord Design System's original CSS Framework with shorthand utility classes.

Legacy This is our original CSS framework. For new projects, we recommend using Tailwind CSS instead.

Installation

Before moving further, please make sure you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can install the latest version through their website.

If you're planning on using Nord CSS Framework in a project that doesn't yet use Node Package Manager, you'll have to first create a package.json file. To do this, run npm init and follow the steps provided. Once finished, you can install the CSS Framework by following these instructions.

Install using NPM

Run in your project or website root directory (where package.json lives):

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npm install @nordhealth/css

Install using Yarn

Run in your project or website root directory (where package.json lives):

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yarn add @nordhealth/css

CDN usage

The CSS Framework can be directly used via Nord CDN, which allows your team to get up and running with minimal additions. The latest version of this framework can be added into your application by adding the below stylesheet <link> tag into the <head> section of your app:

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://nordcdn.net/ds/css/3.3.0/nord.min.css" />

Browser support

Nord's CSS Framework is tested in the latest two versions of the following browsers. Our team addresses critical bug fixes in earlier versions based on their severity and impact. If you need to support IE11 or pre-Chromium Edge, this library isn't for you.

Usage

Once you've installed the CSS Framework package into your application, you can copy and paste the below stylesheet <link> tag into the <head> section of your app after all other stylesheets. This will load the Nord CSS Framework for you:

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="[path-to-dir]/nord.min.css" />

The above example can be used alongside a copy tasks similar to the one described in our Webfonts guidelines. While technically possible, we don't recommend to load this file directly from node_modules.

Import in Sass

To import the CSS Framework into your Sass (scss), include this in the beginning of your main partial:

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// Import CSS framework
@import "../../node_modules/@nordhealth/css/lib/nord";

You may need to edit the path shown above depending on your setup. If you're using Webpack you can use the following:

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// Import CSS framework
@import "~@nordhealth/css/lib/nord";

Utilities

This and the below sections explain each provided utility class in detail. We've tried to strike a balance between readable but brief. We want your code to be readable but not so verbose that spelling errors get in the way.

Utilities begin with full word naming and begin to scope into more specific. For example borders:

.n-border: Application of a 1 pixel solid border from our Design Tokens
.n-border-strong: The same border style but the strong color from our Design Tokens
.n-border-strong-i: The same border style again but applying it to the inline sides of the element (left and right sides converted to logical properties)
.n-border-strong-ie: The same again but applying it to the inline-end side of the element (the right side)

The pattern of shorthand lettering for modifiers has been used throughout to signify a specific side(s) of an element or for a specific size from our Design Tokens, using our t-shirt sizing convention (-xxl, -xl, etc).

Reset utility

The reset utility shown below is designed to be used on the highest level containing element in your markup and will reset the majority of styles to a sensible default.

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View reset examples

Typographic utilities

There are two main typographic helpers within the CSS Framework; .n-typescale and .n-typeset. With these helpers, you can apply the values provided in our Design Tokens for font size, weight and spacing, without the need to create CSS of your own.

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View typescale examples

Additionally, applying .n-typeset to a containing element, will style all of its children text elements which can be useful for laying out typographic foundations.

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View typeset example

Description list utility

Description lists are ideal for presenting key / value pair data. While the .n-reset utility helper resets all typographic elements to a manageable default the .n-dl utility will style description lists into a much more presentable format.

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Date: Value 2
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Method: Card
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View description list example

Font size utilities

Nord defines its sizing using t-shirt sizes. This makes it possible for anyone, technical or non-technical, to understand the differences and how they relate to each other. Font sizing follows this same convention to mirror our Font Size Design Tokens.

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View font size examples

Font weight utilities

Interfaces are majority text, which is why we've spent a great amount of time fine-tuning our typographic choices. Use the below utilities to set font weights consistently.

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View font weight examples

Color utilities

Nord CSS Framework provides not only access to the colors within our Design Tokens, but also a method of applying these tokens with a reduced risk of error, to ensure you're using the colors as they are intended.

Accent color has been made available in all the most common scenarios; color, background-color and fill.

Element

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View color examples

Text color utilities

Colors intended for text have been wrapped up in a utility helper for direct application:

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View text color examples

Background color utilities

Colors intended for element backgrounds or surfaces have been scoped into the background-color property and can be applied using the following utility helpers:

.n-color-status-neutral .n-color-status-warning .n-color-status-highlight .n-color-status-danger .n-color-status-success .n-color-status-info .n-color-status-notification .n-color-status-neutral-weak

.n-color-status-warning-weak

.n-color-status-highlight-weak

.n-color-status-danger-weak

.n-color-status-success-weak

.n-color-status-info-weak

.n-color-surface

.n-color-surface-raised

.n-color-surface-lowered

.n-color-nav-surface

.n-color-background

.n-color-button

.n-color-button-hover

.n-color-active

View surface and background examples

Border utilities

Borders have been wrapped up into a series of utility helpers that make use of logical properties, so that your styles continue to work when your application changes languages.

These logical properties translate to different sides depending on the viewers language settings. We've abbreviated these properties into their initials to prevent overly verbose classnames. These abbreviations translate to the following properties in left-to-right languages:

-is: Short for inline-start, which is the left side
-ie: Short for inline-end, which is the right side
-bs: Short for block-start, which is the top side
-be: Short for block-end, which is the bottom side
-i: Short for inline, which is the left and right sides
-b: Short for block, which is the top and bottom side

.n-border-is

.n-border-ie

.n-border-bs

.n-border-be

.n-border-b

.n-border-i

.n-border

.n-border-strong-is

.n-border-strong-ie

.n-border-strong-bs

.n-border-strong-be

.n-border-strong-b

.n-border-strong-i

.n-border-strong

.n-border-hover-is

.n-border-hover-ie

.n-border-hover-bs

.n-border-hover-be

.n-border-hover-b

.n-border-hover-i

.n-border-hover

.n-border-d-is

.n-border-d-ie

.n-border-d-bs

.n-border-d-be

.n-border-d-b

.n-border-d-i

.n-border-d

.n-border-strong-d-is

.n-border-strong-d-ie

.n-border-strong-d-bs

.n-border-strong-d-be

.n-border-strong-d-b

.n-border-strong-d-i

.n-border-strong-d

.n-border-hover-d-is

.n-border-hover-d-ie

.n-border-hover-d-bs

.n-border-hover-d-be

.n-border-hover-d-b

.n-border-hover-d-i

.n-border-hover-d

View border examples

Border radius utilities

Border radius tokens are available as utility helpers to apply rounded corners to elements. If you require more precise control over rounded corners, such as applying them to specific corners, we recommend making use of our border radius design tokens directly.

.n-border-radius-sharp

.n-border-radius-s

.n-border-radius

.n-border-radius-pill

.n-border-radius-circle

View border radius examples

Box shadow utilities

Box shadow tokens are designed to help reflect the elevation of a component or element. Larger shadows show that the element is higher and smaller shadows (or no shadow) show that the element is lower. Box shadow utility helpers have been named to reflect their intended purpose, please refer to our box shadow design tokens for further information.

.n-box-shadow

.n-box-shadow-header

.n-box-shadow-card

.n-box-shadow-nav

.n-box-shadow-popout

View box shadow examples

Icon utilities

The icon utilities include colors as well as sizes. Sizes have been scoped into inline-size and block-size properties, while colors have been scoped to the color property so that the currentColor attribute value can respectively inherit the color.

View icon examples

Stack utilities

The Stack component manages layout of immediate children along the vertical or horizontal axis with adjustable spacing between each child. The stack utility helpers are designed to provide the same features but with a single class applied to the containing element. The default child spacing is set to --n-space-m but can be adjusted using our gap utilities. By default, the stack utility helpers wrap (as opposed to the Stack component), but this can be disabled by adding the .n-stack-no-wrap utility helper.

As with the border utilities, the shorthand utility modifiers use logical properties. However the Stack utilities are only interested in vertical alignment. They follow this convention:

-s: start, which is the top alignment
-e: end, which is the bottom alignment

For more fine-grained positioning, you can adjust the justify-content property by using one of these utility classes:

.n-justify-center: justify-content: center;
.n-justify-start: justify-content: flex-start;
.n-justify-end: justify-content: flex-end;
.n-justify-between: justify-content: space-between;
.n-justify-evenly: justify-content: space-evenly;
.n-justify-around: justify-content: space-around;

Plus, you can adjust the align-items property by using one of these utility classes:

.n-items-center: align-items: center;
.n-items-start: align-items: flex-start;
.n-items-end: align-items: flex-end;
.n-items-baseline: align-items: baseline;
.n-items-stretch: align-items: stretch;

.n-stack

.n-stack .n-gap-xs

.n-stack .n-gap-s

.n-stack .n-gap-m

.n-stack .n-gap-l

.n-stack .n-gap-xl

.n-stack .n-gap-xxl

.n-stack .n-gap-none

.n-stack-horizontal

.n-stack-horizontal
.n-stack-horizontal

.n-stack-horizontal-s

.n-stack-horizontal-s
.n-stack-horizontal-s

.n-stack-horizontal-e

.n-stack-horizontal-e
.n-stack-horizontal-e

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-s

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-m

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-l

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-xl

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-xxl

.n-stack-horizontal .n-gap-none

.n-stack-horizontal .n-stack-no-wrap

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-center

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-end

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-between

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-evenly

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-around

.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-baseline

.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-baseline
.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-baseline

.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-stretch

.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-stretch
.n-stack-horizontal .n-items-stretch

.n-stack .n-justify-center

.n-stack .n-justify-end

.n-stack .n-justify-between

.n-stack .n-justify-evenly

.n-stack .n-justify-around

.n-stack .n-items-start

.n-stack .n-items-end

.n-stack-horizontal .n-justify-around .n-items-end

.n-flex-1

.n-flex-auto

.n-flex-auto (with very long content)

View stack examples

Grid and container utilities

Grid and container helper classes are for creating layouts that follow our recommended grid layouts as shown in our Toolkit. The grid utilities can be used alongside the .n-container utilities to constrain containers to a desired width. The default child spacing in a grid is set to --n-space-m but can be adjusted using our gap utilities.

.n-grid: Provides a set column structure for items to fall into. Items can then be adjusted to fill more grid 'cells' with style properties grid-column: span 2 or grid-row: span 2. In addition there are helpers to align grid items horizontally, vertically or both (.n-grid-center). See examples below for all available grid item options
.n-container: Used to contain elements to a fixed width as the browser width grows. These help with readable line length as well as providing focus to pages with reduced content. See examples below for all available container width options.

.n-grid

.n-grid-8

.n-grid-6

.n-grid-4

.n-grid-3

.n-grid-2

.n-grid-2 .n-gap-xs

.n-grid-2 .n-gap-s

.n-grid-2

.n-grid-2 .n-gap-l

.n-grid-2 .n-gap-xl

.n-grid-2 .n-gap-xxl

.n-grid-none .n-gap-none

.n-grid-3 .n-container-xl

.n-grid-3 .n-container

.n-grid-3 .n-container-m

.n-grid-3 .n-container-s

.n-grid-3 .n-container-xs

.n-grid-3 .n-container-xxs

.n-grid-center-i

.n-grid-center-b

.n-grid-center

When using any of the n-grid utility helpers it's also possible to fine tune the grid column count to your needs using the --n-grid-columns CSS custom property, however we highly recommend using the existing helpers provided.

View grid examples

Gap utilities

By default both the stack and grid utilities have their child spacing set to --n-space-m to mirror the Stack component's default behaviour. However this can be adjusted using n-gap-xxl, n-gap-xl, n-gap-l, n-gap-s or n-gap-xs which applies our spacing tokens as gaps. Using n-gap-none will remove the gap entirely.

View gap examples with stack utilities

View gap examples with grid utilities

Spacing utilities

Our spacing tokens are accessible via the CSS Framework as margin and padding. These are all applied using logical properties, so that your styles continue to work when your application changes languages. These also follow the t-shirt sizing convention.

Diagram depicting how classnames are broken down

As with the border utilities, the shorthand utility modifiers use logical properties. They follow this convention:

-is: Short for inline-start, which is the left side
-ie: Short for inline-end, which is the right side
-bs: Short for block-start, which is the top side
-be: Short for block-end, which is the bottom side
-i: Short for inline, which is the left and right sides
-b: Short for block, which is the top and bottom side

Diagram depicting how logical properties correspond to sides of an element

Margin

In addition to the spacing tokens the margin helpers come with "auto" margins. These can be useful for pushing an element to the start or end of a stack or grid as well as centering en element horizontally as well as vertically.

.n-margin-is-xs

.n-margin-is-s

.n-margin-is-m

.n-margin-is-l

.n-margin-is-xl

.n-margin-is-xxl

.n-margin-ie-xs

.n-margin-ie-s

.n-margin-ie-m

.n-margin-ie-l

.n-margin-ie-xl

.n-margin-ie-xxl

.n-margin-bs-xs

.n-margin-bs-s

.n-margin-bs-m

.n-margin-bs-l

.n-margin-bs-xl

.n-margin-bs-xxl

.n-margin-be-xs

.n-margin-be-s

.n-margin-be-m

.n-margin-be-l

.n-margin-be-xl

.n-margin-be-xxl

.n-margin-i-xs

.n-margin-i-s

.n-margin-i-m

.n-margin-i-l

.n-margin-i-xl

.n-margin-i-xxl

.n-margin-b-xs

.n-margin-b-s

.n-margin-b-m

.n-margin-b-l

.n-margin-b-xl

.n-margin-b-xxl

.n-margin-xs

.n-margin-s

.n-margin-m

.n-margin-l

.n-margin-xl

.n-margin-xxl

.n-margin-i-auto

.n-margin-is-auto

.n-margin-ie-auto

.n-margin-b-auto

.n-margin-bs-auto

.n-margin-be-auto

.n-margin-auto

View margin examples

Padding

.n-padding-is-xs

.n-padding-is-s

.n-padding-is-m

.n-padding-is-l

.n-padding-is-xl

.n-padding-is-xxl

.n-padding-ie-xs

.n-padding-ie-s

.n-padding-ie-m

.n-padding-ie-l

.n-padding-ie-xl

.n-padding-ie-xxl

.n-padding-bs-xs

.n-padding-bs-s

.n-padding-bs-m

.n-padding-bs-l

.n-padding-bs-xl

.n-padding-bs-xxl

.n-padding-be-xs

.n-padding-be-s

.n-padding-be-m

.n-padding-be-l

.n-padding-be-xl

.n-padding-be-xxl

.n-padding-i-xs

.n-padding-i-s

.n-padding-i-m

.n-padding-i-l

.n-padding-i-xl

.n-padding-i-xxl

.n-padding-b-xs

.n-padding-b-s

.n-padding-b-m

.n-padding-b-l

.n-padding-b-xl

.n-padding-b-xxl

.n-padding-xs

.n-padding-s

.n-padding-m

.n-padding-l

.n-padding-xl

.n-padding-xxl

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Miscellaneous utilities

These final utility helpers are due to be expanded upon but at present provide options for truncating lines of text, adding dividers and creating form fields. Multiline truncation is achieved using webkit line clamp, please check browser compatibility before using.

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Label

Hint is a way to provide additional information

Label

This field is required

Label

This field is required

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.n-align-start

.n-align-center

.n-align-end

Input without full width Input with .n-inline-size-full

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CSS custom properties

While we do recommend using components and utility helpers where you can, it's possible to use our design tokens directly in your code to give you finer grain control over your presentation. Our design tokens can be accessed using CSS custom properties (also known as CSS variables). These are the exact same custom properties shown on our design tokens page.

An example use case could be that you wish to use our spacing tokens to add margin around an element:

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.custom-cta {
  margin: var(--n-space-xxl);
}

Another use case could be that you want to apply a color token to a highlighted piece of text:

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mark {
  background: var(--n-color-status-highlight);
}

Using our design tokens via CSS custom properties means that not only will these values be kept up to date but they will also change automatically when used in conjunction with our themes.

View all design tokens

Getting support

Need help with our CSS Framework? Please head over to the Support page for more information and ways to contact us.

Legacy CSS Framework

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