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category: Components
type: Feedback
title: Skeleton
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Provide a placeholder while you wait for content to load, or to visualise content that doesn't exist yet.
## When To Use
- When a resource needs long time to load.
- When the component contains lots of information, such as List or Card.
- Only works when loading data for the first time.
- Could be replaced by Spin in any situation, but can provide a better user experience.
## Examples
< code src = "./demo/basic.tsx" > Basic< / code >
< code src = "./demo/complex.tsx" > Complex combination< / code >
< code src = "./demo/active.tsx" > Active Animation< / code >
< code src = "./demo/element.tsx" > Button/Avatar/Input/Image/Node< / code >
< code src = "./demo/children.tsx" > Contains sub component< / code >
< code src = "./demo/list.tsx" > List< / code >
## API
### Skeleton
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| --------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| active | Show animation effect | boolean | false |
| avatar | Show avatar placeholder | boolean \| [SkeletonAvatarProps ](#SkeletonAvatarProps ) | false |
| loading | Display the skeleton when true | boolean | - |
| paragraph | Show paragraph placeholder | boolean \| [SkeletonParagraphProps ](#SkeletonParagraphProps ) | true |
| round | Show paragraph and title radius when true | boolean | false |
| title | Show title placeholder | boolean \| [SkeletonTitleProps ](#SkeletonTitleProps ) | true |
### SkeletonAvatarProps
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------- |
| active | Show animation effect, only valid when used avatar independently | boolean | false |
| shape | Set the shape of avatar | `circle` \| `square` | - |
| size | Set the size of avatar | number \| `large` \| `small` \| `default` | - |
### SkeletonTitleProps
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| -------- | ---------------------- | ---------------- | ------- |
| width | Set the width of title | number \| string | - |
### SkeletonParagraphProps
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| rows | Set the row count of paragraph | number | - |
| width | Set the width of paragraph. When width is an Array, it can set the width of each row. Otherwise only set the last row width | number \| string \| Array< number \| string> | - |
### SkeletonButtonProps
| Property | Description | Type | Default | Version |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- |
| active | Show animation effect | boolean | false | |
| block | Option to fit button width to its parent width | boolean | false | 4.17.0 |
| shape | Set the shape of button | `circle` \| `round` \| `square` \| `default` | - | |
| size | Set the size of button | `large` \| `small` \| `default` | - | |
### SkeletonInputProps
| Property | Description | Type | Default |
| -------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- |
| active | Show animation effect | boolean | false |
| size | Set the size of input | `large` \| `small` \| `default` | - |
