react-description-box
v1.0.1
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Customizable React component that can shorten long text using str_shorten library for better display
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react-description-box
====================
Customizable React component that can shorten long text using str_shorten library for better display
Quickstart
Install the module with:
npm install --save react-description-box
Getting Started
Import DescriptionBox
to your React Component
import DescriptionBox from 'react-description-box';
Example
let content = "You will win if you want";
<DescriptionBox maxChars='11' content={content}/>
The output will be
<div>You will...</div>
Customizable description box container
<DescriptionBox maxChars='11'
content="You will win if you want"
component={(props) => {
return (
<ul>
<li>
{props.children}
<li>
</ul>
)
}}
/>
The generated HTML will be
<ul>
<li>
You will...
</li>
</ul>
Add 'Read more' link
<DescriptionBox maxChars='11'
content="You will win if you want"
readMore={{
text: 'Read more',
link: 'http://google.com'
}}
/>
The generated HTML will be
<ul>
<li>
You will...
<a href='http://google.com' target="self">Read more</a>
</li>
</ul>
Add 'Read more' link with custom 'target'
<DescriptionBox maxChars='11'
content="You will win if you want"
readMore={{
text: 'Read more',
link: 'http://google.com',
target: '_blank'
}}
/>
The generated HTML will be
<ul>
<li>
You will...
<a href='http://google.com' target="_blank">Read more</a>
</li>
</ul>
Options
| name | default | required | type | description | |--------------|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | content | empty | false | string | Content of description box | | maxChars | 300 | false | number | Max characters of description box. | | component | div component | false | React Component | A function or class that generate component for the container | | readMore | null | false | object | An object that contains: * text: Link text * link: Destination url |
Development
Fix issue with system watchers
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
Contributing
Contributions are welcome!
Thanks
Thanks to the following repositories for code and inspiration:
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Binh Quan
Licensed under the MIT license.