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Avatar |
Images and icons |
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Avatars are used to show a thumbnail representation of an individual or business in the interface.
Avatars should be one of 4 sizes:
- Extra small (24 x 24 px): use in tightly condensed layouts
- Small (32 × 32 px): use when the medium size is too big for the layout, or when the avatar has less importance
- Medium (40 × 40 px): use as the default size
- Large (60 × 60 px): use when an avatar is a focal point, such as on a single customer card
Any time you use an image to communicate a concept on Shopify, it’s important to use descriptive alt text. Doing this is important for accessibility because it allows screen readers to describe what’s in the image to people who may not be able to see it.
For avatars, we recommend using a format that describes what will show in the image:
alt="Person’s name"if the avatar represents a personalt="Business’s name"if the avatar represents a businessalt=""if the name of the person/business appears next to the avatar as text
Use to present an avatar for a merchant, customer, or business.
<Avatar customer name="Farrah" />
Use to present an avatar in a condensed layout, such as a data table cell or an action list item.
function ExtraSmallAvatarExample() {
const [active, setActive] = useState(true);
const toggleActive = useCallback(() => setActive((active) => !active), []);
const activator = (
<Button onClick={toggleActive} disclosure>
Manage staff
</Button>
);
return (
<div style={{height: '250px'}}>
<Popover active={active} activator={activator} onClose={toggleActive}>
<ActionList
items={[
{
content: 'Chet Baker',
prefix: <Avatar customer size="extraSmall" name="Chet Baker" />,
},
{
content: 'Farrah Fawcett',
prefix: (
<Avatar customer size="extraSmall" name="Farrah Fawcett" />
),
},
]}
/>
</Popover>
</div>
);
}Use a square shape when the avatar represents a non-person entity like an app, channel, or store.
<Avatar name="Shop One" shape="square" />- To show a thumbnail for an object rather than a person or business, use the thumbnail component
See Material Design and development documentation about accessibility for Android:
See Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and API documentation about accessibility for iOS:
The avatar component uses a generated scalable vector graphics (SVG) file, which can cause challenges for merchants that use assistive technologies. To create a standard experience, the <img> is hidden from assistive technologies by using an empty alt attribute, and replaced with a <span> that has role=”img”.
The avatar component represents content, and should have a text equivalent for merchants using assistive technologies. By default, the value of the name prop is used for the alternative text. If different text would be more accurate, use the accessibilityLabel prop to replace the value provided by name.