react-overlay-container

react-overlay-container

Use this React component to overlay on any other component. Great for loading screens.

Dependency

1. ReactLoading - Thanks for the great loading icons. 😃

Installing

Install and import into your project

npm i --save react-overlay-container

import { Overlay } from "react-overlay-container"

Usage

Simple usage

<Overlay>
  <div style={{height:'200px'}}>
    <p>I want to over this text with a loading screen</p>
  </div> 
</Overlay>

Show loading icon

<Overlay loading={true}>
  <div style={{height:'200px'}}>
    <p>I want to over this text with a loading screen</p>
  </div> 
</Overlay>

Display custom component on the overlay

const CustomComponent = () => {
  return <div>Custom component to show on the overlay</div>;
};

<Overlay
   loading={true}
   overlayData={<CustomComponent />}
 >
  <h1 style={{ height: "200px" }}>This is my loading tag</h1>
</Overlay>

Customize the overlay style

Altering position would cause issues

<Overlay
   loading={true}
   customStyle={{ backgroundColor: "rgba(211,231,22,0.6)" }}
 >
   <h1 style={{ height: "200px" }}>This is my loading tag</h1>
</Overlay>

Customize the Loading Icon Style

View all the loading styles possible by visiting https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-loading

<Overlay
   loading={true}
   loadingStyle={{ type: "bars", color: "green" }}
 >
  <h1 style={{ height: "200px" }}>This is my loading tag</h1>
</Overlay>

Disable/Enable Overlay

Useful when you want to programmatically enable / disable the Overlay, use state to manipulate the disabled propertly example: disabled:{this.state.isOverlayDisabled}

<Overlay
   loading={true}
   disabled
   loadingStyle={{ type: "bars", color: "green" }}
 >
  <h1 style={{ height: "200px" }}>This is my loading tag</h1>
</Overlay>

Props options

Props	Type
loading	< Boolean > (default false)
loadingStyle	< Object >
overlayData	< JSX >
customStyle	< Object >
disabled	< Boolean > (default false)