React Litipsum Component

A simple React component that loads placeholder test from LitIpsum.com

"Lit Ipsum is a dummy text generator for web designers and developers. As an alternative to boring old Lorem Ipsum generators, it chooses passages from copyright-free literature courtesy of the Gutenberg Project. You can design using real English sentences."

Installation

Install via npm:

% npm install react-lit-ipsum

Usage

This library fetches placeholder text from LitIpsum.com:

import React from 'react';
import LitIpsum from 'react-lit-ipsum';  

class LitIpsumDemo extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return <LitIpsum />;
  }
}

Configuration Options

You can pass the following optionsl props to the LitIpsum component:

1. paragraphs : The number of paragraphs to be generated: <LitIpsum paragraphs={3}/>

2. book : The literary work to use. Options are:

• 'holmes' : The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes <LitIpsum book={'holmes'}/>

• 'jekyll' : Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde <LitIpsum book={'jekyll'}/>

• 'dracula' : Dracula <LitIpsum book={'dracula'}/>

• 'evalina' : Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World <LitIpsum book={'evalina'}/>

• 'johnson' : The Life of Samuel Johnson <LitIpsum book={'johnson'}/>

• 'dorian' : The picture of Dorian Gray <LitIpsum book={'dorian'}/>

• 'pride' : Pride and Prejudice <LitIpsum book={'pride'}/>

3. id : A string to identify a specific instance of the component for styling. (See 'Styling' below).

4. style : An object of styles to be applied t the component. (See 'Styling' below).

Note: Of course, you can combine these props to configure the output to your heart's content:

<LitIpsum id={'foo'} book={evalina'} paragraphs={10} style={{color: 'blue'}}/>

Styling

There are three ways to style the LitIpsum component:

1. Use the 'lit-ipsum' class CSS selector:

.lit-ipsum {
    text-align: left;
    color: blue;
}

2. Pass an 'id' prop to the component...

<LitIpsum id={'foo'}/>

...then use it as a CSS selector:

#foo {
    font-size: 22px;
}

3. Pass a 'style' prop to the component:

<LitIpsum style={{color: 'red', fontFamily: 'Arial'}}/>

Demo

Example code is located in the demo directory. To see it in action, clone this repository, cd to the directory of your cloned repository and run:

% npm install
% npm start

Then point your browser to: http://localhost:8080/.

License

Released under The MIT License.

© 2018 Rob Sheely

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