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Progress

Progress shows how far a task has advanced — aligned with Radix-style bars and shadcn/ui patterns. Explain what is happening, what changed and what someone can do next. Pair visual status with language that still makes sense without its color. Explore the live examples, inspect their source and choose the composition that fits your interface before connecting it to your application's data.

The examples use @/components/kamod-ui/progress in a Preact project. Follow the live result and its source together: compare supported options in the API reference, refine presentation with the component styles guide, and use shared theme tokens for consistent colors and surfaces. Preserve keyboard behavior and meaningful labels as you replace the sample content.

In this guide 7 sections
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Installation

Import Progress from @/components/kamod-ui/progress.

pnpm add @kamod-ch/ui

The @/components/kamod-ui/… imports in these examples refer to local source files. Configure that alias when copying source, or use the corresponding exports from @kamod-ch/ui when installing the package. Connect the global theme CSS and Tailwind source detection before your first render.

Usage

Pass value and optional max for determinate progress. Use value={null} or indeterminate for loading when completion is unknown — the indeterminate animation is injected once with the component (no extra Tailwind keyframes). Pair with labels, or drive value from a Slider for interactive demos.

import { Progress } from "@/components/kamod-ui/progress";

Choose a complete composition from the examples below; required child components and props vary by pattern.

Component examples & variants

Explore Progress in different contexts, from the starting pattern to the compositions below. Begin with Basic, then compare the examples that match your content, state and layout. These are working patterns to adapt, not a list of interchangeable variant values: check the API reference before using a prop or combining behaviors. Look at the surrounding labels, supporting text and spacing as well as the component itself.

Read the result and its implementation together. Use each showcase’s Code view to inspect imports and composition, or its Prompt view to prepare a setup or adaptation brief. Try the narrow preview and local theme controls before connecting real data, and use Reset to return an example to its initial state. Keep layout changes in class utilities where appropriate; follow the component styles guide for hierarchy and the theming guide for shared surfaces and colors. The accessibility notes explain what to preserve when making those changes.

Basic

Minimal bar with theme tokens and smooth motion, similar to the default on the shadcn/ui Progress docs.

src/components/ProgressExample.tsx
import { Progress } from "@/components/kamod-ui/progress";

export const Example = () => <Progress value={33} class="w-full max-w-md" />;

Label

Pair the bar with a title and numeric readout so status stays clear at a glance.

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Controlled

Bind progress to a Slider so users can scrub the value — the same interaction model as the shadcn/ui controlled example.

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Indeterminate

When completion cannot be measured, use null or the indeterminate flag — same idea as Radix Progress with an unknown value.

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Custom max

Use max when progress is not a percentage — steps, file counts, or queue length.

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API reference

Props and data

Configure Progress using the contracts below. Read the documented options alongside the source definitions to understand which values your application supplies and which details the component owns. Start with a prop or helper, then follow its type link to inspect the declaration without leaving the page.

Props, slots and variants for this component.

Type cards are extracted from this checkout’s TypeScript source at build time. Props inherited through HTMLAttributes, Omit or variant helpers remain references in those declarations; their fields are not flattened here. Match the reference to your installed version, and check a package’s exports before writing an import type. A type exported by a source file is not necessarily re-exported by @kamod-ch/ui.TypeScript

Component props

Read each option with its owning component. The
marker identifies required fields verified in that declaration. A ? means a field can be omitted; it does not promise a fallback value. Existing documented defaults remain alongside the descriptions. For callbacks, check the argument and return types before connecting your own state or services.

Progress

Progress component props and accepted values.

Progress documented props
Prop / typeDescription
value
number | nullProgressProps

Measured completion, clamped between zero and max. Pass null for an indeterminate bar when the total duration is unknown; your task remains responsible for updating this value.

Documented default0

max
numberProgressProps

Positive total used to calculate the filled fraction and accessible maximum. Values at or below zero fall back to 100. Use the same unit for value and max, such as completed files and total files.

Documented default100

indeterminate
booleanProgressProps

Forces the animated unknown-duration state, regardless of value. The bar omits aria-valuenow in this mode; provide a label that explains the ongoing operation.

Documented defaultundefinedNo default value is listed.

class
stringProgressProps

Additional classes on the outer progress track. Use this for width or local sizing while keeping the surrounding label and status message in your composition.

Documented defaultundefinedNo default value is listed.

indicatorClass
stringProgressProps

Additional classes on the inner indicator in both determinate and indeterminate modes. Prefer semantic theme colors and preserve the animation and reduced-motion behavior.

Documented defaultundefinedNo default value is listed.

Data type reference

Expand a card to inspect and copy the exact declaration. The code header identifies its repository file; follow imported or inherited types in the implementation source when you need the complete dependency chain. Required-field summaries cover fields declared directly in that type. Source-only helpers and inferred schema outputs describe the local implementation, not additional props you can pass to every component.

ProgressProps
Exported source declaration from Progress.tsx. Referenced types retain their original names; inspect that file for imports and supporting definitions.

Accessibility

Build the complete interaction, including the parts outside Progress. The notes below distinguish the current implementation from the labels, content and behavior your application supplies. Start with the live preview, check the props and data reference, and test the finished composition with real content rather than assuming that an unchanged visual example covers every use case.

Built-in behavior and defaults

Progress exposes role="progressbar". Determinate values default to 0 with a maximum of 100 and are clamped to the valid range. value={null} or indeterminate omits the current numeric value and supplies an indeterminate value description.

Labels and relationships

Associate a visible operation label through aria-labelledby, or supply a short aria-label. Explain units with aria-valuetext when a raw number is ambiguous. Keep an operation name separate from its changing percentage.

Name the operation and describe its units. This standalone example uses a known total. In your application, derive completed and total from the real operation; use indeterminate mode when the total is unknown.

import { Progress } from "@kamod-ch/ui";
import { useId } from "preact/hooks";

export function UploadProgress() {
  const labelId = useId();
  return (
    <div>
      <p id={labelId}>Uploading documents</p>
      <Progress value={3} max={8} aria-labelledby={labelId}
        aria-valuetext="3 of 8 documents uploaded" />
    </div>
  );
}

Keyboard and focus

A progress bar is informational and normally has no tab stop. Pair it with separate cancel or retry controls when the operation supports them. Built-in reduced-motion handling limits indicator movement, but your surrounding animations need their own review.

States and integration details

Do not invent percentages when the total is unknown. A progress value is not a guarantee that every update will be announced. Announce meaningful milestones or completion separately when needed, and distinguish failure from a bar that simply stops moving.

Verify the complete interaction

Check behavior as well as markup. Work through these scenarios in the application where the component will be used. Automated checks can help find structural problems; also review the reading experience with a screen reader, keyboard focus and the actual feedback from your application.

  1. Read the operation name and current value with a screen reader in determinate and indeterminate modes.
  2. Test zero, completion, unknown total and failure, including a long-running operation.
  3. Enable reduced motion and verify the interface still communicates that work is underway.

Recheck the result after changing theme tokens, translations or class overrides. Include text enlargement, narrow layouts and reduced-motion settings where animation is present. Inspect the component source when a behavior differs from your expectation; a role or state attribute does not implement keyboard interaction by itself.

For background, read the WAI-ARIA authoring guidance and keyboard interface guidance. These explain the patterns; verify browser and assistive-technology behavior for the implementation and audience you actually support.

Build it into your interface

Use the Progress examples as a starting point, then review the behavior in the context of your own screen. Layout, state and content should work together.

Connect the behavior

Tie feedback to the operation it describes. Distinguish waiting, success, failure and an empty result instead of reusing one message for every state. Keep essential recovery instructions available in the page even if a temporary notification disappears.

Copy the composition, then connect its intent. Replace sample records and callbacks with your own data flow. For options such as value, defaultValue, open or onChange, use only those documented in this component's API; different components expose different contracts.

Give each piece of state one owner. Keep a temporary selection inside the interface when nothing else needs it; lift shared values into a parent when other controls depend on them. Read the prop reference before combining controlled values with defaults. A default normally initializes a control; it is not a substitute for updating its current value.

Connect requests in an event handler or your application’s data layer, never as a side effect of rendering. Keep pending, completed and failed outcomes distinct, preserve useful input after an error, and offer a clear recovery action. If the integration subscribes to an external source, remove that subscription when its owner unmounts; cancel or ignore obsolete requests so an earlier response cannot replace newer results.

Report work that actually happened. Feed completed from your task and supply a positive total when it becomes known. Until then, value={null} communicates an unknown duration. This wrapper derives the visible label and accessible value from the same numbers; it does not start a timer or pretend that an upload has finished.

src/components/TaskProgress.tsx
import { Progress } from "@kamod-ch/ui";

type TaskProgressProps = { completed: number; total: number | null };

export function TaskProgress({ completed, total }: TaskProgressProps) {
  const knownTotal = total !== null && Number.isFinite(total) && total > 0;
  const current = knownTotal ? Math.min(total, Math.max(0, completed)) : 0;
  const label = knownTotal ? `${current} of ${total} items` : "Preparing items…";

  return (
    <div class="grid gap-2">
      <p>{label}</p>
      <Progress
        value={knownTotal ? current : null}
        max={knownTotal ? total : 100}
        aria-label="Processing items"
        aria-valuetext={label}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

Reaching the maximum means the measured steps finished, not necessarily that the server accepted the result. Keep final processing and failure messages separate from the bar, and remove the loading state when the operation settles. Avoid making every percentage update a live announcement; announce meaningful milestones instead.

Start with the live preview, then exercise the same interaction with your actual data. The type definitions describe accepted values; they do not implement persistence, navigation or server-side validation for you. Keep those responsibilities in the application that composes the UI.

Refine the presentation

Let a parent own the surrounding spacing. Keep related elements together with gap and use semantic surface/foreground pairs so the composition follows the active theme. The wrapper below changes the surrounding layout without assuming extra props on Progress.

src/components/ExampleSurface.tsx
import type { ComponentChildren } from "preact";

export function ExampleSurface({ children }: { children: ComponentChildren }) {
  return (
    <div class="grid min-w-0 gap-4 rounded-lg border border-border bg-card p-4 text-card-foreground sm:p-6">
      {children}
    </div>
  );
}

Put the chosen example inside ExampleSurface, then refine supported variants and sizes using the API above. For application-wide changes, adjust theme tokens instead of repeating fixed colors. See Component styles for hierarchy, density and focus treatments.

Review the complete interaction

  • Confirm that status is understandable without color, animation or an icon alone.
  • Exercise both completion and failure paths; stop loading indicators when the operation finishes.
  • Use announcements only when needed and avoid repeatedly announcing unchanged background activity.

The preview's narrow control changes its container width. Also resize the browser when checking viewport-based Tailwind utilities such as sm: and md:, and test overlays in the full page where their portals render.

Compose a complete interface

Progress is one part of the interaction. Choose companion components for the information or actions that still need a place on the screen. The references below are suggestions to compose deliberately, not extra dependencies you must add to every example.

Keep one source of truth for the operation and let each component communicate a different part of it. For example, waiting, no results and failure need different explanations. Avoid showing contradictory states together, and keep recovery actions close to the message that explains them.

Start with the smallest composition that explains the task. Browse the component library for individual controls or the block collections for complete layouts. Reuse shared theme tokens so these pieces feel consistent in light and dark mode.

Sources & design references

Follow Progress from its implementation to the ideas behind your own composition. Start with the local API, explore a visual direction, then bring the result back to your app’s shared styles.

Implementation · Preact

Kamod UI implementation

Start with the code that powers this page. The Progress source in Kamod UI is the implementation reference. Use the installation guide for setup and the API reference for supported props, composition and events before adapting an example.

Source locationpackages/core/src/components/progress

Compare imports, default values and state handling with the example you chose. The repository’s main branch can be ahead of your installed version; check your package.json and lockfile when an API differs. Retain applicable license notices when reusing source.

Visual reference · Independently maintained

Explore the visual possibilities

Browse the Progress collection on Shadcnblocks to compare hierarchy, density and composition. Look at how labels, supporting text and surrounding space work together, then choose the details that help your own content read clearly.

Reference credit: Shadcnblocks. These independently maintained React examples are visual references; this link does not claim they authored Kamod’s Preact implementation. Check the original example’s license before reusing its code or assets, and use this page’s API when building the Kamod version.

Bring it back to your app

A reference becomes useful when it fits your real content. Work through these decisions in order:

  1. Keep the behavior grounded. Start with the interactive examples, then connect your data and callbacks using the integration guidance. Preserve labels, keyboard access and disabled states as you change the presentation.
  2. Make the styling repeatable. Use the styles guide for local class adjustments and theming documentation for shared color decisions. Keep semantic surface and foreground pairs together in both light and dark mode.
  3. Check the complete screen. See how components combine in the block collections, then try long labels, loading states and narrow layouts in your own composition. The Theme Toggle guide helps you expose a scheme switch in the finished interface.