12 CSS Skeleton Loaders

List with Thumbnails

A search-result / file-browser layout: square thumbnail beside two text lines, repeated three times. Mirrors media library and admin list views.

Pure CSS MIT licensed

List with Thumbnails the 11th of 12 designs in the 12 CSS Skeleton Loaders collection. The design is implemented in pure CSS — no JavaScript required. Copy the HTML and CSS panels below into your project. Because the demo is pure CSS, it works in any framework or templating engine you happen to use. The design honours prefers-reduced-motion and uses real semantic markup, so it ships accessibility-ready out of the box.

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<div class="sk-list">
  <div class="sk-list-row">
    <div class="sk-list-thumb"></div>
    <div class="sk-list-text">
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 70%"></div>
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 50%; height: 8px"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="sk-list-row">
    <div class="sk-list-thumb"></div>
    <div class="sk-list-text">
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 85%"></div>
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 40%; height: 8px"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="sk-list-row">
    <div class="sk-list-thumb"></div>
    <div class="sk-list-text">
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 60%"></div>
      <div class="sk-list-bar" style="width: 65%; height: 8px"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
.sk-list {
  width: 220px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 12px;
}
.sk-list-row {
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
  align-items: center;
}
.sk-list-thumb {
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 7px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1f1f28 0%, #2a2a36 50%, #1f1f28 100%);
  background-size: 200% 100%;
  animation: skShimmer 1.5s linear infinite;
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.sk-list-text {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 6px;
  flex: 1;
}
.sk-list-bar {
  height: 11px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1f1f28 0%, #2a2a36 50%, #1f1f28 100%);
  background-size: 200% 100%;
  animation: skShimmer 1.5s linear infinite;
}
@keyframes skShimmer {
  0% {
    background-position: 200% 0;
  }
  100% {
    background-position: -200% 0;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .sk-list,
  .sk-list * {
    animation: none !important;
  }
}

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