react-loading-skeleton
Make beautiful, animated loading skeletons that automatically adapt to your app.
Basic usage
Install by npm
/yarn
with react-loading-skeleton
.
import Skeleton from 'react-loading-skeleton';
<Skeleton/>
<Skeleton count={5}/>
Principles
Adapts to the styles you have defined
The <Skeleton>
component is designed to be used directly in your components,
in place of content while it's still loading.
Unlike other libraries, rather than meticulously crafting a skeleton screen to
match the font-size
, line-height
or margin
s your content takes on,
use a <Skeleton>
component to have it automatically fill the correct dimensions.
For example:
class Blogpost extends Component {
render() {
return (
<div style={{ fontSize: 20, lineHeight: 2 }}>
<h1>{this.props.title || <Skeleton />}</h1>
{this.props.body || <Skeleton count={10} />}
</div>
);
}
}
...will produce the correctly-sized skeletons for the heading and body sections
without any further configuration of the <Skeleton>
component.
This ensures the loading state remains up-to-date with any changes
to your layout or typography.
Don't make dedicated skeleton screens
Instead, make components with built-in skeleton states.
In addition to keeping the styling in-sync, here are some other reasons to do this:
- Components represent all possible states it can be in - loading included.
- It allows for more flexible loading patterns - in the
Blogpost
example, it's possible to have the title
load first, and then the body
, while having both pieces of content show loading skeletons at the right time.
Theming
Using a <SkeletonTheme>
component, you can easily change the colors of all
skeleton components below it in the React hierarchy:
import Skeleton, { SkeletonTheme } from "react-loading-skeleton";
<SkeletonTheme color="#202020" highlightColor="#444">
<p>
<Skeleton count={3} />
</p>
</SkeletonTheme>;
Count
count
: Number, defaults to 1
<Skeleton count={5} />
Number of loading skeleton lines.
Duration
<Skeleton duration={2} />
duration
: Number, defaults to 1.2
Duration is how long it takes do one cycle of the skeleton animation.
Width
width
: Number | String | null, defaults to null
<Skeleton width={100} />
Width of the skeleton. Useful when the skeleton is inside an inline element with
no width of its own.
Height
height
: Number | String | null, defaults to null
<Skeleton height={100} />
Height of the skeleton. Useful when you don't want to adapt the skeleton to a text element but for instance
a card. Also needed for the prop circle
(see below).
Wrapper
wrapper
: ReactNode | null, defaults to null
const Box = ({ children }) => (
<a
style={{
border: "1px solid #ccc",
display: "block",
fontSize: 16,
lineHeight: 2,
padding: 20,
marginBottom: 10,
width: 100,
}}
>
{children}
</a>
);
<Skeleton wrapper={Box} />
Prop for wrap the skeleton in a custom component.
Circle
circle
: Boolean, defaults to false
<Skeleton circle={true} height={50} width={50} />
Prop for making the skeleton look like a circle, for when you are creating a user card with a profile picture for instance.
Style
style
: CSSProperties, defaults to {}
<Skeleton style={{ borderRadius: 10 }} />
Prop for adding custom CSS styles to the skeleton.
ClassName
className
: String, defaults to ""
<Skeleton className="foobar" />
Prop for adding custom CSS classname to the skeleton.