storybook-addon-next
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A no config Storybook addon that makes Next.js features just work in Storybook
😱 No config support for Next.js: Tired of writing and debugging webpack config? What Next.js supports out of the box, this addon makes possible in Storybook
👉 Postcss
👉 Typescript (already supported out of the box by Storybook)
.js extension and not the .mjs extension (i.e. next.config.js not next.config.mjs)
Install storybook-addon-next using yarn:
yarn add --dev storybook-addon-next
Or npm:
npm install --save-dev storybook-addon-next
// .storybook/main.js
module.exports = {
// other config ommited for brevity
addons: [
// ...
'storybook-addon-next'
// ...
]
}
🥳🎉 Thats it! The supported features should work out of the box.
See Documentation for more details on how the supported features work in this addon.
If something doesn't work as you would expect, feel free to open up an issue.
This addon can be passed an options object for addional configuration if needed.
For example:
// .storybook/main.js
const path = require('path')
module.exports = {
// other config ommited for brevity
addons: [
// ...
{
name: 'storybook-addon-next',
options: {
nextConfigPath: path.resolve(__dirname, '../next.config.js')
}
}
// ...
]
}
nextConfigPath: The absolute path to the next.config.jsnext/image is notoriously difficult to get working with storybook. This addon allows you to use Next.js's Image component with no configuration!
Local images work just fine with this addon! Keep in mind that this feature was only added in Next.js v11.
import Image from 'next/image'
import profilePic from '../public/me.png'
function Home() {
return (
<>
<h1>My Homepage</h1>
<Image
src={profilePic}
alt="Picture of the author"
// width={500} automatically provided
// height={500} automatically provided
// blurDataURL="../public/me.png" set to equal the image itself (for this addon)
// placeholder="blur" // Optional blur-up while loading
/>
<p>Welcome to my homepage!</p>
</>
)
}
Remote images also work just fine!
import Image from 'next/image'
export default function Home() {
return (
<>
<h1>My Homepage</h1>
<Image
src="/me.png"
alt="Picture of the author"
width={500}
height={500}
/>
<p>Welcome to my homepage!</p>
</>
)
}
All Next.js Images are automatically unoptimized for you.
If placeholder="blur" is used, the blurDataURL used is the src of the image (thus effectively disabling the placeholder).
See this issue for more discussion on how Next.js Images are handled for Storybook.
This format is not supported by this addon yet. Feel free to open up an issue if this is something you want to see.
This solution is heavily based on storybook-addon-next-router so a big thanks to lifeiscontent for providing a good solution that this addon could work off of.
Next.js's router is automatically stubbed for you so that when the router is interacted with, all of its interactions are automatically logged to the Storybook actions tab if you have the actions addon.
Per-story overrides can be done by adding a nextRouter property onto the story parameters. The addon will shallowly merge whatever you put here into the router.
import SomeComponentThatUsesTheRouter from "./SomeComponentThatUsesTheRouter";
export default {
title: "My Story",
};
// if you have the actions addon
// you can click the links and see the route change events there
export const Example = () => <SomeComponentThatUsesTheRouter />;
Example.parameters: {
nextRouter: {
path: "/profile/[id]",
asPath: "/profile/ryanclementshax",
query: {
id: "ryanclementshax"
}
}
}
See this example for a reference.
Global defaults can be set in preview.js and will be shallowly merged with the default router.
export const parameters = {
nextRouter: {
path: '/some-default-path',
asPath: '/some-default-path',
query: {}
}
}
See this example for a reference.
The default values on the stubbed router are as follows (see globals for more details on how globals work)
const defaultRouter = {
locale: context?.globals?.locale,
route: '/',
pathname: '/',
query: {},
asPath: '/',
push(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.push')(...args)
return Promise.resolve(true)
},
replace(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.replace')(...args)
return Promise.resolve(true)
},
reload(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.reload')(...args)
},
back(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.back')(...args)
},
prefetch(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.prefetch')(...args)
return Promise.resolve()
},
beforePopState(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.beforePopState')(...args)
},
events: {
on(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.events.on')(...args)
},
off(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.events.off')(...args)
},
emit(...args: unknown[]) {
action('nextRouter.events.emit')(...args)
}
},
isFallback: false
}
If you override a function, you lose the automatic action tab integration and have to build it out yourself.
export const parameters = {
nextRouter: {
push() {
// we lose the default implementation that logs the action into the action tab
}
}
}
Doing this yourself looks something like this (make sure you install the @storybook/addon-actions package):
import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions'
export const parameters = {
nextRouter: {
push(...args) {
// custom logic can go here
// this logs to the actions tab
action('nextRouter.push')(...args)
// return whatever you want here
return Promise.resolve(true)
}
}
}
Global sass/scss stylesheets are supported without any additional configuration as well. Just import them into preview.js
import '../styles/globals.scss'
This will automatically include any of your custom sass configurations in your next.config.js file.
Right now only the
.jsextension of the Next.js config is supported, not.mjs. See next.config.js for more details.
const path = require('path')
module.exports = {
// any options here are included in sass compilation for your stories
sassOptions: {
includePaths: [path.join(__dirname, 'styles')]
}
}
Next.js supports css modules out of the box so this addon supports it too.
// this import works just fine in Storybook now
import styles from './Button.module.css'
// sass/scss is also supported
// import styles from './Button.module.scss'
// import styles from './Button.module.sass'
export function Button() {
return (
<button type="button" className={styles.error}>
Destroy
</button>
)
}
The built in CSS in JS solution for Next.js is styled-jsx, and this addon supports that out of the box too, zero config.
// This works just fine in Storybook with this addon
function HelloWorld() {
return (
<div>
Hello world
<p>scoped!</p>
<style jsx>{`
p {
color: blue;
}
div {
background: red;
}
@media (max-width: 600px) {
div {
background: blue;
}
}
`}</style>
<style global jsx>{`
body {
background: black;
}
`}</style>
</div>
)
}
export default HelloWorld
Next.js lets you customize postcss config. Thus this addon will automatically handle your postcss config for you.
This allows for cool things like zero config tailwindcss! See the with-tailwindcss example for reference! Its a clone of Next.js's tailwindcss example set up with storybook and this addon.
Goodbye ../! Absolute imports from the root directory work just fine with this addon.
// All good!
import Button from 'components/button'
// Also good!
import styles from 'styles/HomePage.module.css'
export default function HomePage() {
return (
<>
<h1 className={styles.title}>Hello World</h1>
<Button />
</>
)
}
// preview.js
// Also ok in preview.js!
import 'styles/globals.scss'
// ...
There is no special thing this addon does to support Typescript because Storybook already supports it out of the box. I just listed it in the supported features for completeness and not to confuse anyone comparing the list of "out of the box" features Next.js has with this addon.
Right now the only supported config format for Next.js that this plugin supports is the commonjs version of the config (i.e. next.config.js). This is mostly because I haven't figured out how to require a .mjs file from a storybook addon (which is bound to commonjs modules as far as I know right now). If you are able to help, I'd love it if you could contribute to this discussion to get support for the .mjs version if such support is even possible.
Make sure you are treating image imports the same way you treat them when using next image in normal development.
Before storybook-addon-next, image imports just imported the raw path to the image (e.g. 'static/media/stories/assets/plugin.svg'). When using storybook-addon-next image imports work the "Next.js way" meaning that we now get an object when we import an image. For example:
{
"src": "static/media/stories/assets/plugin.svg",
"height": 48,
"width": 48,
"blurDataURL": "static/media/stories/assets/plugin.svg"
}
Therefore, if something in storybook isn't showing the image properly, make sure you expect the object to be returned from an import instead of just the asset path.
See local images for more detail on how Next.js treats static image imports.
Right now using next.config.mjs isn't supported by this addon. See next.config.js for more details. Right now, it is required for you to use the .js extension instead. Feel free to help out on this discussion to get this supported.
I'm open to discussion. Feel free to open up an issue.
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A no config Storybook addon that makes Next.js features just work in Storybook
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