Notification Pile
Apple-Watch–style notification feed — alerts slide in from the top one after another, fading and shrinking as they settle into the pile beneath. The cycle loops so new alerts keep arriving.
Notification Pile the 20th of 22 designs in the 22 CSS Stacked Card Designs 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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The code
<div class="scd-not">
<div class="scd-not__c" style="--i: 0; --a: #ff3b30">
<span class="scd-not__dot"></span><b>Alarm</b><span class="scd-not__t">7:00 AM</span>
</div>
<div class="scd-not__c" style="--i: 1; --a: #34c759">
<span class="scd-not__dot"></span><b>Activity</b><span class="scd-not__t">+12 mins</span>
</div>
<div class="scd-not__c" style="--i: 2; --a: #0a84ff">
<span class="scd-not__dot"></span><b>Calendar</b><span class="scd-not__t">in 5 min</span>
</div>
<div class="scd-not__c" style="--i: 3; --a: #ffd60a">
<span class="scd-not__dot"></span><b>Mail</b><span class="scd-not__t">2 new</span>
</div>
</div> .scd-not {
position: relative; width: 220px; height: 200px; margin: 0 auto;
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, #1c1c1e 100%);
border-radius: 28px;
padding: 14px 0;
border: 2px solid #2a2a2c;
overflow: hidden;
}
.scd-not__c {
position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 12px;
width: 196px; margin-left: -98px;
background: rgba(58, 58, 64, 0.85);
-webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(20px); backdrop-filter: blur(20px);
color: #f1f5f9;
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
border-radius: 12px; padding: 10px 14px;
display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center;
box-shadow: 0 4px 14px -4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
animation: scd-not-arrive 5s cubic-bezier(.3,1,.3,1) infinite;
animation-delay: calc(var(--i) * 1.25s);
opacity: 0;
}
@keyframes scd-not-arrive {
0% { transform: translateY(-60px) scale(1); opacity: 0; }
10% { transform: translateY(0) scale(1); opacity: 1; }
35% { transform: translateY(40px) scale(0.96); opacity: 0.85; }
60% { transform: translateY(76px) scale(0.92); opacity: 0.6; }
85% { transform: translateY(108px) scale(0.88); opacity: 0.3; }
100% { transform: translateY(140px) scale(0.84); opacity: 0; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.scd-not__c {
animation: none; opacity: calc(1 - var(--i) * 0.2);
transform: translateY(calc(var(--i) * 36px)) scale(calc(1 - var(--i) * 0.04));
}
}
.scd-not__dot {
width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%;
background: var(--a);
box-shadow: 0 0 4px var(--a);
flex-shrink: 0;
}
.scd-not__c b { flex: 1; font: 700 12px/1 system-ui; }
.scd-not__c .scd-not__t { font: 11px/1 ui-monospace, monospace; opacity: 0.65; flex-shrink: 0; }