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<Popover>

npm i @accessible/popover

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An accessible, "batteries included", popover component for React.

Features

• Several placement options You can render the popover anywhere! Top, top-left, bottom, center, inside, outside, literally anywhere!
• Containment policies The popover is configured to contain itself inside the window using a containment policy. It's also optional, so you can turn it off.
• Auto-repositioning Use the props repositionOnScroll or repositionOnResize to reposition the popover automatically when the scroll position or size of the window changes.
• Style-agnostic You can use this component with the styling library of your choice. It works with CSS-in-JS, SASS, plain CSS, plain style objects, anything!
• Portal-friendly The popover will render into React portals of your choice when configured to do so.
• a11y/aria-compliant This component works with screen readers out of the box and manages focus for you.

Quick Start

Check out the example on CodeSandbox

import {Popover, Target, Trigger} from '@accessible/popover'

const Component = () => (
  <Popover repositionOnScroll repositionOnResize>
    <Target placement="bottomLeft">
      <div className="my-popover">Hello world</div>
    </Target>

    <Trigger on="hover">
      <a href="/profile/me">
        <img src="avatar.jpg" />
      </a>
    </Trigger>
  </Popover>
)

API

Components

Component	Description
<Popover>	This component creates the context for your popover target and trigger and contains some configuration options.
<Target>	This component wraps any React element and turns it into a popover target.
<Trigger>	This component wraps any React element and turns it into a popover trigger.
<Close>	This is a convenience component that wraps any React element and adds an onClick handler to close the popover.

Hooks

Hook	Description
usePopover()	This hook provides the value of the popover's PopoverContextValue object.
useControls()	This hook provides access to the popover's open, close, toggle, and reposition functions.
usePlacement()	This hook provides access to the popover's rendered placement.
useIsOpen()	This hook provides access to the popover's isOpen value.

<Popover>

This component creates the context for your popover target and trigger and contains some configuration options.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Required?	Description
defaultOpen	boolean	false	No	This sets the default open state of the popover. By default the popover is closed.
open	boolean	undefined	No	You can control the open/closed state of the popover with this prop. When it isn't undefined, this value will take precedence over any calls to open(), close(), or toggle().
onChange	(isOpen: boolean) => void	undefined	No	This callback will be invoked each time the open state changes.
repositionOnResize	boolean	false	No	Setting this to true will update the position of the popover when the window's dimensions change and the popover is currently open.
repositionOnScroll	boolean	false	No	Setting this to true will update the position of the popover when the window's scroll position changes and the popover is currently open.
containPolicy	ContainPolicy	"flip"	No	This tells the popover what to do when it overflows outside the dimensions of the window. By default it will flip its position on both the x and y axis to attempt to remain within the bounds of the window. See ContainPolicy for more options.
id	string	undefined	No	By default this component creates a unique id for you, as it is required for certain aria attributes. Supplying an id here overrides the auto id feature.

ContainPolicy

Policy	Description
"flip"	This will attempt to flip its position on both the x and y axis to attempt to remain within the bounds of the window.
"flipX"	This will attempt to flip its position on only the x axis to attempt to remain within the bounds of the window.
"flipY"	This will attempt to flip its position on only the y axis to attempt to remain within the bounds of the window.
function	You can decide what to do with the popover on your own by providing a callback with the signature (placement: string, triggerRect: ClientRect, popoverRect: ClientRect) => Placement | PlacementResult where Placement is a string returning an alternative placement and PlacementResult is an object shaped {placement: Placement, style: CSSProperties}

<Target>

This component wraps any React element and turns it into a popover target.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Required?	Description
placement	Placement	"bottom"	No	This tells the target where it should render relative to its triggering element.
portal	boolean | string	false	No	When true this will render the popover into a React portal with the id #portals. You can render it into any portal by providing its query selector here, e.g. #foobar, [data-portal=true], or .foobar.
closeOnEscape	boolean	true	No	By default the popover will close when the Escape key is pressed. You can turn this off by providing false here.
closedClass	string	undefined	No	This class name will be applied to the child element when the popover is closed.
openClass	string	"popover--open"	No	This class name will be applied to the child element when the popover is open.
closedStyle	React.CSSProperties	undefined	No	These styles will be applied to the child element when the popover is closed in addition to the default styles that set the target's visibility.
openStyle	React.CSSProperties	undefined	No	These styles name will be applied to the child element when the popover is open in addition to the default styles that set the target's visibility.
children	React.ReactElement	undefined	Yes	The child is cloned by this component and has aria attributes injected into its props as well as the events defined above.

Placement

These are the default placements allowed by the popover relative to its triggering element

Placement	Description
top
topLeft
topRight
right
rightTop
rightBottom
bottom
bottomLeft
bottomRight
left
leftTop
leftBottom
innerTop
innerTopLeft
innerTopRight
innerRight
innerBottom
innerBottomLeft
innerBottomRight
innerLeft
center

Example

<Target placement="innerTopLeft">
  <div className="menu">Menu</div>
</Target>

// <div
//   class="menu"
//   aria-hidden="true"
//   aria-modal="false"
//   id="popover--foobar"
//   role="dialog"
//   style="position: fixed; visibility: hidden; right: 1024px; top: 0px;"
// >
//   Menu
// </div>

<Trigger>

This component wraps any React element and turns it into a popover trigger.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Required?	Description
on	"hover" | "click" | "focus"	undefined	Yes	"hover" causes the popover to open on mouseenter and close on mouseleave. "click" causes the popover to toggle its visibility each click event. "focus" causes the popover to open when the child element is focused while nothing happens on blur.
closedClass	string	undefined	No	This class name will be applied to the child element when the popover is closed.
openClass	string	undefined	No	This class name will be applied to the child element when the popover is open.
closedStyle	React.CSSProperties	undefined	No	These styles will be applied to the child element when the popover is closed.
openStyle	React.CSSProperties	undefined	No	These styles name will be applied to the child element when the popover is open.
children	React.ReactElement	undefined	Yes	The child is cloned by this component and has aria attributes injected into its props as well as the events defined above.

Example

<Trigger on="click">
  <button className="my-button">Popover me!</button>
</Trigger>

// <button
//   class="my-button"
//   aria-controls="popover--12"
//   aria-haspopup="dialog"
//   aria-expanded="false"
// >
//   Popover me!
// </button>

<Close>

This is a convenience component that wraps any React element and adds an onClick handler to close the popover.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Required?	Description
children	React.ReactElement	undefined	Yes	The child is cloned by this component and has aria attributes injected into its props as well as the events defined above.

<Close>
  <button className="my-button">Close me</button>
</Close>

// <button
//   class="my-button"
//   aria-controls="popover--12"
//   aria-haspopup="dialog"
//   aria-expanded="false"
// >
//   Close me
// </button>

usePopover()

This hook provides the value of the popover's PopoverContextValue object

Example

const Component = () => {
  const {open, close, toggle, isOpen} = usePopover()
  return <button onClick={toggle}>Toggle the popover</button>
}

PopoverContextValue

interface PopoverContextValue {
  // `true` when the popover is open and visible
  // `false` when closed
  isOpen: boolean
  // opens the popover
  open: () => void
  // closes the popover
  close: () => void
  // toggles the popover between open/closed states
  toggle: () => void
  // calling this forces the popover to reposition
  // itself to the specified placement
  reposition: (nextPlacement: Placement) => void
  // the ID of the popover target
  id: string
  // the style applied to the popover target
  style: React.CSSProperties
  // the rendered placement of the popover
  placement: Placement
  // sets the ref for the popover target
  targetRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | null>
  // sets the ref for the triggering element
  triggerRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | null>
  // this describes the events that cause the popover
  // to open
  triggeredBy: string | null
  // sets the `triggeredBy` variable above
  setTriggeredBy: (trigger: string) => void
}

usePlacement()

This hook provides access to the popover's rendered placement

Example

const Component = () => {
  const placement = usePlacement()
  return (
    <Target placement="top">
      <div className="my-popover">
        <span className={`arrow--${placement}`} />
      </div>
    </Target>
  )
}

useControls()

This hook provides access to the popover's open, close, toggle, and reposition functions

Example

const Component = () => {
  const {open, close, toggle} = useControls()
  return (
    <Target>
      <div className="my-popover">
        <button onClick={close}>Close me</button>
      </div>
    </Target>
  )
}

useIsOpen()

This hook provides access to the popover's isOpen value

Example

const Component = () => {
  const isOpen = useIsOpen()
  return (
    <Target>
      <div className="my-popover">Am I open? {isOpen ? 'Yes' : 'No'}</div>
    </Target>
  )
}

LICENSE

MIT