{
"id": "L05",
"title": "Divider or cards",
"topic": "lists",
"use": "How the entries of a list are told apart — by a divider or as cards. Spacing alone is not enough; rows without a separation read as one continuous mass. The divider is the normal case, also for entries with buttons of their own that fit the row (L06). Cards come in only once an entry carries more than a row holds — an attachment, a row of actions of its own, a progress.",
"decisions": [
"Spacing alone is not enough: three entries without a separation are one block of text. It takes an edge — a line or a surface.",
"The divider is the normal case: it costs no height, keeps the list calm and lets the entries read as one thing. ed-list draws it itself, and it holds two lines, a value on the right and up to two buttons with a More menu (L06).",
"Cards from the moment an entry carries more than a row holds — an attachment, a row of actions of its own, a progress: then the entry is a thing, not a row, and a thing needs an edge.",
"Never both at once: the cards are not entries of an ed-list but a list of cards of their own, in a stack. A card inside a divided surface is a card in a card.",
"There is more room between the cards than inside them, or the group falls apart into pieces that seem to belong to their neighbors.",
"A badge marks the exceptions — overdue, due soon — and an entry on time says its date in plain text.",
"A card's action shows that it is working and takes no second press meanwhile, and the confirmation names the entry it was pressed in."
],
"try": [
{
"do": "Compare the two versions",
"then": "the same three entries — on the left divided by lines, on the right as cards"
},
{
"do": "Look at the entries on the right",
"then": "each carries its attachment and a row of actions — more than a list row holds, which is the reason for the surface"
},
{
"do": "Compare the spacing on the right",
"then": "there is more room between the cards than inside them"
},
{
"do": "Press Extend deadline on the second card twice in a row",
"then": "the button shows it is working, and one confirmation names Contribution statement August 2026"
}
],
"revision": 1,
"changes": [],
"reviewed": true,
"source": "\n\n