A react component that lets you render a popover in relation to the current text selection.
npm install --save react-text-selection-popoverimport css from '@emotion/css'
<Popover
render={
({ clientRect, isCollapsed, textContent }) => {
if (clientRect == null || isCollapsed) return null
// I'm using emotion for this example but you can use anything really
const style = css`
position: absolute;
left: ${clientRect.left clientRect.width / 2}px;
top: ${clientRect.top - 40}px;
margin-left: -75px;
width: 150px;
background: blue;
font-size: 0.7em;
pointer-events: none;
text-align: center;
color: white;
border-radius: 3px;
`
return <div className={style}>
Selecting {(textContent || '').length} characters
</div>
}
}
/>| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
render |
({ clientRect, isCollapsed, textContent }) => {} |
required Render prop for rendering your popover, see above for usage |
mount |
HTMLElement |
Dom Element that Popover will be rendered into (This component uses React Portals. Defaults to document.body |
target |
HTMLElement |
Dom Element which the popover is constrained to |
This was originally written during some freelance work for Spectrum. Shoutout to their awesomeness for letting me do all my work for them in the open!
I build editors for companies, or help their teams do so. Hit me up on my website to get in touch about a project.