@kadira/storybook-addon-knobs
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React Storybook Addon Prop Editor Component
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Storybook Addon Knobs
Knobs allow you to edit React props dynamically using the Storybook UI. You can also use Knobs as a dynamic variable inside stories.
This is how Knobs look like:
Checkout the above Live Storybook or watch this video.
Getting Started
First of all, you need to install knobs into your project as a dev dependency.
npm i -D @kadira/storybook-addon-knobs
Then, configure it as an addon by adding it to your addons.js
file (located in the Storybook config directory).
// To get our default addons (actions and links)
import '@kadira/storybook/addons';
// To add the knobs addon
import '@kadira/storybook-addon-knobs/register'
Now, write your stories with knobs.
import React from 'react';
import { storiesOf } from '@kadira/storybook';
import { withKnobs, text, boolean, number } from '@kadira/storybook-addon-knobs';
const stories = storiesOf('Storybook Knobs', module);
// Add the `withKnobs` decorator to add knobs support to your stories.
// You can also configure `withKnobs` as a global decorator.
stories.addDecorator(withKnobs);
// Knobs for React props
stories.add('with a button', () => (
<button
disabled={boolean('Disabled', false)}
>
{text('Label', 'Hello Button')}
</button>
))
// Knobs as dynamic variables.
stories.add('as dynamic variables', () => {
const name = text('Name', 'Arunoda Susiripala');
const age = number('Age', 89);
const content = `I am ${name} and I'm ${age} years old.`;
return (<div>{content}</div>);
});
You can see your Knobs in a Storybook panel as shown below.
Additional Links
- Introduction blog post.
- Watch this video on how to use knobs
- Live Storybook with Knobs
- Have a look at this sample Storybook repo.
Available Knobs
These are the knobs available for you to use. You can import these Knobs from the @kadira/storybook-addon-knobs
module.
Here's how to import the text Knob.
import { text } from '@kadira/storybook-addon-knobs';
Just like that, you can import any other following Knobs:
text
Allows you to get some text from the user.
const label = 'Your Name';
const defaultValue = 'Arunoda Susiripala';
const value = text(label, defaultValue);
boolean
Allows you to get a boolean value from the user.
const label = 'Agree?';
const defaultValue = false;
const value = boolean(label, defaultValue);
number
Allows you to get a number from the user.
const label = 'Age';
const defaultValue = 78;
const value = number(label, defaultValue);
number bound by range
Allows you to get a number from the user using a range slider.
const label = 'Temperature';
const defaultValue = 73;
const options = {
range: true,
min: 60,
max: 90,
step: 1,
};
const value = number(label, defaultValue, options);
color
Allows you to get a color from the user.
const label = 'Color';
const defaultValue = '#ff00ff';
const value = color(label, defaultValue);
object
Allows you to get a JSON object from the user.
const label = 'Styles';
const defaultValue = {
backgroundColor: 'red'
};
const value = object(label, defaultValue);
Make sure to enter valid JSON syntax while editing values inside the knob.
array
Allows you to get an array from the user.
const label = 'Styles';
const defaultValue = ['Red']
const value = array(label, defaultValue);
While editing values inside the knob, you will need to use a separator. By default it's a comma, but this can be override by passing a separator variable.
const separator = ':'; const value = array(label, defaultValue, separator);
select
Allows you to get a value from a select box from the user.
const label = 'Colors';
const options = {
red: 'Red',
blue: 'Blue',
yellow: 'Yellow',
};
const defaultValue = 'red';
const value = select(label, options, defaultValue);
You can also provide options as an array like this: ['red', 'blue', 'yellow']
date
Allow you to get date (and time) from the user.
const label = 'Event Date';
const defaultValue = new Date('Jan 20 2017');
const value = date(label, defaultValue);
Typescript
If you are using typescript, make sure you have the type definitions installed for the following libs:
- node
- react
You can install them using npm i -S @types/node @types/react
, assuming you are using Typescript >2.0.