Inspect Patterns | LlamaPress Pattern Catalog

Pattern · Demo Activity Timeline A record's history as an ordered list of events — who did what, when — so "how did this get like this" is answerable without asking anyone. Scan & UnderstandInspectCoordinate

Pattern · Demo Collapsible Section A named section that folds away, keeping its heading and a count visible — disclosure that lets someone open several sections at once, unlike tabs. OrientInspectScan & Understand

Anti-pattern · Demo Data Dump Every field the model has, on one screen, at one level of importance — built from the data outward instead of from the job inward. Scan & UnderstandInspect

Decision guide · Demo Drawer vs Modal vs Page The decision guide for where a record or task should open. Three surfaces, three different promises about context — pick on the conditions, not on taste. InspectAct & Decide

Pattern · Demo Master–Detail Drawer Keep the list on screen and open the selected record in a panel beside it, so someone can inspect ten records without navigating ten times. Scan & UnderstandInspect

Anti-pattern · Demo Modal Maze A modal opens a modal opens a modal — each one blocking the context the next one needs, until nobody can see the record they are supposedly editing. InspectAct & Decide

Pattern · Demo Object Identity Header A record page opens by saying what this record is, what state it is in, and the two or three facts that decide what you do next — before any detail. OrientInspect

Pattern · Demo Tabs One record or screen split into a few named sections, only one visible at a time, with the section in the URL so a tab can be linked to. OrientInspect

Exemplar What Stripe Figured Out That money software is read far more often than it is written, so the product is built around inspecting a past event rather than performing a new one. InspectScan & Understand