Import the component's JavaScript module, use the component in your HTML, and control it with JavaScript, just like you would with a built-in element such as <button>:

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>My Example App</title>

    <!-- Add support for Web Components to older browsers. -->
    <script src="./node_modules/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-loader.js"></script>

    <!-- Your application must load the Roboto and Material Icons fonts. -->
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500" rel="stylesheet">
  <body>
    <!-- Use Web Components in your HTML like regular built-in elements. -->
    <ct-button id="myButton" raised>Click Me!</ct-button>

    <!-- The Conectate Elements use standard JavaScript modules. -->
    <script type="module">
      // Importing this module registers <ct-button> as an element that you
      // can use in this page.
      //
      // ====================================================================
      // Note this import is a BARE MODULE specifier, so it must be converted
      // to a path using a server such as es-dev-server.
      // ====================================================================
      import '@conectate/components/ct-button';

      // Standard DOM APIs work with Web Components just like they do for
      // built-in elements.
      const button = document.querySelector('#myButton');
      button.addEventListener('click', () => {
        alert('You clicked!');
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

3) Serve

Serve your HTML with any server or build process that supports bare module specifier resolution (see next section):

npm install -g vite
vite

Bare module specifiers

The Conectate Elements are published as standard JavaScript modules that use bare module specifiers. Bare module specifiers are not yet supported by browsers, so it is necessary to use a tool that transforms them to a path (for example from @conectate/components/ct-button to ./node_modules/@conectate/components/dist/ct-button/ct-button.js).

Deep imports (optional)

If you need a specific internal module, you can deep import it as long as it exists in the published dist/ output, for example:

// for ct-button.js
import "@conectate/components/ct-button";
// Import subpath components
import "@conectate/components/ct-button/ct-button-menu.js";
import "@conectate/components/ct-icon/ct-icon-button.js";

Note: deep imports are more coupled to internal file layout. Prefer @conectate/components/<component> when possible.

Development (this repo)

pnpm install
pnpm demo

Build output is generated into dist/:

pnpm build

Two great choices for tools that do this are:

During local development, use open-wc's es-dev-server with the --node-resolve flag.
For your production deployment, build your application with Webpack or Rollup with the rollup-plugin-node-resolve plugin.

Fonts

Most applications should include the following tags in their main HTML file to ensure that text and icons render correctly:

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500" rel="stylesheet" />

The Conectate Elements default to using the Roboto font for text. This fonts are not automatically loaded, so it is the application's responsiblity to ensure that they are loaded.

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Package last updated on 21 Dec 2025

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