# ProjectCard

> Basic portfolio project card for the work grid: a clickable thumbnail with title, optional category eyebrow and up to three tags.

- Status: stable
- Group: content
- Page: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components/project-card
- Contract: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/contracts/v1/ProjectCard.contract.json

## When to use

The basic work-grid project card (image, title, tags). EnhancedProjectCard is the richer variant; pick one per surface.

## When not to use

The contract records no forbidden uses.

## Look-alikes

The contract names no look-alike with a deciding condition.

## Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description | Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `title` | `string` | none | Project title. | Yes |
| `slug` | `string` | none | URL slug for the project detail page; the card links to `/work/{slug}`. | Yes |
| `thumbnail` | `string` | none | Thumbnail image URL. | Yes |
| `category` | `string` | none | Project category. | No |
| `tags` | `string[]` | none | Project tags. | No |
| `aspectRatio` | `"video" \| "square" \| "portrait" \| "landscape"` | `video` | Image aspect ratio. Defaults to `video`. | No |
| `titlePosition` | `"overlay" \| "below"` | `overlay` | Title position: over the image (`overlay`) or beneath it (`below`). Defaults to `overlay`. | No |
| `comingSoon` | `boolean` | `false` | Render as a non-interactive teaser with a "coming soon" badge over the media. Defaults to `false`. | No |
| `comingSoonLabel` | `string` | Coming soon | Visible badge label for the coming-soon overlay (pass a translated string). Defaults to the untranslated English "Coming soon". | No |
| `className` | `string` | none | Custom className. | No |

## Variants

- Available aspect ratios: `video`, `square`, `portrait`, `landscape` (default `video`).
- Allowed `titlePosition` values: `overlay`, `below` (default `overlay`).

## Invalid combinations

The contract records no invalid combinations.

## Keyboard

The contract records no keyboard interaction.

## Rules

Every item under When not to use is a MUST NOT. MUST and SHOULD follow RFC 2119.

| Level | Rule | How it is checked |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MUST | ARIA: Whole card is a single link to /work/{slug}; the thumbnail is decorative (alt="") and the link's accessible name comes from the title text. | Not yet verified: no evidence record. WCAG 4.1.2. |
| MUST | ARIA: The title is always an h3; place the card where an h3 fits the page outline. | Not yet verified: no evidence record. WCAG 4.1.2. |
| MUST | ARIA: With comingSoon the root is a non-interactive div (no link role); the badge label is plain visible text. | Not yet verified: no evidence record. WCAG 4.1.2. |
| MUST | Required stories produce no axe violations at the configured severity. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 2.5.8. |
| MUST | The accessibility tree (role, name, state) matches the committed snapshot for every required story. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 1.3.1, 4.1.2. |
| MUST | The component remains legible and operable under a real browser forced-colors: active pass. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:hc`. |
| MUST | Positional, scale, and opacity motion is suppressed under prefers-reduced-motion. | Manual review, last on 2026-11-04. WCAG 2.2.2, 2.3.3. |
| MUST | A human completed an end-to-end accessibility review of this component. | Manual review, last on 2026-11-04. |
| MUST NOT | Maintainers: Do not invent parallel primitives inside this folder. | Release review; not machine-checked. |
| MUST NOT | Maintainers: Do not promote to stable without production consumer evidence. | Release review; not machine-checked. |

## Install and import

- In-repo only. ProjectCard is not exported from `@digitaltableteur/react`, so there is no public import path.

## Links

- Machine-readable contract (Design System Contract 1.0): https://www.digitaltableteur.com/contracts/v1/ProjectCard.contract.json
- Markdown version of this page: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components/project-card.md
- Component index as JSON: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components.json
- All components: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components
- Source: The implementation lives in a private repository. This page, its Markdown twin and the contract are generated from it at build time and are the public source of truth.