@elements-x/core
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elements-x/core
The simplest custom element library for building fast, lightweight, and reusable tags.
Simple It's tiny(5KB gzipped) wrapper of Custom Elements. With minimum coding, you can create your own custom elements in minutes.
Custom Element
The return from customElement()
is a HTMLElement. Thus, it works anywhere you use HTML, with any framework or none at all.
Library
All you need to know is a function customElement(options)
. options
is just a HTMLElement class expression, which you know it already. e.g., connectedCallback()
, attributeChangedCallback()
, etc.
Getting Started
@elements-x
is available as the @elements-x/core
package via npm.
$ npm i @elements-x/core
Then import into JavaScript or TypeScript files: Now you can use the custom element in any HTML, with any framework or none at all.
customElement()
returns a HTMLElement class and defines a custom element.
You can think of it as a HTML tag, which reacts to attribute change, property change, and fires events.
import { customElement } from '@elements-x/core';
customElement('hello-custom-element', {
html: '<h1>{{hello}} {{world}}</h1>',
css: 'hello-custom-element { color: red; }',
attrs : {
hello: 'Hello',
world: 'Custom Element'
}
});
API
customElement(tagName:string, options: Options) : HTMLElement
interface Options {
// Initialize required condition e.g. JQuery library, connectedCallback() will wait until it is resolved.
await?: () => Promise<any>;
// Customized built-in elements
extends?: string;
// the attribute names will be registered to observedAttributes,
// so that anytime when the attribute value changes, `attributeChangedCallback()`will be executed.
attrs?: { [key: string]: AttrValue};
// property is set to this._props. Anytime when a property value changes,
// `propsChangedCallback()` will be executed.
props?: { [key: string]: any };
// Compiles HTML using Mustache. attrs and props are passed as context to compile new HTML
html?: string;
// Adds <style id="<<tagName</code>>"> only once when connected.
css?: string;
// Add event listeners to this element.
// By defining `events` keys and values, you are ready to listen to any events.
events?: { [key: string]: Function};
// called after `connectedCallback()`. You also can call it to re-render
// html from `attributeChannged()` and `propsChangedCallback()`.
render?: Function;
debug?: boolean; // prints debug messages
constructorCallback?: Function;
connectedCallback?: Function; // element is added to the document
disconnectedCallback?: Function; // element is removed to the document
adoptedCallback?: Function; // element is transferred to a new document
attributeChangedCallback?: Function; // Invoked when attribute is changed
propsChangedCallback?: Function; // Invoked when a prop is changed
}
TODO: support custom built-in for Safari browser
- https://www.sobyte.net/post/2021-08/safari-buildin-custom-element-polyfill/#:~:text=Safari%20browser%20does%20not%20support%20build-in%20custom%20elements%2C,supports%20the%20following%20HTML-formatted%20UI%20components%20by%20default.
- https://github.com/WebReflection/custom-elements-builtin
- https://unpkg.com/@webreflection/custom-elements-builtin