Start here
What you change first
- The pillar categories. Edit the three category titles (e.g.
- The questions. Three disclosure questions per pillar.
- The header. Tailor the section title and intro paragraph to your documentation scope.
The signature moment
Three categorical pillars with top ruled accents and dense questions
Rather than a single flat list or broad horizontal bands, this pattern partitions inquiries into three equal-width columnar zones. Each column is distinguished by a top-anchored rule in currentColor, followed by an uppercase tracked category marker and a large pillar heading. Beneath each pillar heading, three concise core/details questions provide compact on-demand reading without dominating the vertical scroll height of the page.
Theme handoff
What comes from where
From your theme
- Typeface.
- Palette.
- Spacing presets.
Set by this pattern
- The three-pillar structure.
- Pillar hierarchy.
Full pattern notes
Why it works, and how it is built
Open a topic for the complete design reasoning, editing guidance and implementation notes.
Design rationaleComposition, intent and nearest alternatives
Overview
A three-column architectural layout organizing questions by topic into vertical pillars. An introductory header band leads into three balanced domain columns (Architecture, Compliance, and Commercial). Each pillar is anchored by a 2px top border rule, an uppercase pillar label, a one-line orientation note, and three compact disclosure rows separated by hairlines.
The signature moment: three categorical pillars with top ruled accents and dense questions
Rather than a single flat list or broad horizontal bands, this pattern partitions inquiries into three equal-width columnar zones. Each column is distinguished by a top-anchored rule in currentColor, followed by an uppercase tracked category marker and a large pillar heading. Beneath each pillar heading, three concise core/details questions provide compact on-demand reading without dominating the vertical scroll height of the page.
Make it yoursVariations and the edits to make first
The variations
- Night pillars. The colour inversion axis: contrast ground, base text, and all top rules and internal hairlines following in
currentColor.
What you change first
- The pillar categories. Edit the three category titles (e.g. Architecture, Compliance, Commercial) to fit your product or service lines.
- The questions. Three disclosure questions per pillar. Keep question copy concise so summary lines remain uncluttered.
- The header. Tailor the section title and intro paragraph to your documentation scope.
Theme behaviourInheritance, fixed decisions and contrast
What it inherits from your theme
- Typeface. Heading and body font families from your theme.
- Palette.
baseandcontrasttoken fallback chains. - Spacing presets. Standard spacing tokens (
spacing|80,spacing|70,spacing|50,spacing|40,spacing|30,spacing|20).
What it decides for itself
- The three-pillar structure. Equal 33.33% column distribution.
- Pillar hierarchy. 2px top rule accent, tracked category eyebrow,
largepreset heading, and compactdetailsrows.
Contrast
All summary headings and body copy pass WCAG 2.1 AA contrast requirements against their respective backgrounds in both base and night variations.
Technical notesBlock mechanics, responsive behaviour and constraints
Mechanics worth knowing
- Three-column grid. Built with
core/columnsholding three 33.33% basis columns. Reflows responsively across desktop, tablet, and mobile views. - Top border anchor. The pillar header uses a group with
border-top-width: 2pxandborder-top-color: currentColor. It stays sharp and visible across both light and inverted dark modes without hardcoded hex values. - Compact disclosures. Uses native
core/detailsblocks with single-line summary questions and tight body typography, ensuring dense information density within each column track.
The markup
Core block markup and nothing else. Copy it, then paste it straight into the block editor: WordPress reads the delimiters and rebuilds the blocks.
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Variation: Night pillars
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