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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.

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