Timeline

Dated entries down a line, with a beam that fills as you scroll.

Category
Data & feedback
Access
Free with an account
Source
176 lines · one file
States
5 drawn

The decision inside it

The beam is your scroll, not a timer

It is exactly as far down as you have read. It is decoration, hidden from screen readers, and drawn full with reduced motion.

When to use it

Use Timeline for events in order with dates: a contract's history, a changelog, a company story. compact suits a sidebar; alternate suits a page. For steps someone still has to finish, use a stepper.

Installation

How you get it

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any coding agent. It installs the file and uses it as it is, instead of writing a new one.

Use Liro's Timeline for this.
Install it: npx shadcn@latest add @liro/timeline
(the @liro registry is set up in components.json, with LIRO_KEY in .env.local)
Import it from @/components/ui/timeline.
Do not rewrite or restyle it. Pass my data through its props
and keep its built-in states.

For the full brief with every prop and the mistakes assistants usually make, use Copy prompt above. Free components install through the @liro registry with your CLI token: see the Namespaced tab.

Usage

components/contract-history.tsx
import { Timeline } from "@/components/ui/timeline";

export function ContractHistory() {
  return (
    <Timeline
      variant="compact"
      items={[
        { id: "1", date: "Mar 3", title: "Sent to Vertically" },
        { id: "2", date: "Mar 4", title: "Viewed by Olivia Martinez" },
        { id: "3", date: "Mar 4", title: "Signed", tone: "success" },
      ]}
    />
  );
}

API reference

“Copy prompt” above puts a full brief on your clipboard, install command, dependencies, props, and the mistakes an assistant usually makes with this component.

Props

Read from the component’s own TypeScript interface when the site is built, so this table cannot drift from the file you install.

TypeNotes
itemsTimelineItem[] Yes–
variant"default" | "compact" | "alternate" No"default" puts dates in a column, "compact" above each title, "alternate" either side of a centre line. Default "default".
stickyDatesboolean NoKeep each date in view while its content scrolls. Default false.
scrollBeamboolean NoFill the line as the reader scrolls. Default false.

Dependencies

npm packages

clsxframer-motiontailwind-merge

Liro foundations, installed alongside it

liro-theme

States

All of them are drawn by the component. None is left for you to design.

  • Default
  • Compact
  • Alternate
  • Scroll beam
  • Sticky dates

Accessibility

  • Keyboard reachable throughout, in visual order
  • Focus trapped in overlays, Escape closes them
  • Focus returns to whatever opened it
  • Live regions announce what changed, not that something did
  • Honours prefers-reduced-motion

Responsive behavior

  • Sizes to its container, not the viewport
  • Usable from 320px up
  • Pointer-based interaction, so trackpad and touch both work
  • No hover-only affordances