Design and build accessible digital services for Scotland
The Digital Scotland Design System provides static web assets for websites and web applications for the Scottish Government and other Scottish public sector bodies.
The Design System is open source and free to use.
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Latest updates
- New functionality added to the 'date picker' component: disabled dates and multiple text inputs for day, month and year 19 May 2023
- Added documentation about JavaScript in the Design System and how to use it 26 April 2023
- 'File download' component updated 28 February 2023
Styles
Best practice guidance and the basic design elements required to build functional and accessible user interfaces.
Components
Components are self-contained parts of a user interface that can be easily lifted and reused, such as a banner, breadcrumbs or button.
Patterns
Patterns use components to solve common problems and to help users complete a task or process.
Content standards
Best practice, guidance and tools for the creation of content to support the delivery of user-centred public services
Content standards on resources.mygov.scot
Digital Scotland Service Standard
The service standard is a set of 14 criteria that all organisations delivering public services should work towards.
Digital Scotland Service Standard on gov.scot
Github repository
Clone, fork or contribute to the Digital Scotland Design System.