A Low, Medium, High thinking effort control: the thumb glides between choices, the thinking budget bar stretches from 4k to 32k tokens with a live counter, and the hint under it rolls to match.
Also known as: reasoning effort toggle, thinking budget slider, low medium high selector.
<div class="aia-effort-level-selector" role="status" aria-label="Thinking effort selector moving between Low, Medium and High">
<div class="aia-effort-level-selector-head"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 3.5l1.9 5.1 5.1 1.9-5.1 1.9L12 17.5l-1.9-5.1L5 10.5l5.1-1.9z"/></svg><b>Thinking effort</b><span class="aia-effort-level-selector-tok" aria-hidden="true"></span></div>
<div class="aia-effort-level-selector-seg" aria-hidden="true">
<i class="aia-effort-level-selector-thumb"></i>
<span style="--k: 0">Low</span><span style="--k: 1">Medium</span><span style="--k: 2">High</span>
</div>
<div class="aia-effort-level-selector-track" aria-hidden="true"><i></i></div>
<div class="aia-effort-level-selector-hint" aria-hidden="true"><span style="--k: 0">Quick answers, lowest latency</span><span style="--k: 1">Balanced depth and speed</span><span style="--k: 2">Deep reasoning for hard problems</span></div>
</div>@property --aia-effort-level-selector-e {
syntax: "<number>";
inherits: true;
initial-value: 0;
}
@property --aia-effort-level-selector-k {
syntax: "<integer>";
inherits: false;
initial-value: 4;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector {
--c: var(--aia-color, #7c5cff);
font-size: var(--aia-size, 16px);
font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
line-height: 1.4;
position: relative;
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 0.9em 1em;
border-radius: 0.9em;
background: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 3%, transparent);
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 11%, transparent), 0 0.1em 0.2em color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 4%, transparent), 0 0.9em 2em -1.1em rgb(0 0 0 / 0.3);
--d: 8s;
--e: var(--aia-effort-level-selector-e);
--budget: calc(4 + 12 * min(var(--e), 1) + 16 * max(var(--e) - 1, 0));
width: 20em;
padding: 0.85em 0.95em 0.8em;
animation: aia-effort-level-selector-clock var(--d) cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) infinite;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-head {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.4em;
font-size: 0.82em;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-head svg {
width: 1.1em;
height: 1.1em;
color: var(--c);
fill: currentColor;
stroke: none;
transform: rotate(calc(var(--e) * 45deg)) scale(calc(0.85 + var(--e) * 0.12));
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-head b {
margin-right: auto;
font-weight: 600;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-tok {
color: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 55%, transparent);
font: 500 0.92em ui-monospace, "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
--aia-effort-level-selector-k: var(--budget);
counter-reset: k var(--aia-effort-level-selector-k);
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-tok::before { content: counter(k) "k tokens"; }
.aia-effort-level-selector-seg {
position: relative;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
margin: 0.6em 0 0.75em;
padding: 0.22em;
border-radius: 0.7em;
background: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 6%, transparent);
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 8%, transparent);
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-thumb {
position: absolute;
left: 0.22em;
top: 0.22em;
bottom: 0.22em;
width: calc((100% - 0.44em) / 3);
border-radius: 0.5em;
background: var(--c);
box-shadow: 0 0.3em 0.8em -0.3em color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 80%, transparent);
transform: translateX(calc(var(--e) * 100%));
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-seg span {
--on: clamp(0, 1 - max(var(--e) - var(--k), var(--k) - var(--e)) * 1.6, 1);
position: relative;
padding: 0.4em 0;
color: color-mix(in srgb, #fff calc(var(--on) * 100%), color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 58%, transparent));
font-size: 0.8em;
font-weight: 600;
text-align: center;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-track {
position: relative;
height: 0.45em;
border-radius: 999em;
background:
linear-gradient(90deg, transparent calc(12.5% - 1px), color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 22%, transparent) 0 12.5%, transparent 0 calc(50% - 1px), color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 22%, transparent) 0 50%, transparent 0) ,
color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 8%, transparent);
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-track i {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
width: calc(var(--budget) / 32 * 100%);
overflow: hidden;
border-radius: inherit;
background: linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 55%, transparent), var(--c));
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-track i::after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgb(255 255 255 / 0.55), transparent) 0 0 / 40% 100% no-repeat;
animation: aia-effort-level-selector-glint 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-hint {
display: grid;
margin-top: 0.5em;
color: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 55%, transparent);
font-size: 0.74em;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-hint span {
--on: clamp(0, 1 - max(var(--e) - var(--k), var(--k) - var(--e)) * 2, 1);
grid-area: 1 / 1;
opacity: var(--on);
transform: translateY(calc((var(--k) - var(--e)) * 0.6em));
}
@keyframes aia-effort-level-selector-clock {
0%, 18% { --aia-effort-level-selector-e: 0; }
28%, 46% { --aia-effort-level-selector-e: 1; }
56%, 82% { --aia-effort-level-selector-e: 2; }
94%, 100% { --aia-effort-level-selector-e: 0; }
}
@keyframes aia-effort-level-selector-glint {
from { background-position: -50% 0; }
to { background-position: 160% 0; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.aia-effort-level-selector {
animation: none;
--aia-effort-level-selector-e: 1;
}
.aia-effort-level-selector-track i::after { animation: none; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.aia-effort-level-selector, .aia-effort-level-selector *, .aia-effort-level-selector::before, .aia-effort-level-selector::after, .aia-effort-level-selector *::before, .aia-effort-level-selector *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}--aia-color on the element or a parent.
Currently previewing #3b82f6.--aia-size. Every other dimension is in
em, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing 16px.transition or animation
shorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm.