@material/react-floating-label

React Floating Label

A React version of an MDC Floating Label.

Installation

npm install @material/react-floating-label

Usage

Styles

with Sass:

import '@material/react-floating-label/index.scss';

with CSS:

import '@material/react-floating-label/dist/floating-label.css';

Positioning

React Floating Label is meant to be used with other Components, specifically input type elements. Floating label is positioned absolute, which requires the parent element to be position relative.

Shake Label

To shake the label you'll need to add a ref to the <FloatingLabel /> element. Using the ref, you can then call shake() to start the shake animation. Ex:

import FloatingLabel from '@material/react-floating-label';

class MyComponent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    // createRef was introduce in React v16.3
    // https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html#creating-refs
    this.floatingLabelElement = React.createRef();
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <FloatingLabel ref={this.floatingLabelElement}/>
        My Label
      </FloatingLabel>
    );
  }

  // ... later in code ...

  this.floatingLabelElement.current.shake();
}

Label Width

Label width is set during mount, and is calculated from the offsetWidth property. The Component will call handleWidthChange() when mounted. handleWidthChange() will execute with a new width value if this.props.children changes.

<FloatingLabel
  handleWidthChange={(width) => this.setState({width})}
>
  My Label
</FloatingLabel>

Props

Prop Name	Type	Description
className	String	Classes to be applied to the root element.
handleWidthChange	Function	Callback method to pass the width to a parent Component.
float	Boolean	Floats label depending on value passed.

Sass Mixins

Sass mixins may be available to customize various aspects of the components. Please refer to the MDC Web repository for more information on what mixins are available, and how to use them.

Advanced Sass Mixins