react-vh normalizes the CSS-unit vh. It sets a global CSS-variable with the current pixel-number of 1vh based on window.innerHeight.
(Mobile-)Browsers implement the vh-unit differently. To avoid layout-inconsistencies and janks, this hook provides a normalized value for vh stored in a global CSS-variable.
For a detailed explanation check out this article: https://css-tricks.com/the-trick-to-viewport-units-on-mobile/#article-header-id-0
Install all dependencies via yarn or npm.
yarn add react-vh react react-dom
Place the hook in a component, the higher in the component-tree the better.
import React from "react";
import useVH from "react-vh";
const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
useVH();
return (
<div>
<h1>This is a Test!</h1>
</div>
);
};
export default MyComponent;
Then use it in your CSS by using calc and multiply by your desired percent-number. 1vh is the (optional) fallback.
.example-wrapper-of-100-vh {
height: calc(var(--vh, 1vh) * 100);
}
.example-wrapper-of-50-vh {
height: calc(var(--vh, 1vh) * 50);
}
Same procedure also works for vw:
.example-wrapper-of-100-vw {
height: calc(var(--vw, 1vw) * 100);
}
.example-wrapper-of-50-vw {
height: calc(var(--vw, 1vw) * 50);
}
If you want to use the complete viewport-size (browser-bar included), take --vh-total, which depends on window.outerHeight.
.example-wrapper-of-99-total-viewport-height {
height: calc(var(--vh-total, 1vh) * 99);
}
If the width of your Layout is limited to a max-width and you can also limit the vw-value to a value, by passing an object with key maxWidth to useVH:
const MyComponent: React.FC = () => {
useVH({ maxWidth: 2400 });
return (
<div>
<h1>This is a Test!</h1>
</div>
);
};
react-vh adds two root CSS-variables to the html-tag and updates it on viewport-resize on desktop- or orientation-change on mobile-devices.
It differs mobile and desktop by checking the media-query pointer: coarse, which is not supported by older browsers. Checks like this are not completely reliable, so please report an issue, if you experience bugs.
<html style="--vh:6.67px; --vh-total:6.67px;">
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
Every contribution is very much appreciated.
If you like react-vh, don't hesitate to star it on GitHub.
Licensed under the MIT License, Copyright © 2021-present Andreas Faust.
See LICENSE for more information.
FAQs
Save correct vh in root-variable and use it in CSS.
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