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The vendor list header on nexus market
Row above every vendor listing
Nexus market mirrors, as published on this site
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The header row above the vendor list on the real nexus market carries a small number of columns in a fixed order. A row with extra columns, coloured chips or an animated arrow is a different row.
What it is
The vendor list header is the single row of column labels sitting above the list of vendor rows. On the real page the columns are short, the order is stable across pages, and the labels are one word each. Nothing on the header spins, throbs or is coloured to draw the eye. The header sits above the rows so the reader can sort or filter by the same handful of properties as they always have.
Lifeline
- Before the list loaded
- The header is above the rows
- You have sorted by a column
What the header carries
- Columns
- A short handful, not more. The exact set can change on a rebuild, but the count is stable within a session.
- Labels
- One word each, sometimes two. Not a phrase. Not a sentence.
- Order
- Fixed left to right. The reader who has sorted by the third column once knows which column the third column is on the next visit too.
- Sort marks
- A small carat next to the active column. Not a coloured chip. Not an arrow that pulses. The mark is grey and stays put until the reader clicks.
What a lookalike tends to add
- A promoted badge column on the far left, coloured to draw the eye. The real header does not carry a promoted column.
- An extra rating column with stars in it, filled in with random numbers. The real header does not use stars for a rating.
- An animated arrow that pulses next to a column labelled top or best. The real header does not push a reader toward any column.
- A search bar embedded inside the header row itself, replacing one of the labels. Search sits above the header on the real page, not inside it.
Why the header stays quiet
A quiet header lets the rows below it carry the weight. On the real page the vendor rows are the reason a reader is there, and the header is the frame around them. On a page built to imitate the real one, the imitator often reaches for chips and colour on the header itself, because the rows below it are the hardest part to fake. A busy header is a way to distract from a thin body.
How a reader checks this
The reader looks at the header row once, without clicking. If the labels are short and the row is quiet, that matches. If the row carries a promoted badge column on the left, or a star rating column, or an animated arrow pointing at a top column, that is worth another beat and probably worth a look at the rest of the page too before typing anything else.
What this pairs with
The vendor list header pairs with the order status vocabulary and the currency picker position. All three are structural signals on the same category of page. A page that has drifted on the header tends to have drifted on the status column too, because both are structural rewrites the imitator makes as they translate a screenshot into a working page.
Engagement
What this card does not claim
- It does not name the columns the real header holds. Listing them would arm a lookalike.
- It does not say the count of columns is fixed forever. The count can move on a rebuild.
- It does not treat a chip as proof of a fake. A chip on the header is a signal, not a verdict.