react-linear-layout

A layout component that arranges children in a single row or column using CSS flexbox.

At it's core, this component is basically a CSS flexbox. As such, all CSS flexbox properties are valid when styling a LinearLayout. The component consists of some sensible CSS defaults as well as a few CSS custom properties (see the documented CSS custom properties below for more details) that make styling item gaps (I.E. margins) and sizing of elements quite a bit easier.

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Install

$ npm install --save react-linear-layout

Basic Usage

Storybook Examples

MyLinearLayoutComponent.jsx

import React from 'react';
 
import LinearLayout from 'react-linear-layout';
import 'react-linear-layout/react-linear-layout.css';
 
import './MyLinearLayoutComponent.css';
 
 
export default function MyLinearLayoutComponent(props) {
  return (
    <LinearLayout {...props} className="layout" direction="horizontal">
      <a>Anchor 0</a>
      <a>Anchor 1</a>
      <a>Anchor 2</a>
      <LinearLayout className="sub-layout" direction="vertical">
        <a>Sub Anchor 0</a>
        <a>Sub Anchor 1</a>
        <a>Sub Anchor 2</a>
      </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
  );
}

MyLinearLayoutComponent.css

.layout {
  --linear-layout-item-gap: 5px;
}
 
.sub-layout > * {
  --linear-layout-item-gap: 20px;
}

Output (Text Representation)

The component above will lay out it's children similar to the following:
 
    |----------|----------|----------|----------------|
    | Anchor 0 | Anchor 1 | Anchor 2 ||--------------||
    |          |          |          || Sub Anchor 0 ||
    |          |          |          ||--------------||
    |          |          |          || Sub Anchor 1 ||
    |          |          |          ||--------------||
    |          |          |          || Sub Anchor 2 ||
    |          |          |          ||--------------||
    |----------|----------|----------|----------------|

Advanced Usage: Include CSS In Import

Everything is the same as is presented in "Basic Usage" above except the imports are slightly different:

MyLinearLayoutComponent.jsx

import React from 'react';
 
// Import "with-css" and omit direct import of react-linear-layout.css file
import LinearLayout from 'react-linear-layout/with-css';
 
import './MyLinearLayoutComponent.css';
 
 
export default function MyLinearLayoutComponent(props) {
  return (
    <LinearLayout {...props} className="layout" direction="horizontal">
      <a>Anchor 0</a>
      <a>Anchor 1</a>
      <a>Anchor 2</a>
      <LinearLayout className="sub-layout" direction="vertical">
        <a>Sub Anchor 0</a>
        <a>Sub Anchor 1</a>
        <a>Sub Anchor 2</a>
      </LinearLayout>
    </LinearLayout>
  );
}

API

Props

Any prop that is acceptable by a div component is acceptable by a LinearLayout component.

• direction ?String - Default = "horizontal"

  The direction to arrange the component's children.

  Possible values:

  • "horizontal"
  • "horiz"
  • "h"
  • "vertical"
  • "vert
  • "v"

• inline ?Boolean - Default = false

  Determines whether the layout should be treated as an inline element or a block element.

• wrap ?Boolean - Default = false

  When true, list will be allowed to wrap instead of overflow.

• ref ?Function

  Forwarded ref to underlying DOM element.

CSS Custom Properties

• --linear-layout-item-gap Same types as any "margin" CSS property

  Sets the gap (I.E. margin) between all direct children of a LinearLayout.

Immediate Children CSS Custom Properties

• --linear-layout-item-gap Same types as any "margin" CSS property

  Sets the gap (I.E. margin) between all direct children of a LinearLayout.

• --linear-layout-item-size Same types as "width" or "height" CSS properties

  Sets the height (if direction = "vertical") or width (if direction = "horizontal") of all direct children of a LinearLayout.

• --linear-layout-item-min-size Same types as "min-width" or "min-height" CSS properties

  Sets the minimum height (if direction = "vertical") or width (if direction = "horizontal") of all direct children of a LinearLayout.

• --linear-layout-item-max-size Same types as "max-width" or "max-height" CSS properties

  Sets the maximum height (if direction = "vertical") or width (if direction = "horizontal") of all direct children of a LinearLayout.

License

ISC License (ISC)

Copyright (c) 2020, Brandon D. Sara (https://bsara.dev)

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

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