Filter Chips
A copy-paste css-only interactions component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
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HTML
<!-- Filter Chips — radio chips filter the cards, zero JS.
Selecting a chip dims the cards that don't match its data-cat. -->
<div class="nuda-css-chips">
<input class="nuda-css-chips__input" type="radio" name="nuda-css-chips" id="nuda-css-ch-all" checked />
<input class="nuda-css-chips__input" type="radio" name="nuda-css-chips" id="nuda-css-ch-design" />
<input class="nuda-css-chips__input" type="radio" name="nuda-css-chips" id="nuda-css-ch-dev" />
<div class="nuda-css-chips__bar">
<label class="nuda-css-chips__chip" for="nuda-css-ch-all">All</label>
<label class="nuda-css-chips__chip" for="nuda-css-ch-design">Design</label>
<label class="nuda-css-chips__chip" for="nuda-css-ch-dev">Dev</label>
</div>
<div class="nuda-css-chips__grid">
<div class="nuda-css-chips__card" data-cat="design"><span class="nuda-css-chips__tag">Design</span> Color tokens</div>
<div class="nuda-css-chips__card" data-cat="dev"><span class="nuda-css-chips__tag">Dev</span> CSS selectors</div>
<div class="nuda-css-chips__card" data-cat="design"><span class="nuda-css-chips__tag">Design</span> Spacing scale</div>
</div>
</div>CSS
/* Filter Chips
Hidden radios select a filter; sibling selectors dim the
cards whose data-cat doesn't match. "All" dims nothing.
No JS. Customize: --nuda-css-ch-accent */
.nuda-css-chips {
--nuda-css-ch-accent: #e4ff54;
width: 100%;
max-width: 420px;
}
.nuda-css-chips__input {
position: absolute;
width: 1px; height: 1px;
margin: -1px; overflow: hidden;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); border: 0;
}
.nuda-css-chips__bar {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 6px;
margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
}
.nuda-css-chips__chip {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
min-height: 44px;
padding: 0.4rem 0.9rem;
font-size: 0.8rem;
font-weight: 600;
color: #aaa;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
border-radius: 999px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: color 0.2s, background 0.2s, border-color 0.2s, transform 0.15s;
}
.nuda-css-chips__chip:hover { color: #fff; transform: translateY(-1px); }
.nuda-css-chips__grid {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
}
.nuda-css-chips__card {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
padding: 0.6rem 0.8rem;
font-size: 0.85rem;
color: #ccc;
background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
border-radius: 10px;
transition: opacity 0.25s ease, transform 0.25s ease;
}
.nuda-css-chips__tag {
font-size: 0.65rem;
font-weight: 700;
color: #09090b;
background: var(--nuda-css-ch-accent);
padding: 1px 6px;
border-radius: 6px;
}
/* Active chip */
#nuda-css-ch-design:checked ~ .nuda-css-chips__bar label[for="nuda-css-ch-design"],
#nuda-css-ch-dev:checked ~ .nuda-css-chips__bar label[for="nuda-css-ch-dev"] {
color: #09090b;
background: var(--nuda-css-ch-accent);
border-color: var(--nuda-css-ch-accent);
}
/* Filtering: dim cards that don't match the active category */
#nuda-css-ch-design:checked ~ .nuda-css-chips__grid .nuda-css-chips__card[data-cat="dev"],
#nuda-css-ch-dev:checked ~ .nuda-css-chips__grid .nuda-css-chips__card[data-cat="design"] {
opacity: 0.15;
transform: scale(0.97);
}
.nuda-css-chips__input:focus-visible + .nuda-css-chips__bar label {
outline: 2px solid var(--nuda-css-ch-accent);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-css-chips__chip,
.nuda-css-chips__card { transition: none; }
}How to use Filter Chips
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.