@smastrom/react-rating

React Rating

Zero dependency, highly customizable rating component for React.

Demo and Examples — NextJS Page Router — Vite

Features

• Use any SVG: No headaches, icon fonts or packages to install in order to use your favorite shapes.
• Endless possibilities of customization
• Most common rating shapes included
• Zero-config smart half-fill
• Dead simple per-active-item styling
• Built with accessibility in mind
• Truly responsive and mobile-first
• Controllable with React Hook Form
• Simple DOM structure
• Zero-config RTL support
• Works with SSR

Installation

pnpm add @smastrom/react-rating

yarn add @smastrom/react-rating

npm i @smastrom/react-rating

Usage

1. Import CSS and Rating component

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css'

Importing the CSS only once (most likely main.js or App.jsx) is enough to use Rating in any other component of your App.

Remix

app/root.tsx

import styles from '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css';

export function links() {
  return [{ rel: 'stylesheet', href: styles }];
}

export default function App() {
  // ...

in any page.tsx

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating';

export default function Index() {
  // ...

NextJS 13 - App Router

Interactive rating

app/layout.tsx

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css'

components/Rating.tsx

'use client'

import { useState } from 'react'
import { Rating as ReactRating } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

export function Rating() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return <ReactRating style={{ maxWidth: 100 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} />
}

in any page/component:

import { Rating } from './components/Rating'

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div>
      {/* Other nodes... */}
      <Rating />
      {/* Other nodes... */}
    </div>
  )
}

Non-interactive rating

app/layout.tsx

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css'

in any page/component:

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div>
      {/* Other nodes... */}
      <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 100 }} value={3} readOnly />
      {/* Other nodes... */}
    </div>
  )
}

NextJS - Pages Router

pages/_app.js

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css';

function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
  // ...

in any page/component:

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating';

export default function Home() {
  // ...

Gatsby

gatsby-browser.js - Create the file at the root of your project if it doesn't exist, and relaunch the dev server.

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css'

in any page/component:

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating';

const IndexPage = () => {
  // ...

Vite

main.jsx

import '@smastrom/react-rating/style.css'

in any component:

import { Rating } from '@smastrom/react-rating';

function App() {
  // ...

2. Give it a max-width and init the state

Since Rating will span across the entire container, define a maximum width via inline styles or css class:

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0) // Initial value

  return <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 250 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} />
}

CSS Class

my-styles.css

.my-rating-class {
  max-width: 600px;
}

App.jsx

import './my-styles.css'

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return <Rating className="my-rating-class" value={rating} onChange={setRating} />
}

API

Legend

Color	Description
:green_circle:	Has always effect
:large_blue_circle:	Has effect only if readOnly is false
:purple_circle:	Has effect only if readOnly is true

:cyclone: Core

:thinking:	Prop	Description	Type	Default	Required
:green_circle:	value	An integer from 0 to items. It can be a float if readOnly is true.	number	undefined	:white_check_mark:
:large_blue_circle:	onChange	Setter or custom function to update the rating.	RatingChange	() => {}	Only if readOnly is false
:large_blue_circle:	onHoverChange	Callback to execute while navigating the rating items.	(hoveredValue: number) => void	() => {}	:x:
:green_circle:	items	Rating items to display.	1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10	5	:x:
:green_circle:	readOnly	Whether to render an accessible image element or not.	boolean	false	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	isDisabled	Whether to disable the radio group or not.	boolean	false	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	isRequired	Whether users should be able to set rating to 0 or not.	boolean	false	:x:
:green_circle:	preventDefault	Whether or not to call event.preventDefault on click and Enter/Space select.	click | keydown | all | none	all	:x:

ref, id, className, style, onBlur, onFocus are also available.

:nail_care: Appearance

:thinking:	Prop	Description	Type	Default	Required
:green_circle:	highlightOnlySelected	Whether to highlight only the selected rating item or not.	boolean	false	:x:
:purple_circle:	halfFillMode	Whether to half-fill the shape or the bounding box.	svg | box	svg	:x:
:green_circle:	itemStyles	Custom shapes and colors.	ItemStyles	defaultStyles	:x:
:green_circle:	spaceInside	Responsive padding of each rating item.	none | small | medium | large	small	:x:
:green_circle:	spaceBetween	Responsive gap between rating items.	none | small | medium | large	none	:x:
:green_circle:	radius	Responsive radius of the bounding box.	none | small | medium | large | full	none	:x:
:green_circle:	orientation	Orientation of the rating items.	horizontal | vertical	horizontal	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	transition	Transition to apply when hovering/selecting.	none | zoom | colors | opacity | position	colors	:x:

:open_umbrella: Accessibility

:thinking:	Prop	Description	Type	Default	Required
:green_circle:	invisibleLabel	Accessible label of the rating group / image.	string	• Rating Selection (radioGroup) • Rated {value} on {items} (readOnly)	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	invisibleItemLabels	Accessible labels of each rating item.	string[]	Rate 1, Rate 2...	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	visibleLabelId	DOM ID of the element used as rating group label. If set, takes precedence over invisibleLabel.	string	undefined	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	visibleItemLabelIds	DOM IDs of the elements used as labels for each rating item. If set, takes precedence over invisibleItemLabels.	string[]	undefined	:x:
:large_blue_circle:	resetLabel	Accessible label of the reset radio button.	string	Reset Rating	:x:

onChange

Type Definition

type RatingChange =
  | React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>
  | ((selectedValue: number) => void | Promise<void>)

Basic

If your app doesn't require any custom logic/state to set the rating, you can simply pass the setter to onChange:

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return <Rating value={rating} onChange={setRating} />
}

Custom logic/state

If you need to perform actions while setting the rating (like calling an API) or you need to update a complex state, onChange accepts a callback whose only parameter equals to the selected rating:

function App() {
  const [state, setState] = useState({
    review: '',
    rating: 0 // Initial value
  })

  function handleChange(selectedValue) {
    // 1. Logs the selected rating (1, 2, 3...)
    console.log(selectedValue)

    // 2. Do something with or without the value...

    // 3. Update Rating UI
    setState((prevState) => ({
      ...prevState,
      rating: selectedValue
    }))
  }

  return <Rating onChange={handleChange} value={state.rating} />
}

Behavior

1. Rating with reset - Default

By default, the user is able to reset the rating (from 1-5 to 0 and vice versa):

Interaction	Reset action	Preview
Mouse	By clicking again on the selected rating item
Keyboard	By navigating to an invisible reset radio

:bulb: Don't like the default focus style? Check here how to customize it.

2. Rating without reset

There could be scenarios where you want to force the user to express a rating (e.g. review page, post-service rating).

In such cases, set isRequired to true:

<Rating isRequired value={rating} onChange={setRating} />

• It is not possible to reset by clicking again on the selected rating or by using the invisible radio.

• It is announced by screen readers that rating is required.

• If value equals to 0, it is announced by screen readers that rating is invalid .

:bulb: Don't like the default focus style? Check here how to customize it.

Styling

Using included shapes

This package ships with six of the most common (open source) rating shapes that you can import and use:

Import Name	Preview	Collection / Author
Star		Feather
ThinStar		Raphael
RoundedStar		Phosphor
ThinRoundedStar		SVG Repo
StickerStar		Raphael
Heart		Feather

import { Rating, ThinStar } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

// Declare it outside your component so it doesn't get re-created
const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: ThinStar,
  activeFillColor: '#ffb700',
  inactiveFillColor: '#fbf1a9'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return (
    <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 300 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} itemStyles={myStyles} />
  )
}

Customizable properties

You can pass an object with the following properties to itemStyles prop:

type ItemStyles = {
  itemShapes: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]

  itemStrokeWidth?: number
  boxBorderWidth?: number

  activeFillColor?: string | string[]
  activeStrokeColor?: string | string[]
  activeBoxColor?: string | string[]
  activeBoxBorderColor?: string | string[]

  inactiveFillColor?: string
  inactiveStrokeColor?: string
  inactiveBoxColor?: string
  inactiveBoxBorderColor?: string
}

Besides itemShapes, all the properties are optional. If a property isn't defined, no classes nor CSS variables will be added to the SVG.

Just set the ones you need and that's it:

const CustomStar = (
  <polygon points="478.53 189 318.53 152.69 239.26 0 160 152.69 0 189 111.02 303.45 84 478.53 239.26 396.63 394.53 478.53 367.51 303.45 478.53 189" />
)

const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: CustomStar,
  activeFillColor: '#22C55E',
  inactiveFillColor: '#BBF7D0'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(4)

  return (
    <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 300 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} itemStyles={myStyles} />
  )
}

Using your own shapes

All you have to do is to open the SVG with a text editor, grab the inner shapes and delete any attribute except for geometric and transform ones.

If the SVG comes from quality sources such as any collection you can find on Icônes, all you have to do is to delete a couple of fill and stroke attributes (if any):

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
  <path
    fill="currentColor"
    stroke="2"
    stroke-linecap="round"
    stroke-linejoin="round"
    d="M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.282.95l-3.522 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z"
  />
</svg>

Then define a JSX element to render the shapes. Rating will take care of rendering a brand-new, responsive SVG for you:

const CustomStar = (
  <path d="M3.612 15.443c-.386.198-.824-.149-.746-.592l.83-4.73L.173 6.765c-.329-.314-.158-.888.283-.95l4.898-.696L7.538.792c.197-.39.73-.39.927 0l2.184 4.327 4.898.696c.441.062.612.636.282.95l-3.522 3.356.83 4.73c.078.443-.36.79-.746.592L8 13.187l-4.389 2.256z" />
)

const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: CustomStar,
  itemStrokeWidth: 2,
  activeFillColor: 'LightSeaGreen',
  activeStrokeColor: '#99F6E4',
  inactiveFillColor: '#99F6E4',
  inactiveStrokeColor: 'LightSeaGreen'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(4)

  return (
    <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 300 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} itemStyles={myStyles} />
  )
}

Customizable properties

You can pass an object with the following properties to itemStyles prop:

type ItemStyles = {
  itemShapes: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[]

  itemStrokeWidth?: number
  boxBorderWidth?: number

  activeFillColor?: string | string[]
  activeStrokeColor?: string | string[]
  activeBoxColor?: string | string[]
  activeBoxBorderColor?: string | string[]

  inactiveFillColor?: string
  inactiveStrokeColor?: string
  inactiveBoxColor?: string
  inactiveBoxBorderColor?: string
}

Besides itemShapes, all the properties are optional. If a property isn't defined, no classes nor CSS variables will be added to the SVG.

Just set the ones you need and that's it:

const CustomStar = (
  <polygon points="478.53 189 318.53 152.69 239.26 0 160 152.69 0 189 111.02 303.45 84 478.53 239.26 396.63 394.53 478.53 367.51 303.45 478.53 189" />
)

const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: CustomStar,
  activeFillColor: '#22C55E',
  inactiveFillColor: '#BBF7D0'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(4)

  return (
    <Rating style={{ maxWidth: 300 }} value={rating} onChange={setRating} itemStyles={myStyles} />
  )
}

Default styles

import { Star } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

const defaultItemStyles = {
  itemShapes: Star,
  itemStrokeWidth: 2,
  activeFillColor: '#ffb23f',
  activeStrokeColor: '#e17b21',
  inactiveFillColor: '#fff7ed',
  inactiveStrokeColor: '#e17b21'
}

How itemStrokeWidth works

The stroke width is expressed in viewBox user coordinate's unit size and not in pixels.

Depending on the vector nodes provided you may have to input and try different values in order to reach the desired stroke width.

It is responsive by nature, so expect it to increase/decrease when resizing the container.

Color values

You can pass any valid CSS color string such as aliceblue, #FFF332, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) or hsl(69, 22, 200).

TypeScript

import type { ItemStyles } from '@smastrom/react-rating'

const Star = (
  <polygon points="478.53 189 318.53 152.69 239.26 0 160 152.69 0 189 111.02 303.45 84 478.53 239.26 396.63 394.53 478.53 367.51 303.45 478.53 189" />
)

const myStyles: ItemStyles = {
  itemShapes: Star,
  activeFillColor: 'green',
  inactiveFillColor: 'gray'
}

Quick guide for complex or messy SVGs

1. Keep only the groups and the inner shapes of the svg: g, path, circle, rect, polygon, ellipse, polyline or line and delete any other node (e.g. <defs>).

2. If a group is present, check if it has the transform attribute set. If the attribute is not set, keep the inner shapes and delete the g node.

3. Delete any attribute except geometric, draw and transform ones from any group and shape.

4. If present, delete any empty node like <circle></circle> or <g></g>.

Per-active-item styling

If you wish to style each rating item, you can optionally pass an array of JSX elements to itemShapes and an array of valid CSS colors to any active property:

const SadFace = (
  <path d="M12.0000002,1.99896738 C17.523704,1.99896738 22.0015507,6.47681407 22.0015507,12.0005179 C22.0015507,17.5242217 17.523704,22.0020684 12.0000002,22.0020684 C6.47629639,22.0020684 1.99844971,17.5242217 1.99844971,12.0005179 C1.99844971,6.47681407 6.47629639,1.99896738 12.0000002,1.99896738 Z M12.0000002,3.49896738 C7.30472352,3.49896738 3.49844971,7.30524119 3.49844971,12.0005179 C3.49844971,16.6957946 7.30472352,20.5020684 12.0000002,20.5020684 C16.6952769,20.5020684 20.5015507,16.6957946 20.5015507,12.0005179 C20.5015507,7.30524119 16.6952769,3.49896738 12.0000002,3.49896738 Z M12.0000001,13.4979816 C13.6312483,13.4979816 15.1603686,14.1528953 16.2810488,15.2934358 C16.5713583,15.5888901 16.5671876,16.0637455 16.2717333,16.354055 C15.976279,16.6443646 15.5014236,16.6401939 15.211114,16.3447396 C14.3696444,15.4883577 13.2246935,14.9979816 12.0000001,14.9979816 C10.7726114,14.9979816 9.62535029,15.4905359 8.78347552,16.3502555 C8.49366985,16.6462041 8.01882223,16.6511839 7.72287367,16.3613782 C7.4269251,16.0715726 7.4219453,15.5967249 7.71175097,15.3007764 C8.83296242,14.155799 10.3651558,13.4979816 12.0000001,13.4979816 Z M9.00044779,8.75115873 C9.69041108,8.75115873 10.2497368,9.3104845 10.2497368,10.0004478 C10.2497368,10.6904111 9.69041108,11.2497368 9.00044779,11.2497368 C8.3104845,11.2497368 7.75115873,10.6904111 7.75115873,10.0004478 C7.75115873,9.3104845 8.3104845,8.75115873 9.00044779,8.75115873 Z M15.0004478,8.75115873 C15.6904111,8.75115873 16.2497368,9.3104845 16.2497368,10.0004478 C16.2497368,10.6904111 15.6904111,11.2497368 15.0004478,11.2497368 C14.3104845,11.2497368 13.7511587,10.6904111 13.7511587,10.0004478 C13.7511587,9.3104845 14.3104845,8.75115873 15.0004478,8.75115873 Z" />
)

const SmilingFace = (
  <path d="M12.0000002,1.99896738 C17.523704,1.99896738 22.0015507,6.47681407 22.0015507,12.0005179 C22.0015507,17.5242217 17.523704,22.0020684 12.0000002,22.0020684 C6.47629639,22.0020684 1.99844971,17.5242217 1.99844971,12.0005179 C1.99844971,6.47681407 6.47629639,1.99896738 12.0000002,1.99896738 Z M12.0000002,3.49896738 C7.30472352,3.49896738 3.49844971,7.30524119 3.49844971,12.0005179 C3.49844971,16.6957946 7.30472352,20.5020684 12.0000002,20.5020684 C16.6952769,20.5020684 20.5015507,16.6957946 20.5015507,12.0005179 C20.5015507,7.30524119 16.6952769,3.49896738 12.0000002,3.49896738 Z M8.46174078,14.7838355 C9.31087697,15.8615555 10.6018926,16.5020843 11.9999849,16.5020843 C13.396209,16.5020843 14.6856803,15.8632816 15.5349376,14.7880078 C15.7916692,14.4629512 16.2633016,14.4075628 16.5883582,14.6642944 C16.9134148,14.9210259 16.9688032,15.3926584 16.7120717,15.717715 C15.5813083,17.1494133 13.8601276,18.0020843 11.9999849,18.0020843 C10.1373487,18.0020843 8.41411759,17.1471146 7.28351576,15.7121597 C7.02716611,15.3868018 7.08310832,14.9152347 7.40846617,14.6588851 C7.73382403,14.4025354 8.20539113,14.4584777 8.46174078,14.7838355 Z M9.00044779,8.75115873 C9.69041108,8.75115873 10.2497368,9.3104845 10.2497368,10.0004478 C10.2497368,10.6904111 9.69041108,11.2497368 9.00044779,11.2497368 C8.3104845,11.2497368 7.75115873,10.6904111 7.75115873,10.0004478 C7.75115873,9.3104845 8.3104845,8.75115873 9.00044779,8.75115873 Z M15.0004478,8.75115873 C15.6904111,8.75115873 16.2497368,9.3104845 16.2497368,10.0004478 C16.2497368,10.6904111 15.6904111,11.2497368 15.0004478,11.2497368 C14.3104845,11.2497368 13.7511587,10.6904111 13.7511587,10.0004478 C13.7511587,9.3104845 14.3104845,8.75115873 15.0004478,8.75115873 Z" />
)

const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: [SadFace, SmilingFace],
  activeFillColor: ['#da1600', '#61bb00'],
  inactiveFillColor: '#a8a8a8'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return (
    <Rating
      style={{ maxWidth: 200 }}
      value={rating}
      onChange={setRating}
      items={2}
      itemStyles={myStyles}
      highlightOnlySelected
    />
  )
}

const Star = (
  <path d="M62 25.154H39.082L32 3l-7.082 22.154H2l18.541 13.693L13.459 61L32 47.309L50.541 61l-7.082-22.152L62 25.154z" />
)

const myStyles = {
  itemShapes: Star,
  boxBorderWidth: 3,

  activeFillColor: ['#FEE2E2', '#FFEDD5', '#FEF9C3', '#ECFCCB', '#D1FAE5'],
  activeBoxColor: ['#da1600', '#db711a', '#dcb000', '#61bb00', '#009664'],
  activeBoxBorderColor: ['#c41400', '#d05e00', '#cca300', '#498d00', '#00724c'],

  inactiveFillColor: 'white',
  inactiveBoxColor: '#dddddd',
  inactiveBoxBorderColor: '#a8a8a8'
}

function App() {
  const [rating, setRating] = useState(0)

  return (
    <Rating
      style={{ maxWidth: 500 }}
      value={rating}
      onChange={setRating}
      itemStyles={myStyles}
      radius="large"
      spaceInside="large"
    />
  )
}

Half-fill and float values

If readOnly is set to true, the value prop accepts a float:

<Rating readOnly value={1.38} />

The component will try to round it to the nearest half integer:

3.2 = 3
3.26 = 3.5
3.62 = 3.5
3.75 = 4

:warning: The value will only be rounded "internally" for graphical purposes. The accessible label will always display the value provided.

If necessary, the SVG will be half-filled by default (halfFillMode = 'svg'):

All the boxes will have the same background color (inactiveBoxColor) and activeBoxColor will have no effect.

You can switch between svg and box:

<Rating readOnly value={2.38} halfFillMode="box" />

In this case instead, all the shapes will have the same fill color (inactiveFillColor) and activeFillColor will have no effect.

If you don't want the half-fill feature, simply pass an integer to value.

:warning: If highlightOnlySelected is set to true, no half-fill will take place.

Accessibility

Mouse/keyboard callbacks

React Rating leverages aria radiogroup role instead of native HTML radio buttons in order to improve keyboard-users experience and extend capabilities (e.g. API calls) by keeping callbacks consistent between keyboard and mouse.

In React Rating:

• Rating must be confirmed with Enter/Space keys and cannot be set directly with arrows like native radios.

• onChange is called on both Enter/Space keys and click.

• onHoverChange is called on ← → ↑ ↓ navigation, mouse hovering, focus-from / blur-to a non-react-rating element.

Disabled state

It is always announced by screen readers instead of being completely hidden.

Labels

React Rating ships with default accessible labels computed from your items value. In order to customize them or to switch to visible ones check the multiple examples on the demo website.

Troubleshooting

I can see the nodes returned from rendering, but no styles have been applied.

Check that you are importing the CSS as displayed in the Basic usage section.

I keep getting the error: "itemShapes is not a valid JSX element".

Check that you are passing a JSX element and not a functional component:

:white_check_mark: Correct

const Star = <path d="M100,10L40 198 190 78 10 78 160 198z" />

:x: Incorrect

const Star = () => <path d="M100,10L40 198 190 78 10 78 160 198z" />

I passed an array of shapes but the stroke width looks different for each item.

When passing different shapes for each rating item, this package forces you to use icons from the same collection to keep design consistency. Be sure you are doing that.

You can find clean, SVG collections at Icônes.

I don't like the default focus ring styles. How can I style them?

It is possible to style them via CSS by targeting the following selectors:

Rating items

.rr--box:focus-visible .rr--svg {
  /* Your styles */
}

Reset

.rr--focus-reset {
  /* Your styles */
}

Defaults

.rr--focus-reset {
  outline: 6px double #0079ff;
}

.rr--box:focus-visible .rr--svg {
  outline: 6px double #0079ff;
}

License

MIT