josh_react_util

josh_react_util

A collection of react util classes to make my life easier.

HBox and VBox are flex boxes. Spacer takes up space within a flex box. FillPage should be an outer element. it will fill the page.

Popups.

Put a popup context and container at the top of your app like this:

import {PopupContainer, PopupContext, PopupContextImpl} from './popup.js'
import {FillPage} from './index.js'

function App() {
    return <PopupContext.Provider value={new PopupContextImpl()}>
        <FillPage>
            your app content here
        </FillPage>
        <PopupContainer/>
    </PopupContext.Provider>
}

Then inside a function component somewhere in your app you can open a popup with:

import {useContext} from 'react'
import {PopupContext} from './popup.js'
import {PopupDirection} from './popup.js'

function ColorMenu() {
    const pc = useContext(PopupContext)
    const choose = (color) => {
        console.log("chose the color", color)
        pc.hide()
    }
    return <ul>
        <li onClick={() => choose('red')}>red</li>
        <li onClick={() => choose('green')}>green</li>
        <li onClick={() => choose('blue')}>blue</li>
    </ul>

}

function ColorPickerButton() {
    const pc = useContext(PopupContext)
    const showPicker = (e) => {
        pc.show_at(<ColorMenu/>, e.target, PopupDirection.below, new Point(0,0))
    }
    return <button onClick={(e) => showPicker(e)}>pick a color</button>
}

The call to show_at takes the React element to show and then a dom reference to the element in the page that this popup will be show relative to. Typically, this is the element that the user clicked on to trigger the popup. The last two arguments are optional. The first is a direction the popup should go relative to target element. The last is a pixel offset relative to where it would be without an offset.

dialogs

Dialogs work similar to popups. Put a DialogContext and DialogContainer at the top of your app, then call the show method with the React element that is your dialog. For styling create your dialog element with the class name dialog. Inside put a header, section, and footer for the different parts of your dialog. They will be styled automatically. ex:

import {DialogContext} from './dialog.js'

function MyDialog() {
    const dm = useContext(DialogContext)
    const dismiss = () => {
        dm.hide()
    }
    return <div className={'dialog'}>
        <header>All About Cake</header>
        <section>
            <p>Cake the is best. It's really awesome. I think you'll agree</p>
            <p>If you don't agree then I can't persuade you</p>
        </section>
        <footer>
            <button onClick={() => dismiss()}>dismiss</button>
        </footer>
    </div>
}