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law-of-closure

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Apply the Law of Closure — the eye completes implied shapes from partial forms. Use when reducing visual weight by dropping borders or letting negative space suggest structure. For explicit containers, use `law-of-common-region`.

When to use

• The container boundary is the primary grouping signal, not supplementary
• The element is interactive and the boundary defines its hit area
• The design will render in contexts where whitespace or spacing may collapse (email, dense data tables)

When not to use

• explicit containers
• primary grouping signals
• interactive elements where boundary defines hit area
• contexts where whitespace may collapse

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