UI tour library for Angular 9+

Angular Material, Taiga UI, Ng Bootstrap and Ngx Bootstrap UIs are supported.

ngx-ui-tour is a fork of Isaac Mann's ngx-tour. The project had to be forked since the original is no longer maintained.

Table of contents

• Demo and documentation
• Compatibility
• Installation
• Usage
  • Simple project
  • Lazy loaded modules
• FAQ
• TourService
• Step Configuration
• Defaults
• Hotkeys
• Event Observables
• Custom template
• Styling Active Tour Anchor
• License

Demo and documentation

Demo and documentation can be found at hakimio.github.io/ngx-ui-tour

Compatibility

Angular and RxJS versions

Since libraries built with Angular Ivy partial compilation mode can only be used with Angular v12 or higher, ngx-ui-tour v8 no longer supports older Angular versions.

| Angular | RxJS | ngx-ui-tour | |---------|------|-------------| | 12-13 | 6, 7 | 8 | | 9-12 | 6 | 7 |

Installation

yarn

# install one of the UI packages (ngx-ui-tour-md-menu, ngx-ui-tour-ng-bootstrap, ngx-ui-tour-ngx-bootstrap, ngx-ui-tour-tui-dropdown, ngx-ui-tour-tui-hint)
yarn add ngx-ui-tour-md-menu

npm

# install one of the UI packages (ngx-ui-tour-md-menu, ngx-ui-tour-ng-bootstrap, ngx-ui-tour-ngx-bootstrap, ngx-ui-tour-tui-dropdown, ngx-ui-tour-tui-hint)
npm i --save ngx-ui-tour-md-menu

Usage

Simple project

1. Add <tour-step-template></tour-step-template> to your root app component
2. Define anchor points for the tour steps by adding the tourAnchor directive throughout your app.

<div tourAnchor="some.anchor.id">...</div>

3. Define your tour steps using tourService.initialize(steps)

this.tourService.initialize([{
  anchorId: 'some.anchor.id',
  content: 'Some content',
  title: 'First',
}, {
  anchorId: 'another.anchor.id',
  content: 'Other content',
  title: 'Second',
}]);

4. Start the tour with tourService.start()
5. Check out the demo source code for an example.

Lazy loaded modules

1. Add <tour-step-template></tour-step-template> to your root app component.
2. Import TourMatMenuModule.forRoot() into your app module.
3. Import TourMatMenuModule into all lazy loaded modules needing the tour.
4. Import the TourService in your highest level eagerly loaded component and initialize all your steps there (even the ones in the lazy loaded modules). Note: Make sure every step object contains its route. For example, if the route to a step is '/home' then your step object should have route: '/home' as a member.
5. Define anchor points for your steps by adding the tourAnchor directive throughout your modules (any component that requires it at any level).

    <div tourAnchor="some.anchor.id">...</div>

6. Start the tour with tourService.start() in the same component you initialized your steps. Call this right after the initialization.
7. Check out the demo source code for an example.

FAQ

How to center tour step?

You can create an invisible anchor point for the tour step you want to center.

1. Add a simple div to your html template which will be used as the tour anchor

<div class="centered-tour-element" tourAnchor="start-tour"></div>

2. Add CSS for the div

.centered-tour-element {
    position: fixed;
    left: 50%;
    top: 50%;
    /* The anchor should be translated to the left by half of your step width and half height  */
    /* For example, if your tour step has dimensions of 280 × 156 px, you have to translate by (-140px, -78px) */
    transform: translate(-140px, -78px);
}

3. Use previously defined tour anchor

this.tourService.initialize([{
  anchorId: 'start-tour',
  title: 'Welcome',
  content: 'Welcome to the Ngx-UI-Tour tour!'
}]);
this.tourService.start();

How to disable main content scrolling when UI tour is active?

NOTE: starting with v7 you can simply enable disablePageScrolling step config if you are using md-menu tour UI

If you are using older version or different UI implementation you can still use following guide to achieve this

You can toggle CSS class which disables main content element scrolling when tour starts/ends.

1. Create custom TourService:

@Injectable()
export class MyTourService {
  
  constructor(
    private readonly tourService: TourService
  ) {}
  
  private readonly MAIN_SECTION_CSS_SELECTOR = 'section.main-content';
  private readonly NO_SCROLL_CSS_CLASS = 'no-scroll';
  
  start(steps: IStepOption[]) {
    this.tourService.initialize(steps, {
      route: 'my-route',
      enableBackdrop: true
    });
    this.tourService.end$.subscribe(() => this.setIsScrollable(true));
    this.setIsScrollable(false);
    this.tourService.start();
  }

  private setIsScrollable(isScrollable: boolean) {
    const body = document.body,
      mainSection = document.querySelector(this.MAIN_SECTION_CSS_SELECTOR),
      addOrRemove = isScrollable ? 'remove' : 'add';

    mainSection.classList[addOrRemove](this.NO_SCROLL_CSS_CLASS);
    // You can also optionally disable iOS Safari bounce effect
    body[addOrRemove + 'EventListener']('touchmove', this.preventTouchMove, { passive: false });
  }

  private preventTouchMove(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
  }

}

2. Add the no-scroll CSS class to your global stylesheet (styles.(s)css)

.no-scroll {
    overflow: hidden;
}

3. Use your custom TourService to start the UI tour:

import {MyTourService} from '@app-utils/my-tour.service';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
  
  constructor(
    private readonly myTourService: MyTourService
  ) {
    this.myTourService.start([{
      anchorId: 'start-tour',
      title: 'Welcome',
      content: 'Welcome to the Ngx-UI-Tour tour!'
    }]);
  }

}

TourService

The TourService controls the tour. Some key functions include:

start()
Starts the tour

startAt(stepId: number | string)
Start the tour at the step with stepId or at the specified index

end()
Ends the tour

pause()
Pauses the tour

resume()
Resumes the tour

next()
Goes to the next step

prev()
Goes to the previous step

Step Configuration

Each step can have the following properties.

| Name | Type | Default | Description | | :-----: |:-------------:|:-------------:|-------------| | stepId | string | "" | A unique identifier for the step | | anchorId | string | required | The anchor to which the step will be attached | | title | string | "" | The title of the tour step | | content | string | "" | The content text of the tour step | | enableBackdrop | boolean | false | Controls whether to enable active element highlighting | | route | string | UrlSegment[] | undefined | The route to which the tour should navigate before attempting to show this tour step. If undefined, no navigation is attempted. | | closeOnOutsideClick | boolean | false | Enable to close the tour on outside click ("md-menu" UI only) | | disablePageScrolling | boolean | false | Prevents user from being able to scroll the page when the UI tour is active ("md-menu" UI only) | | nextStep | number | string | undefined | The step index or stepId of the next step. If undefined, the next step in the steps array is used. | | prevStep | number | string | undefined | The step index or stepId of the previous step. If undefined, the previous step in the steps array is used. | | placement | MdMenuPlacement | undefined | Tour step position with respect to the anchor. | | disableScrollToAnchor | boolean | false | Tour steps automatically scroll to the middle of the screen, if they are off the screen when shown. Setting this value to true will disable the scroll behavior. | | prevBtnTitle | string | "Prev" | Sets a custom prev button title for a given step. Default is "Prev" | | nextBtnTitle | string | "Next" | Sets a custom next button title for a given step. Default is "Next" | | endBtnTitle | string | "End" | Sets a custom end button title for a given step. Default is "End" | | isAsync | boolean | false | Mark your step as "async" if anchor element is added to DOM with a delay (ie after data is loaded). | | isOptional | boolean | false | Mark your step as "optional" if it should be skipped when anchor element is not found. Step can not be marked both "optional" and "async". | | delayAfterNavigation | number | 0 | Delay between navigation to a different route and showing the tour step in ms. Might be needed if you use custom scrollbar and the page is not scrolled all the way before the tour step is shown. |

Defaults

You can set default values in the TourService.initialize() function.

this.tourService.initialize(steps, {
    route: '',
    disablePageScrolling: true
});

Any value explicitly defined in a step will override the default value.

Hotkeys

Hotkeys are provided using Angular's @HostListener decorator. Hotkeys are enabled when the tour starts and disabled when the tour ends.

• left arrow - previous step
• right arrow - next step
• esc - end tour

Event Observables

The TourService emits events that can be subscribed to like this:

this.tourService.initialize$.subscribe((steps: IStepOption[]) => {
    console.log('tour configured with these steps:', steps);
});

| Name | Payload | Emitted When | |:---------------------:|:--------------:|:------------------------------------------:| | stepShow$ | IStepOption | A step is shown | | stepHide$ | IStepOption | A step is hidden | | initialize$ | IStepOption[] | The tour is configured with a set of steps | | start$ | void | The tour begins | | end$ | void | The tour ends | | pause$ | void | The tour is paused | | resume$ | void | The tour resumes | | anchorRegister$ | string | An anchor is registered with the tour | | anchorUnregister$ | string | An anchor is unregistered from the tour |

Custom template

You can also customize the tour step template by providing an <ng-template let-step="step"> inside the <tour-step-template>.

The default template is equivalent to this:

<tour-step-template>
    <ng-template let-step="step">
        <mat-card (click)="$event.stopPropagation()">
            <mat-card-title>
                <div class="title-text">{{step?.title}}</div>
                <mat-icon class="title-close" (click)="tourService.end()">close</mat-icon>
            </mat-card-title>

            <mat-card-content [innerHTML]="step?.content"></mat-card-content>

            <mat-card-actions align="end">
                <button
                    mat-button
                    class="prev"
                    [disabled]="!tourService.hasPrev(step)"
                    (click)="tourService.prev()"
                >
                    <mat-icon>chevron_left</mat-icon> {{step?.prevBtnTitle}}
                </button>
                <button
                    mat-button
                    class="next"
                    *ngIf="tourService.hasNext(step)"
                    (click)="tourService.next()"
                >
                    {{step?.nextBtnTitle}} <mat-icon>chevron_right</mat-icon>
                </button>
                <button
                    mat-button
                    (click)="tourService.end()"
                    *ngIf="!tourService.hasNext(step)"
                >
                    {{step?.endBtnTitle}}
                </button>
            </mat-card-actions>
        </mat-card>
    </ng-template>
</tour-step-template>

Styling Active Tour Anchor

The currently active tour anchor element has a touranchor--is-active class applied to it, so you can apply your own custom styles to that class to highlight the element being referenced.

License

MIT