Pattern Lab

Pattern Lab Terms

Atoms are basic tags, such as form labels, inputs or buttons. They also include more abstract elements like color palettes, fonts, and animations.
Molecules are groups of elements that function together as a unit. For example, a form label, search input, and button atom can combine them together to form a search form molecule.
Organisms can consist of similar and/or disparate molecule types. For example, a masthead organism might consist of a logo, navigation, and search form, while a “product grid” organism might consist of the same product info molecule repeated over and over.
Templates are comprised mostly of organisms combined together to form page-level objects. Templates mostly focus on content structure (such as character length, image size, etc) rather than the actual content.
Pages are specific instances of templates and swap out placeholder content with real representative content.