z-select

A basic styled select input for your web application

Table of contents

• z-select
• Table of contents
• Install
  • Import as HTML/CSS component
  • Import as Stateless Functional Component (SFC)
• How to use
  • CSS component
  • Stateless Functional Component
• Theming
• License

Install

The package is available to download through npm:

npm install z-select --save

Import as HTML/CSS component

The simple case

The package will be located inside the node_modules folder, you can import it into the HTML document as follows:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/z-select/dist/style.css">

When bundling an web app

For bundlers that support CSS, like Webpack, you can use it like this:

require('z-select/dist/style.css');

Import as a Stateless Functional Component (SFC)

The package does not include the renderer, you can use any renderer that supports SFCs. You could use React, Preact, Inferno, etc.

Notice: This package contains CSS styling, you may need a bundler that's capable of requiring CSS files like Webpack with css-loader.

Once you have chosen the renderer you can include the package in your project as follows:

// Assuming the React renderer is being used
const React = require('react');
const render = require('react-dom').render;

// Passing the render function when importing
const ZSelect = require('z-select')(React.createElement);

// Render it on page, using JSX here :)
render(<ZSelect />, document.body);

How to use

CSS component

Just add the HTML structure and CSS classes to reproduce the UI component.

Class hierarchy

| Recommended HTML tags | Parent | Class | Description | Type | | ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | div, section, main, article, fieldset | root | .z-select | Root container | Block | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--label | Makes space for a floating label | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--success | Renders a green border to indicate success | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--warning | Renders a yellow border to indicate warning | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--danger | Renders a reddish border to indicate danger | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--error | Renders a red border to indicate error | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select--dark | Makes the select text white so it can be read easier on dark backgrounds | Modifier | | Any containing .z-select | root | .z-select__label | Renders a floating label | Element |

Full working example:

<div class="z-select">
  <select>
    <option>A</option>
    <option>B</option>
    <option>C</option>
  </select>
</div>

Stateless Functional Component

Render the HTML by using the SFC and passing props.

Supported Props

| Prop name | Expected Type | Description | | --------------- | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | label | string or TextNode | The floating label to render | | selectedIndex | number | The index of the selected option (optional) | | color | string | A custom border color that you might pass to override the defaults | | success | boolean | Pass true to indicate success and render a green border | | warning | boolean | Pass true to indicate warning and render a yellow border | | danger | boolean | Pass true to indicate danger and render a reddish border | | error | boolean | Pass true to indicate error and render a red border | | dark | boolean | Pass true to indicate the input is in a dark background and input text will be white |

Note that you can pass any attribute compatible with select that it will be automatically passed through.

Full example (JSX):

<ZSelect placeholder="Choose one" options={['A', 'B', 'C']} />

Theming

You can theme z-select using CSS Variables!

The list of variables available is below:

| Variable | Expected type | Description | | ---------------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | --primary-color | color | The border-color for selected inputs | | --success-color | color | The border-color for selected success inputs | | --warning-color | color | The border-color for selected warnings inputs | | --danger-color | color | The border-color for selected danger inputs | | --error-color | color | The border-color for selected errored inputs | | --neutral-border-color | color | The border-color for idle inputs | | --neutral-color | color | The text color for placeholders/floating labels | | --dark-color | color | The background color for input labels |

LICENSE

MIT