What are Gestalt Principles?

Gestalt principles describe how people group visual elements and perceive patterns, informing hierarchy and information architecture.

When to use Gestalt Principles?

- To establish clear grouping, hierarchy, and scannability in UIs

- To improve comprehension in dense views like lists, cards, and tablesWhen not to use Gestalt Principles?

- When proximity or similarity may cause harmful misinterpretation

- When you deliberately break contrast or hierarchy for emphasisWhat is the anatomy of Gestalt Principles?

- Proximity, Similarity, Continuity

- Closure, Common Fate, Figure–Ground

- Symmetry and good form (prägnanz)