Tweet-style Card

Display social media posts, status updates, or short messages in the familiar style of a modern microblogging platform.

This component mimics the UI of a "tweet," making it instantly recognizable to users. It's a complete card featuring an author byline, post content, an optional image preview, timestamp, and a full set of action buttons.

Screenshot of a social media card designed to look like a tweet, with action buttons.

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About this Component

This is a CSS-only template that structures content to look like a post on X (formerly Twitter). It uses Flexbox extensively for alignment, ensuring that the author info, main content, and the row of action buttons are all laid out correctly and responsively. Color-coded hover states on the action buttons provide clear interactive feedback.

Features

Familiar UI: The design closely resembles a tweet/X post, making it intuitive for users.
Full Action Bar: Includes icon-and-text buttons for Reply, Retweet/Repost, Like, and View counts, with themed hover colors.
Optional Media Preview: The card is designed to gracefully accommodate an optional image preview.
Semantic Structure: Uses semantic article, header, and footer tags for a well-organized and accessible structure.

Code Breakdown

HTML Structure

The entire component is wrapped in an article tag. The header contains the user's avatar img and a div with their name and handle. The main post content is a simple p tag, followed by an optional linked img for media. A div displays the clickable time element. The footer houses the action buttons.

CSS Styling

The header and footer are both styled with display: flex. In the header, this places the avatar and user info side-by-side. In the footer (.tweet-actions), justify-content: space-around distributes the action buttons evenly across the width of the card. The colored hover effects on the action buttons are achieved by adding modifier classes (e.g., action-like) and defining a :hover pseudo-class for each one to change its color.

Code

Here is the complete, self-contained code. You can easily adapt it for an activity feed, social media clone, or any place you need to display short, user-generated posts.

<style>
/* This is an optional body style to provide a background for the page */
body {
    background-color: #f3f4f6;
    font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif;
}

/* Optional: a container to center the card on the page for demonstration */
.demo-container-tweet {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    padding: 2rem;
}

/* === Tweet Card Styles === */
.tweet-card {
    --tweet-radius: 12px;
    --tweet-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.06);

background-color: #ffffff;
    border-radius: var(--tweet-radius);
    box-shadow: var(--tweet-shadow);
    max-width: 550px;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 1.25rem;
    border: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
}

.tweet-header {
    display: flex;
    gap: 0.75rem;
    margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
}
.tweet-avatar {
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    flex-shrink: 0;
}
.tweet-author-info {
    line-height: 1.3;
}
.tweet-author-name {
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #111827;
}
.tweet-author-handle {
    color: #6b7280;
}

/* Tweet content */
.tweet-content {
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #1f2937;
    margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
}

/* Optional image preview */
.tweet-image-container {
    display: block;
    margin: 1rem 0;
    border-radius: 12px;
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid #e5e7eb;
}
.tweet-image {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    display: block;
}

/* Timestamp */
.tweet-timestamp {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    color: #6b7280;
    padding: 1rem 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #f3f4f6;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #f3f4f6;
    margin: 1rem 0;
}
.tweet-timestamp a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.tweet-timestamp a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Action bar */
.tweet-actions {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-around;
    align-items: center;
}
.tweet-action-btn {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 0.5rem;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    padding: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 0.875rem;
    color: #6b7280;
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}
.tweet-action-btn svg {
    width: 20px;
    height: 20px;
}
/* Hover colors for actions */
.tweet-action-btn.action-reply:hover { color: #3b82f6; }
.tweet-action-btn.action-retweet:hover { color: #16a34a; }
.tweet-action-btn.action-like:hover { color: #ef4444; }

</style>

<div class="demo-container-tweet">
    <article class="tweet-card" aria-label="Tweet">
        <header class="tweet-header">
            <img src="https://placehold.co/96x96/7dd3fc/ffffff/png?text=CR" class="tweet-avatar" alt="Avatar of Caspian Reed">
            <div class="tweet-author-info">
                <span class="tweet-author-name">Caspian Reed</span>
                <span class="tweet-author-handle">@caspian_dev</span>
            </div>
        </header>

<p class="tweet-content">
            Working with CSS custom properties (variables) has completely changed my workflow. The ability to theme an entire application just by changing a few values is a game-changer. Highly underrated for large-scale projects.
        </p>

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