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react-native-popable

Popovers, tooltips for React Native.

🤖 Controlled and uncontrolled popovers

✍️ Customizable popover content (text, views)

🌐 Works on web, hover support

🙅‍♂️ No-dependency

🎒 Built with Typescript

👩‍🔬 Try the API sandbox

<Popablecontent="See profile"><Text>@eveningkid</Text></Popable>

Usage

npm install react-native-popable

If working with React Native Web, you'll need at least version 0.15.0. It introduced hover events for Pressable which is used internally.

Popable

Add a popover around a given component. Uses Popover internally.

Every property coming from Popover can be used the exact same way that with Popable.

import{Popable}from'react-native-popable';exportdefault()=>(<Popablecontent="See profile"><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable>);

Popable.children

What should serve as the popover trigger, basically any React element.

<Popablecontent="See profile"><Imagesource={{uri: ... }}style={{width: 50,height: 50}}/></Popable><Popablecontent="See profile"><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable>

content

Popover content: can be a string or any React element (text, views).

If you just want the popover, without all the outside logic that comes from Popable, use Popover instead.

<Popablecontent={<Viewstyle={{padding: 10,alignItems: 'center',justifyContent: 'center',backgroundColor: 'white'}}><Text>Anything :)</Text></View>}><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable><Popablecontent="See profile"><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable>

action

Upon what action should the popover be shown/dismissed: press, longpress or hover (web-only). Defaults to press.

<Popableaction="hover"content="See profile"><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable>

onAction

Callback to monitor the popover visibility state. Called whenever visible changes (even through Popover internal state). Useful for side-effects.

<PopableonAction={(visible)=>{if(visible){Analytics.pressedProfilePopover();}}}content="See profile"><Text>@morning_cafe</Text></Popable>

strictPosition

If the popover should be placed on the opposite side when it doesn't fit at the given position. If a popover is on the left of the screen and its position is left, the position will be turned to right by default. If strictPosition is true, the popover will remain on the left. Defaults to false.

<PopablestrictPosition={true}position="left">
@morning_cafe
</Popable>

style

Style the Popover component using any View style property.

<Popablestyle={{opacity: 0.8}}>@morning_cafe</Popable>

wrapperStyle

Style the wrapping View component using any View style property.

<PopablewrapperStyle={{flex: 1,display: 'flex'}}>@morning_cafe</Popable>

Popover

The UI component in Popable can also be used on its own.

import{Popover}from'react-native-popable';exportdefault()=><Popover>@morning_cafe</Popover>;

children

The popover content: will render text if a string is given or the given React elements otherwise.

<Popover>@morning_cafe</Popover><Popover><Imagesource={{uri: ... }}style={{width: 50,height: 50}}/></Popover>

animated

If the popover should animate when the visible property changes. Defaults to true.

<Popoveranimated={false}>@morning_cafe</Popover>

animationType

If the popover should bounce a little (spring) or not (timing). Defaults to timing.

<PopoveranimationType="spring">@morning_cafe</Popover>

backgroundColor

Background color for the popover and the caret.

<PopoverbackgroundColor="red">@morning_cafe</Popover>

caret

If the little caret (the "half-triangle") should be displayed. Defaults to true.

<Popovercaret={false}>@morning_cafe</Popover>

caretPosition

Position for the caret: left, center or right. Defaults to center.

<PopovercaretPosition="right">@morning_cafe</Popover>

forceInitialAnimation

If the popover should animate when it renders for the first time. This means that if visible is set to true, the popover will fade in after it mounted. Likewise, if visible is false, the popover will fade out. If this property is kept falsy, the popover will be displayed in its initial visibility state, without animating. It is very unlikely you would ever need this property. Defaults to false.

<PopoverforceInitialAnimation>@morning_cafe</Popover>

numberOfLines

Limit the number of lines if children is a string. Corresponds to Text.numberOfLines which clips text with ... if the given text is more than a number of lines.

<PopovernumberOfLines={1}>@morning_cafe_got_longer</Popover>

visible

If the popover should be visible. Will animate every value change if animated is true.

const[visible,setVisible]=useState(false);<Popovervisible={visible}>@morning_cafe</Popover><Buttontitle="Toggle visibility"onPress={()=>{setVisible((isVisible)=>!isVisible);}}/>

position

Position for the popover: top, right, bottom or left. Changes the caret position. Defaults to top.

<Popoverposition="right">@morning_cafe</Popover>

ViewProps

Every usual View property is available as well.

<PopoveronLayout={...}>@morning_cafe</Popover>

usePopable

If you need to imperatively control the Popable component, you can use the usePopable hook. It lets you show and hide the Popable without needing to manage state yourself.

You typically won't need to use this hook, since react-native-popable intelligently hides popovers when users press or hover away. However, it comes in handy for features like menus.

Usage

const[ref,{ hide, show }]=usePopable();return<Popableref={ref}/>

If you prefer to not use the array syntax, you can destructure like so:

const{ ref, hide, show }=usePopable();return<Popableref={ref}/>

Hide the Popable

If you're building a Popable menu, you'll want to hide the Popable when someone clicks a menu item.

importReactfrom'react';import{StyleSheet,View,Text}from'react-native';import{Popable,usePopable}from'react-native-popable';importMenufrom'./menu';exportdefaultfunctionApp(){const[ref,{ hide }]=usePopable();return(<Viewstyle={styles.container}><Popableref={ref}content={<MenuonPressMenuItem={()=>hide()}/>}><Text>Open Menu</Text></Popable></View>);}

Show the Popable

Similar to the example above, you can show the Popable imperatively:

importReactfrom'react';import{StyleSheet,View,Text}from'react-native';import{Popable,usePopable}from'react-native-popable';importMenufrom'./menu';exportdefaultfunctionApp(){const[ref,{ show, hide }]=usePopable();return(<Viewstyle={styles.container}><Buttontitle="Open Menu"onPress={()=>show()}/><Popableref={ref}content={<MenuonPressMenuItem={()=>hide()}/>}><Text>Menu</Text></Popable></View>);}

This is a rare use-case, since you'll typically use the children as the trigger of your Popable.

Contributing

See the contributing guide to learn how to contribute to the repository and the development workflow.

License

MIT © eveningkid

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