What is simplebar-react?
The simplebar-react package is a React wrapper for SimpleBar, a custom scrollbar library that aims to provide a simple and lightweight way to create custom scrollbars that look consistent across different browsers and platforms.
What are simplebar-react's main functionalities?
Custom Scrollbars
This feature allows you to create custom scrollbars for your content. The code sample demonstrates how to wrap your content with the SimpleBar component to apply custom scrollbars.
import React from 'react';
import SimpleBar from 'simplebar-react';
import 'simplebar-react/dist/simplebar.min.css';
const CustomScrollbar = () => (
<SimpleBar style={{ maxHeight: 300 }}>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
</SimpleBar>
);
export default CustomScrollbar;
Auto-hide Scrollbars
This feature allows the scrollbars to automatically hide when not in use. The code sample shows how to enable the auto-hide functionality by setting the autoHide prop to true.
import React from 'react';
import SimpleBar from 'simplebar-react';
import 'simplebar-react/dist/simplebar.min.css';
const AutoHideScrollbar = () => (
<SimpleBar autoHide={true} style={{ maxHeight: 300 }}>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
</SimpleBar>
);
export default AutoHideScrollbar;
Custom Scrollbar Styles
This feature allows you to apply custom styles to the scrollbars. The code sample demonstrates how to include a custom CSS file to style the scrollbars.
import React from 'react';
import SimpleBar from 'simplebar-react';
import 'simplebar-react/dist/simplebar.min.css';
import './customStyles.css';
const CustomStyledScrollbar = () => (
<SimpleBar style={{ maxHeight: 300 }}>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
<p>Your content here</p>
</SimpleBar>
);
export default CustomStyledScrollbar;
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