superbox

Primitive React component for all your styles

npm i superbox styled-components

import React from 'react'
import Box from 'superbox'
 
export default props =>
  <Box
    fontSize={5}
    px={3}
    py={4}
    color='white'
    bg='black'>
    superbox
  </Box>

Superbox works with styled-components out of the box. To use it with emotion, import superbox/emotion, and ensure the following are installed:

npm i emotion react-emotion emotion-theming

import Box from 'superbox/emotion'

Try it out on CodeSandbox – it also works with emotion.

Usage

Responsive Styles

The core style props in the Box component are built with styled-system, which allows you to set style props in a mobile-first responsive way with arrays.

// responsive width
<Box
  width={[
    1,    // 100% width at the smallest breakpoint
    1/2,  // 50% width at the next breakpoint and up
    1/4   // 25% width at the next breakpoint and up
  ]}
/>

// responsive font size
<Box fontSize={[ 2, 3, 4, 5 ]} />

css prop

The css prop can be used to apply custom styling to the component.

// with style object
<Box
  css={{
    fontFamily: 'monospace'
  }}
/>

// with CSS string
<Box
  css={`
    font-family: monospace;
  `}
/>

Note: the css prop expects an object or string, not tagged templates.

is prop

Use the is prop to change the underlying HTML element or React component.

// HTML example
<Box is='header' />

// component example
<Box is={Link} />

Extending

The Box component can be used to create custom style components without needing to import any CSS-in-JS libraries.

import React from 'react'
import Box from 'superbox'
 
const Button = props =>
  <Box
    is='button'
    fontSize={1}
    m={0}
    px={3}
    py={2}
    color='white'
    bg='blue'
    {...props}
    css={{
      fontFamily: 'inherit',
      fontWeight: 'bold',
      display: 'inline-block',
      verticalAlign: 'middle',
      textAlign: 'center',
      border: 0,
      borderRadius: 2,
      textDecoration: 'none',
      appearance: 'none',
      '&:disabled': {
        opacity: 1/4
      }
    }}
  />
 
export default Button

Styling based on props

You can adjust styling based on props when extending the Box component.

const Banner = ({
  large,
  ...props
}) =>
  <Box
    px={large ? 4 : 3}
    py={large ? 3 : 2}
    {...props}
  />

This also works with the css prop.

const Text = ({
  caps,
  ...props
}) =>
  <Box
    {...props}
    css={{
      textTransform: caps ? 'uppercase' : null
    }}
  />

Theming

To use a custom theme, add a ThemeProvider to the root of your application with a custom theme object.

import React from 'react'
import { ThemeProvider } from 'styled-components'
import theme from './theme'
 
export default () =>
  <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
    {/* app */}
  </ThemeProvider>

See the styled-system docs on theming for more information.

Props

The Box component's props come from styled-system, which provides theme-based, responsive props.

• fontSize: styled-system's fontSize prop
• color: styled-system's color prop
• bg: styled-system's bg prop
• styled-system's space props
  • m: margin
  • mt: margin-top
  • mr: margin-right
  • mb: margin-bottom
  • ml: margin-left
  • mx: margin-left and margin-right
  • my: margin-top and margin-bottom
  • p: padding
  • pt: padding-top
  • pr: padding-right
  • pb: padding-bottom
  • pl: padding-left
  • px: padding-left and padding-right
  • py: padding-top and padding-bottom
• width: styled-system's width prop
• css: (string or object) pass custom CSS styles
• is: (string or components) change the underlying HTML tag or React component

Related

• styled-system
• grid-styled
• rebass
• styled-components

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How is this different from...

grid-styled

Superbox does not include the Flex component or flexbox props. Grid Styled uses system-components, but this component does not.

styled-system

This component is built with styled-system.

Rebass

Rebass is a much larger library of React components. This is just one component.