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Cards

The Telerik UI Cards for ASP.NET MVC is a set of classes that define flexible content containers.

A card can consist of a header, a body, and actions and can also accommodate images, lists, groups, separators, and more.

To build a card, utilize the .k-card class, which enables you to use a wide variety of content.

<div class="k-card">
  ...
</div>

Building Blocks

The Card can accommodate the following elements:

The header of the Card is an optional element. To render a Card header, use the .k-card-header class which can include a title and a subtitle.

  • Adding a title requires you to set the .k-card-title class to an h element.
  • Adding a subtitle requires you to set the .k-card-subtitle class to an h element.
 <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-header">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
    </div>
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
</div>

You can also use titles and subtitles outside the header.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

Body

The main content of a card is the body which can be defined through the .k-card-body class.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <p>
            Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.
        </p>
    </div>
</div>

Actions

You can add a list of actions to a Card by using the .k-actions k-card-actions class.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-header">
        Card Header
    </div>
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

To achieve a consistent styling, each action can be wrapped in a .k-card-action container.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action">
            <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        </span>
        <span class="k-card-action">
            <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
        </span>
    </div>
</div>

The actions can be stretched to take the entire container by adding the .k-actions-stretched.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions k-actions-stretched">
        <span class="k-card-action">
            <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        </span>
        <span class="k-card-action">
            <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
        </span>
    </div>
</div>

The actions can also be forced to display vertically through the .k-actions-vertical class.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions k-actions-vertical">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span></span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span></span>
    </div>
</div>

Images

Cards support images through the .k-card-media class.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-header">
            Card Header
    </div>
    <img class="k-card-media" />
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
</div>

Separators

To include Card separators, use the .k-hr class.

<div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-columnset k-flex-auto">
        <div class="k-card-body">
            <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
            <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
            <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
        </div>
        <hr class="k-hr" />
        <div class="k-card-body">
            <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
            <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
            <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

Layout

Cards expose additional classes that are used for laying out series of cards.

Rendering Lists of Cards

To render cards that are detached from one another in a column, use the .k-card-list class.

    <div class="k-card-list">
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Rendering Groups of Cards

To render Cards that are attached to one another on a single row, use the .k-card-group class.

    <div class="k-card-group">
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Rendering Decks of Cards

To render Cards that are detached from one another on a single row, use the .k-card-deck class.

    <div class="k-card-deck">
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card" style="width: 300px;">
            <div class="k-card-body">
                <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
                <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Orientation

The Card content can be arranged vertically or horizontally through the .k-card-vertical and .k-card-horizontal classes:

<div class="k-card k-card-vertical k-text-center">
    <div class="k-card-header">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Sofia</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Sunny</h6>
    </div>
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <div>2&ordm;C</div>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions k-actions-stretched k-actions-horizontal">
        <button class="k-button k-flat">Action 1</button>
        <button class="k-button k-primary k-flat">Action 2</button>
    </div>
</div>

Types

The main advantage of the Card structure is the full customization of the desired layout. It allows you to define rich variety of columns, rows, images.

The sample below contains two different container layout options.

    <style>
        .cards-container {
            display: flex;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
            justify-content: space-between;
        }

        .k-card {
            margin: 5%;
            width: 300px;
        }
    </style>
      <div class="cards-container">
        <div class="k-card k-card-horizontal">
            <img alt="Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Cards Sofia cathedral" src="https://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-core/shared/web/cards/sofia.jpg" class="k-card-media"/>
            <div class="k-vbox k-column">
                <div class="k-card-header">
                    <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title</h5>
                    <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
                </div>
                <div class="k-card-body">
                    <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.</p>
                </div>
                <div class="k-actions k-card-actions k-actions-stretched k-actions-horizontal">
                    <span class="k-card-action">
                        <button class="k-button k-button-flat-base k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</button>
                    </span>
                    <span class="k-card-action">
                        <button class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</button>
                    </span>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="k-card k-card-horizontal">
            <div class="k-vbox k-column">
                <div class="k-card-header">
                    <h5 class="k-card-title">Horizontal Card with Header</h5>
                    <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Actions Center</h6>
                </div>
                <div class="k-card-body">
                    <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card's content.</p>
                </div>
                <div class="k-card-footer">
                    <span>Card Footer</span>
                </div>
            </div>
            <hr class="k-card-separator k-separator-vertical">
            <div class="k-actions k-card-actions k-actions-center k-actions-vertical">
                <button class="k-button k-button-flat-base k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</button>
                <button class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</button>
            </div>
        </div>

Styles

Cards provide predefined state classes that you can use to change the Card appearance.

<div class="k-card k-state-primary" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title Primary</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="k-card k-state-info" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title Info</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="k-card k-state-success" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title Success</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="k-card k-state-warning" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title Warning</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="k-card k-state-error" style="width: 300px;">
    <div class="k-card-body">
        <h5 class="k-card-title">Card Title Error</h5>
        <h6 class="k-card-subtitle">Card Subtitle</h6>
        <p>Some quick example text to build on the card title and make up the bulk of the card content.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="k-actions k-card-actions">
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 1</span>
        <span class="k-card-action"><span class="k-button k-button-flat-primary k-button-flat k-button-md k-rounded-md">Action 2</span>
    </div>
</div>

Drag and Drop Capability

Thanks to the Telerik Sortable integration, the Card is capable to provide the user with drag-n-drop functionality.

To achieve this behavior, you can use the following structure:

    <div id="list">
        <div class="cards-container">
            <div class="k-card">
                ... 
            </div>

            <div class="k-card">
               ...
            </div>
          </div>
      </div>

And then implement the kendoSortable logic:

    <script>
            $(document).ready( function () {
                $("#list").kendoSortable({
                    filter: ".k-card",
                    cursor: "move",
                    placeholder: function (element) {
                        return element.clone().css("opacity",  0.1);
                    },
                    hint: function (element) {
                        return element.clone().css("width", element.width()).removeClass("k-selected");
                    }
                });
            });
     </script>
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