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A three-column architectural layout organizing questions by topic into vertical pillars. A centred header leads into three balanced columns, each anchored by a top rule, an uppercase pillar label, a one-line orientation note, and three compact disclosure questions separated by hairlines.

States no colour and no font of its own.

Variation
ThemePreview size
As authoredColour
Twenty Twenty-Five·1280px

Manrope typefacergb(255, 255, 255) ground1280px viewport

Start here

What you change first

  1. The pillar categories. Edit the three category titles (e.g.
  2. The questions. Three disclosure questions per pillar.
  3. 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

  1. The pillar categories. Edit the three category titles (e.g. Architecture, Compliance, Commercial) to fit your product or service lines.
  2. The questions. Three disclosure questions per pillar. Keep question copy concise so summary lines remain uncluttered.
  3. 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. base and contrast token 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, large preset heading, and compact details rows.

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/columns holding 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: 2px and border-top-color: currentColor. It stays sharp and visible across both light and inverted dark modes without hardcoded hex values.
  • Compact disclosures. Uses native core/details blocks with single-line summary questions and tight body typography, ensuring dense information density within each column track.

The markup

25KB of core-block markup, 7 blocks (column, columns, details, group, heading, paragraph, separator), and nothing else: paste it into the block editor and it becomes editable blocks wearing your theme.

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