Listing Card Skeleton

A premium listing-card skeleton that mirrors the real layout — photo, price, address, agent — then crossfades into the loaded card when `.ready` is added. Users see the page shape before content arrives, which is the modern, perceived-performance pattern used by Airbnb and Booking. Respects `prefers-reduced-motion`.

CSS + JS MIT licensed

Listing Card Skeleton the 2nd of 15 designs in the 15 Pure CSS Loading Animations collection. The design pairs CSS styling with a small amount of JavaScript for interactivity. Copy the HTML, CSS and JavaScript panels below into your project — the JS is self-contained, has zero dependencies, and is safe to drop into any framework (React, Vue, Svelte, plain HTML). 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="lc-card" aria-busy="true" aria-live="polite">
  <span class="lc-img">
    <span class="lc-img-shimmer" aria-hidden="true"></span>
  </span>
  <span class="lc-row lc-row-top">
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-price"></span>
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-badge"></span>
  </span>
  <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-line lc-bar-w-90"></span>
  <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-line lc-bar-w-60"></span>
  <span class="lc-row lc-row-meta">
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-pill"></span>
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-pill"></span>
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-pill"></span>
  </span>
  <span class="lc-row lc-row-agent">
    <span class="lc-avatar"></span>
    <span class="lc-bar lc-bar-name"></span>
  </span>
  <span class="lc-loaded" aria-hidden="true">
    <span class="lc-loaded-img"></span>
    <span class="lc-loaded-price">£1,250,000</span>
    <span class="lc-loaded-badge">For sale</span>
    <span class="lc-loaded-addr">42 Oakwood Lane, Notting Hill</span>
    <span class="lc-loaded-meta"><span>4 bed</span><span>3 bath</span><span>2,140 ft²</span></span>
    <span class="lc-loaded-agent">
      <span class="lc-loaded-avatar">SR</span>
      <span class="lc-loaded-agent-name">Sarah Rowan · Boutique Estates</span>
    </span>
  </span>
</div>

.lc-card {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  gap: 8px;
  width: 240px;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #15151d;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
  border-radius: 14px;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
}

.lc-img {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 5 / 3;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1f2433 0%, #2a3045 100%);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.lc-img-shimmer {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(
    90deg,
    transparent 0%,
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08) 50%,
    transparent 100%
  );
  transform: translateX(-100%);
  animation: lcShimmer 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.lc-bar {
  display: block;
  height: 10px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1f2433, #2a3045, #1f2433);
  background-size: 200% 100%;
  border-radius: 6px;
  animation: lcPulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.lc-row {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6px;
}

.lc-row-top {
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.lc-bar-price {
  width: 82px;
  height: 16px;
}

.lc-bar-badge {
  width: 56px;
  height: 16px;
  border-radius: 99px;
}

.lc-bar-line {
  height: 9px;
}

.lc-bar-w-90 {
  width: 90%;
}

.lc-bar-w-60 {
  width: 60%;
}

.lc-row-meta {
  gap: 5px;
}

.lc-bar-pill {
  width: 48px;
  height: 16px;
  border-radius: 99px;
}

.lc-row-agent {
  gap: 8px;
  padding-top: 4px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
  margin-top: 2px;
}

.lc-avatar {
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1f2433, #2a3045);
  background-size: 200% 100%;
  animation: lcPulse 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.lc-bar-name {
  flex: 1;
  height: 10px;
}

.lc-loaded {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  padding: 10px;
  background: #15151d;
  border-radius: 14px;
  display: grid;
  gap: 8px;
  align-content: start;
  font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity 0.5s ease;
}

.lc-loaded-img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 5 / 3;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(15, 15, 19, 0) 60%, rgba(15, 15, 19, 0.45) 100%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #5b8cb8 0%, #8aa6c0 35%, #d4b896 100%);
  position: relative;
}

.lc-loaded-img::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 8px;
  left: 8px;
  width: 22px;
  height: 22px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
  border-radius: 50%;
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
}

.lc-loaded-img::after {
  content: "♡";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 11px;
  left: 14px;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 1;
}

.lc-loaded-price {
  font-size: 16px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #f0eeff;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

.lc-loaded-price::after {
  content: "For sale";
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  background: rgba(46, 184, 138, 0.18);
  color: #2eb88a;
  padding: 3px 8px;
  border-radius: 99px;
  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.lc-loaded-badge {
  display: none;
}

.lc-loaded-addr {
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #b8b6d4;
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.lc-loaded-meta {
  display: flex;
  gap: 5px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.lc-loaded-meta span {
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 600;
  background: rgba(124, 108, 255, 0.1);
  color: #a78bfa;
  padding: 3px 8px;
  border-radius: 99px;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.lc-loaded-agent {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  padding-top: 4px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05);
  margin-top: 2px;
}

.lc-loaded-avatar {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d4b896, #b89970);
  color: #2a1f1a;
  font-size: 9px;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}

.lc-loaded-agent-name {
  font-size: 10px;
  color: #c8c0ff;
}

.lc-card.ready .lc-loaded {
  opacity: 1;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.lc-card.ready > :not(.lc-loaded) {
  opacity: 0;
}

.lc-card > :not(.lc-loaded) {
  transition: opacity 0.4s ease;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .lc-img-shimmer,
  .lc-bar,
  .lc-avatar {
    animation: none;
  }
}
@keyframes lcShimmer {
  100% {
    transform: translateX(100%);
  }
}
@keyframes lcPulse {
  0% {
    background-position: 200% 0;
  }
  100% {
    background-position: -200% 0;
  }
}

// Toggles the .ready state to crossfade skeleton -> loaded card.
// Replace this loop with your real "data fetched" trigger.
document.querySelectorAll(".lc-card").forEach(function (card) {
  var ready = false;
  function tick() {
    ready = !ready;
    card.classList.toggle("ready", ready);
    card.setAttribute("aria-busy", ready ? "false" : "true");
    setTimeout(tick, ready ? 2200 : 2800);
  }
  setTimeout(tick, 2800);
});

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