Accent color
# Shimmer
**Also known as:** Skeleton
## Description
Shimmer is a temporary animation placeholder for when a service call takes time to return data and you don't want to block rendering the rest of the UI.
## Parameters
| Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :------------ | :---------- |
| Background | `BitColor?` | null | The background color of the container of the shimmer. |
| ChildContent | `RenderFragment?` | null | The content that will be shown when the Loaded parameter changes to true. |
| Circle | `bool` | false | Renders the shimmer as circle instead of a rectangle. |
| Classes | `BitShimmerClassStyles?` | null | Custom CSS classes for different parts of the BitShimmer. |
| Color | `BitColor?` | null | The color of the animated part of the shimmer. |
| Content | `RenderFragment?` | null | Alias of ChildContent. |
| Delay | `int?` | null | The animation delay value in ms. |
| Duration | `int?` | null | The animation duration value in ms. |
| Height | `string?` | null | The shimmer height value. |
| Loaded | `bool` | false | Controls when the shimmer is swapped with actual data through an animated transition. |
| Pulse | `bool` | false | Changes the animation type of the shimmer to pulse. |
| Styles | `BitShimmerClassStyles?` | null | Custom CSS styles for different parts of the BitShimmer. |
| Template | `RenderFragment?` | null | The custom template to replace the default shimmer container and animation. |
| Width | `string?` | null | The shimmer width value. |
| AriaLabel | `string?` | null | Gets or sets the accessible label for the component, used by assistive technologies. |
| Class | `string?` | null | Gets or sets the CSS class name(s) to apply to the rendered element. |
| Dir | `BitDir?` | null | Gets or sets the text directionality for the component's content. |
| ForceAnimation | `bool` | false | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the component's animations play at their full duration even when reduced motion is requested. |
| HtmlAttributes | `Dictionary<string, object>` | new Dictionary<string, object>() | Captures additional HTML attributes to be applied to the rendered element, in addition to the component's parameters. |
| Id | `string?` | null | Gets or sets the unique identifier for the component's root element. |
| IsEnabled | `bool` | true | Gets or sets a value indicating whether the component is enabled and can respond to user interaction. |
| Style | `string?` | null | Gets or sets the CSS style string to apply to the rendered element. |
| TabIndex | `string?` | null | Gets or sets the tab order index for the component when navigating with the keyboard. |
| Visibility | `BitVisibility` | BitVisibility.Visible | Gets or sets the visibility state (visible, hidden, or collapsed) of the component. |
## Public Members
| Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :------------ | :---------- |
| UniqueId | `Guid` | Guid.NewGuid() | Gets the readonly unique identifier for the component's root element, assigned when the component instance is constructed. |
| RootElement | `ElementReference` | | Gets the reference to the root HTML element associated with this component. |
## Enums
### BitColor Enum
| Name | Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :---------- |
| Primary | 0 | Info Primary general color. |
| Secondary | 1 | Secondary general color. |
| Tertiary | 2 | Tertiary general color. |
| Info | 3 | Info general color. |
| Success | 4 | Success general color. |
| Warning | 5 | Warning general color. |
| SevereWarning | 6 | SevereWarning general color. |
| Error | 7 | Error general color. |
| PrimaryBackground | 8 | Primary background color. |
| SecondaryBackground | 9 | Secondary background color. |
| TertiaryBackground | 10 | Tertiary background color. |
| PrimaryForeground | 11 | Primary foreground color. |
| SecondaryForeground | 12 | Secondary foreground color. |
| TertiaryForeground | 13 | Tertiary foreground color. |
| PrimaryBorder | 14 | Primary border color. |
| SecondaryBorder | 15 | Secondary border color. |
| TertiaryBorder | 16 | Tertiary border color. |
### BitVisibility Enum
| Name | Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :---------- |
| Visible | 0 | The content of the component is visible. |
| Hidden | 1 | The content of the component is hidden, but the space it takes on the page remains (visibility:hidden). |
| Collapsed | 2 | The component is hidden (display:none). |
### BitDir Enum
| Name | Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :---------- |
| Ltr | 0 | Ltr (left to right) is to be used for languages that are written from the left to the right (like English). |
| Rtl | 1 | Rtl (right to left) is to be used for languages that are written from the right to the left (like Arabic). |
| Auto | 2 | Auto lets the user agent decide. It uses a basic algorithm as it parses the characters inside the element until it finds a character with a strong directionality, then applies that directionality to the whole element. |
## Sub Classes
### BitShimmerClassStyles Properties
| Name | Type | Default Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :------------ | :---------- |
| Root | `string?` | null | Custom CSS classes/styles for the root element of the BitShimmer. |
| Content | `string?` | null | Custom CSS classes/styles for the content of the BitShimmer. |
| ShimmerWrapper | `string?` | null | Custom CSS classes/styles for the shimmer wrapper of the BitShimmer. |
| Shimmer | `string?` | null | Custom CSS classes/styles for the shimmer of the BitShimmer. |
## Examples
\n**Basic**:
```razor
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\n**Loaded**:
```razor
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