Tag Change history
| Date | Changed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | GOV.UK Frontend v6.0.0 | Updated colours to align with the refreshed GOV.UK brand colours. |
| May 2025 | Guidance | Removed guidance on drag-and-drop interactions. |
| Jan 2024 | Guidance | Added guidance to advise against using tags for links, buttons or other interactive elements. Added guidance to explain that any drag-and-drop interactions must comply with accessibility guidance on dragging movements. |
| Dec 2023 | GOV.UK Frontend v5.0.0 | Updated tag text to be a larger size, regular weight and use sentence case. Updated colours to use lighter variants, to make tags easier to distinguish from buttons. |
| Dec 2021 | GOV.UK Frontend v4.0.0 | Replaced |
| Apr 2020 | Guidance | Updated guidance to explain why tag text should use adjectives. |
| Mar 2020 | GOV.UK Frontend v3.6.0 | Added colour modifier classes. |
| Aug 2018 | GOV.UK Frontend v1.3.0 | Adjusted vertical alignment of text when using GDS Transport font v1. |
| Jul 2018 | GOV.UK Frontend v1.1.0 | Added outline around tags in forced colours mode. |
| Jun 2018 | GOV.UK Frontend v1.0.0 | Component introduced. |