tile-design

name	tile-design
description	Web and App implementation guide for Tile Design. Trigger when user wants Microsoft Metro style, sharp square information units, and horizontal scrolling grids.
category	Creative & Media
source	antigravity
tags	["react","ai","agent","llm","template","design","image","rag","cro"]
url	https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/design-it/tile-design

Tile Design (Metro UI)

"Authentically digital. Clean, sharp squares relying purely on typography and flat color."

When to Use

Use this sub-style when the user's request matches the aesthetic described above. This is a child reference of the design-it skill and is not meant to be triggered directly.

Core Principles

1. Sharp Corners: Absolutely no border-radius. Everything is a perfect square or sharp rectangle.
2. Live Data: Tiles flip, scroll, or fade internally to show live updates without the user interacting.
3. Horizontal Panning: The grid often expands infinitely to the right, encouraging horizontal scrolling.

Visual DNA

• Colors: High saturation, flat colors. A dark background (pure black) with bright cyan, magenta, orange, and green tiles.
• Typography: Extremely clean, light sans-serifs (like Segoe UI Light). Text is almost always pure white.
• Icons: Simple, wireframe, monochromatic glyphs placed centrally or in the corner.

Web Implementation

• CSS Example:

body {
  background-color: #111;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  overflow-x: auto; /* Horizontal scroll */
}

.tile-group {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 150px);
  grid-auto-rows: 150px;
  gap: 8px;
  padding: 40px;
}

.tile {
  background-color: #0078D7; /* Classic Windows Blue */
  padding: 12px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  cursor: pointer;
  
  /* The "tilt" click effect */
  transition: transform 0.1s;
  transform-origin: center;
}

.tile:active {
  transform: scale(0.95);
}

.tile-wide { grid-column: span 2; }
.tile-large { grid-column: span 2; grid-row: span 2; }

/* Live Tile Animation */
.tile-live-content {
  : slideUp  infinite;
}

 slideUp {
  ,  { : (); }
  ,  { : (-); } 
   { : (); }
}

App Implementation

SwiftUI

struct TileDesignView: View {
    let rows = [GridItem(.fixed(150), spacing: 8), GridItem(.fixed(150), spacing: 8)]
    
    var body: some View {
        ScrollView(.horizontal, showsIndicators: false) {
            LazyHGrid(rows: rows, spacing: 8) {
                TileView(title: "Mail", color: Color(hex: "0078D7"), icon: "envelope")
                TileView(title: "Photos", color: Color(hex: "00CC6A"), icon: "photo", isLarge: true)
                TileView(title: "Weather", color: Color(hex: "2D7D9A"), icon: "cloud.sun")
                TileView(title: "Calendar", color: Color(hex: "D13438"), icon: "calendar")
            }
            .padding(40)
        }
        .background(Color(hex: "111111").ignoresSafeArea())
    }
}

struct TileView: View {
    let title: String
    let color: Color
    let icon: 
     isLarge:   
    
       isPressed  
    
     body:   {
        (alignment: .leading) {
            (systemName: icon)
                .font(.system(size: , weight: .light))
                .foregroundColor(.white)
            ()
            (title)
                .font(.custom(, size: ))
                .foregroundColor(.white)
        }
        .padding()
        
        .frame(width: isLarge   : , height: isLarge   : , alignment: .leading)
        .background(color)
        .scaleEffect(isPressed   : )
        .animation(.spring(response: , dampingFraction: ), value: isPressed)
        .onLongPressGesture(minimumDuration: .infinity, maximumDistance: .infinity, pressing: { pressing 
            isPressed  pressing
        }, perform: {})
    }
}

• A LazyHGrid inside a horizontal ScrollView perfectly replicates the Windows Phone / Windows 8 start screen.
• Absolutely NO corner radius.
• The isPressed state triggering a .scaleEffect(0.95) replicates the physical "tilt" interaction of Metro tiles.

Flutter

class TileDesignScreen extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      backgroundColor: const Color(0xFF111111),
      body: SingleChildScrollView(
        scrollDirection: Axis.horizontal,
        padding: const EdgeInsets.all(40),
        child: SizedBox(
          height: 308, // Two rows of 150px + 8px spacing
          child: Wrap(
            direction: Axis.vertical,
            spacing: 8,
            runSpacing: 8,
            children: [
              _buildTile('Mail', const Color(0xFF0078D7), Icons.mail_outline),
              _buildTile('Weather', const Color(0xFF2D7D9A), Icons.cloud_outlined),
              _buildTile('Photos', const Color(0xFF00CC6A), Icons.photo_outlined, isLarge: true),
              _buildTile('Calendar', const Color(0xFFD13438), Icons.calendar_today),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  Widget _buildTile(String tit