saleor-dashboard-microcopy

Design

Patterns for helper text, card subheaders, and inline links in Saleor Dashboard. Use when adding or styling hints below section titles, explanatory copy above form fields, microcopy with navigation links, or replacing buttons with guidance text. Covers DashboardCard.Subtitle and MicrocopyLink — not accent Link or body paragraphs.

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Saleor Dashboard Microcopy

Secondary explanatory copy under a title or field: subheaders, hints, helper text. Distinct from card titles, labels, and primary @dashboard/components/Link (accent navigation).

Subheader / hint text

Match Order Value and Order Weight card subtitles:

import { DashboardCard } from "@dashboard/components/Card";
import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";

<DashboardCard.Subtitle fontSize={3} color="default2">
  <FormattedMessage {...messages.hint} />
</DashboardCard.Subtitle>;

Do	Don't
`DashboardCard.Subtitle` + `fontSize={3}` + `color="default2"`	Bare `<FormattedMessage />` in card content (inherits wrong size/color)
Same style for all paragraphs in a hint block	`Text size={2}` or `size={3}` alone (drifts from card subtitle token)
`CardSpacer` between hint and the control below	Smaller gray `Text` for some lines and body text for others in the same block

Placement

Under DashboardCard.Title (in DashboardCard.Header): subtitle directly below title in a column Box — see OrderValue, OrderWeight.
Above a field inside DashboardCard.Content: subtitle before Multiselect / inputs — see ChannelsSection, WarehousesSection.
Below a field: subtitle after the control — see ShippingMethodTaxes tax-class hint.

Reference files

src/shipping/components/OrderValue/OrderValue.tsx
src/shipping/components/OrderWeight/OrderWeight.tsx
src/shipping/components/ShippingZoneSettingsCard/ChannelsSection.tsx
src/shipping/components/ShippingZoneSettingsCard/WarehousesSection.tsx
src/shipping/components/ShippingMethodTaxes/ShippingMethodTaxes.tsx

Inline links inside hints

Use MicrocopyLink (src/components/MicrocopyLink.tsx), not @dashboard/components/Link.

import { MicrocopyLink } from "@dashboard/components/MicrocopyLink";
import { sectionNames } from "@dashboard/intl";
import { warehouseListUrl } from "@dashboard/warehouses/urls";

<DashboardCard.Subtitle fontSize={3} color="default2">
  <FormattedMessage
    {...messages.createWarehouseHint}
    values={{
      link: (
        <MicrocopyLink to={warehouseListUrl()}>
          <FormattedMessage {...sectionNames.warehouses} />
        </MicrocopyLink>
      ),
    }}
  />
</DashboardCard.Subtitle>;

MicrocopyLink rules

Property	Value	Why
Color	`inherit`	Same gray as parent subtitle (`default2`) — not accent blue
Size	`__fontSize="inherit"`	Same size as surrounding sentence — not default `Text` size
Weight	`fontWeight="medium"`	Only visual difference from body of hint
Decoration	none; `textDecoration={{ hover: "underline" }}`	Underline on hover only

When to use which link

Component	Use for
`MicrocopyLink`	Links embedded in hint/subtitle sentences
`@dashboard/components/Link`	Standalone navigation, tables, actions (accent color OK)
`InternalLink` / `RouterLink` in custom `Text`	Avoid — duplicate styling; extend `MicrocopyLink` if a variant is needed

i18n

Define copy in defineMessages with description for translators.
Put the link target in values ({link}, {taxSettingsLink}, etc.); keep URL helpers in the component (warehouseListUrl(), taxClassesListUrl()).
Reuse sectionNames.* for configuration area names when linking to settings sections.

UX guidance (hints vs modals)

When backend rules make in-context creation fragile (e.g. warehouse must share a channel with the shipping zone), prefer hint + link to configuration over an inline create modal on the same page. State the constraint in subtitle copy; link to the list/create flow where the entity is fully configured.

Checklist

Hint uses DashboardCard.Subtitle fontSize={3} color="default2"
All hint paragraphs in the same block use the same subtitle wrapper
Inline links use MicrocopyLink with inherit color/size
No accent-colored links inside gray hint text
CardSpacer between hint blocks and form controls
Messages extracted with defineMessages + FormattedMessage

Related skills

Layout/spacing/tokens: saleor-dashboard-styles
Detail page structure: saleor-dashboard-detail-pages