# llimphi-widget-skeleton

Loading placeholder with a shimmer.

When a screen is loading content whose shape is predictable (say a list of 5
cards, or avatar + name + timestamp), a skeleton is more informative than a
spinner: the user already sees WHAT is coming, they just don't have the real
values yet.

The shimmer comes from a **gradient band that crosses** the rect left to right
cyclically. The stops are `[low, high, low]` over a band about 50% of the width,
with `Extend::Pad` by default — outside the band the rect stays at `low`, inside
it `high` paints the glint. It is the canonical Material/Apple pattern, more
legible than the previous uniform oscillation.

Like `spinner`, it needs the app to force periodic redraws for the animation to
run (typically `Handle::spawn_periodic(50ms, …)` while skeletons are visible).

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Part of **llimphi** — see [llimphi](../../README.md).