Empty Kanban Column
A copy-paste empty states component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
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HTML
<!-- Empty Kanban Column -->
<div class="nuda-es2-kanban" role="status" aria-label="Empty kanban column">
<div class="nuda-es2-kanban__column" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="nuda-es2-kanban__ghost"></span>
</div>
<h3 class="nuda-es2-kanban__title">Nothing here yet</h3>
<p class="nuda-es2-kanban__sub">Drag a card into this column</p>
</div>CSS
.nuda-es2-kanban {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
gap: 10px;
padding: 20px;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
max-width: 220px;
}
.nuda-es2-kanban__column {
position: relative;
width: 120px;
height: 96px;
border: 1.5px dashed rgba(255,255,255,.18);
border-radius: 10px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
overflow: hidden;
}
.nuda-es2-kanban__ghost {
width: 80px;
height: 28px;
border-radius: 6px;
background: rgba(228,255,84,.08);
border: 1px solid rgba(228,255,84,.3);
animation: nuda-es2-kanban-drop 2.8s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.nuda-es2-kanban__title {
font: 600 13px ui-sans-serif,system-ui;
color: #fafafa;
margin: 0;
}
.nuda-es2-kanban__sub {
font: 400 11px ui-sans-serif,system-ui;
color: #a0a0a8;
margin: 0;
}
@keyframes nuda-es2-kanban-drop {
0% {
transform: translateY(-30px);
opacity: 0;
}
30% {
opacity: 1;
}
60% {
transform: translateY(0);
opacity: 1;
}
100% {
transform: translateY(0);
opacity: 0;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
.nuda-es2-kanban__ghost {
animation: none !important;
opacity: .6;
transform: translateY(0);
}
}
How to use Empty Kanban Column
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.