react-slidein

React component which uses CSS to animate a child from its current height to height: auto when mounting/updating/unmounting.

Overview

CSS does not currently support animating element height to height: auto. and so normally javascript is used to achieve this effect.

This component uses CSS to perform the animation, following an algorithm (first described here). The desired height of the element is calculated, and then css is used to transition that height. After the transition is complete the height is set to height: auto.

Installation

npm install react-slidein --save

Usage

Simply wrap the component you want slide in the SlideIn component:

import React from 'react'
import {SlideIn} from 'react-slidein'
 
export function MyDropdown(props) {
  return (
    <SlideIn className={'my-dropdown-slidein'}>
      {props.open ? props.children : null}
    </SlideIn>
  )
}

Example

To run the example project:

git clone https://github.com/frankwallis/react-slidein.git
cd react-slidein
npm install
npm start

Customisation

You can customise the transition used for the animation by overriding styles on the SlideIn component:

.react-slidein.my-dropdown-slidein {
    transition-duration: 1.2s;
    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.1, 0.7, 1.0, 0.1);
}

The default values used are:

.react-slidein {
    transition-duration: .5s;
    transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
}