---
category: Display
created: '2019-11-27'
description: Create dot leaders with CSS flexbox
keywords: css dot leader, css flexbox
thumbnail: /assets/css-layout/thumbnails/dot-leader.png
title: Dot leader
---

## HTML

```html index.html
<div class="dot-leader">
    <!-- Left side -->
    <div>...</div>

    <!-- Dots -->
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>

    <!-- Right side -->
    <div>...</div>
</div>
```

## CSS

```css styles.css
.dot-leader {
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}

.dot-leader__dots {
    /* Bottom border */
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #d1d5db;

    /* Take remaining width */
    flex: 1;

    /* Spacing */
    margin: 0 0.25rem;
}
```

<Playground>
```css placeholders.css hidden
.circle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 9999px;
    height: var(--circle-size);
    width: var(--circle-size);
}
.circle--sm {
    --circle-size: 0.5rem;
}
.circle--md {
    --circle-size: 1.5rem;
}
.circle--lg {
    --circle-size: 4rem;
}
.rectangle {
    background: #d1d5db;
    border-radius: 0.25rem;
    height: var(--rectangle-height);
    width: var(--rectangle-width);
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-width: 20%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-width: 40%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-width: 60%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-width: 80%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-width: 100%;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-height: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-height: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--hor.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-height: 4rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--20 {
    --rectangle-height: 20%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--40 {
    --rectangle-height: 40%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--60 {
    --rectangle-height: 60%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--80 {
    --rectangle-height: 80%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--100 {
    --rectangle-height: 100%;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--sm {
    --rectangle-width: 0.5rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--md {
    --rectangle-width: 2rem;
}
.rectangle--ver.rectangle--lg {
    --rectangle-width: 4rem;
}
```

```css styles.css hidden
body {
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
}
.dot-leader {
    width: 16rem;
    /* Center the content */
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    margin: 1rem 0;
}

.dot-leader__dots {
    /* Bottom border */
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #d1d5db;

    /* Take remaining width */
    flex: 1;

    /* Spacing */
    margin: 0 0.25rem;
}
```

```html index.html hidden
<div class="dot-leader">
    <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>
    <div class="circle circle--sm"></div>
</div>

<div class="dot-leader">
    <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--60"></div>
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>
    <div class="circle circle--sm"></div>
</div>

<div class="dot-leader">
    <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--80"></div>
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>
    <div class="circle circle--sm"></div>
</div>

<div class="dot-leader">
    <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--40"></div>
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>
    <div class="circle circle--sm"></div>
</div>

<div class="dot-leader">
    <div class="rectangle rectangle--hor rectangle--sm rectangle--20"></div>
    <div class="dot-leader__dots"></div>
    <div class="circle circle--sm"></div>
</div>
```
</Playground>