Progressive Disclosure

Reveal advanced settings only when needed.

AI Prompt
Create a Progressive Disclosure pattern for an AI-generated interface. It should help with reveal advanced settings only when needed. Use a restrained black, white, and gray visual style, strong hierarchy, and product-grade spacing. The interaction should feel lightweight, practical, and easy to scan.
Negative Prompt
Do not make the progressive disclosure flashy, noisy, over-animated, or decorative for its own sake. Avoid random glow, heavy gradients, excessive borders, oversized type, unclear hierarchy, and generic SaaS filler.
Tokens
{
  "id": "progressive-disclosure",
  "category": "interactions",
  "trigger": "expand",
  "target": "progressive disclosure",
  "duration": "160ms",
  "easing": "ease-out",
  "feeling": [
    "lightweight",
    "practical",
    "precise"
  ],
  "palette": [
    "black",
    "white",
    "gray"
  ]
}

Usage notes

Short guidance for humans and AI tools before copying the pattern.

Use Progressive Disclosure when you need reveal advanced settings only when needed. It works best when the interface needs clarity before spectacle.

Do not make the progressive disclosure flashy, noisy, over-animated, or decorative for its own sake. Avoid random glow, heavy gradients, excessive borders, oversized type, unclear hierarchy, and generic SaaS filler.

Create a Progressive Disclosure pattern for an AI-generated interface. It should help with reveal advanced settings only when needed. Use a restrained black, white, and gray visual style, strong hierarchy, and product-grade spacing. The interaction should feel lightweight, practical, and easy to scan.