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A simple component for create a vertical timeline with React
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<h1>vertical-timeline-component-react
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<p>A simple component to generate a responsive vertical timeline</p>
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<summary>Table of contents</summary>
<ol>
<li>
<a href="#getting-started">Getting started</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#api-documentation">API Documentation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#timeline">Timeline</a></li>
<li><a href="#container">Container</a></li>
<li><a href="#year-content">YearContent</a></li>
<li><a href="#body-content">BodyContent</a></li>
<li><a href="#section">Section</a></li>
<li><a href="#description">Description</a></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="#how-to-use">How to use it</a></li>
<li><a href="#contributors">Contributors</a></li>
</ol>
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<h2 id="getting-started">Getting started</h2>
To install as npm dependency
```sh
npm install --save vertical-timeline-component-react
```
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<h2 id="api-documentation">API Documentation</h2>
<h3 id="timeline">Timeline</h3>
This is the wrapper component that creates the vertical timeline.
- Childrens
| Number of children | Required | Value Allowed |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Many | At least the first `Container` component is required | Only `Container` components |
- Props
| name | Type | Required | Values Allowed | default values | Description |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| theme | object | false | colors | { yearColor: "#888888", lineColor: "#c5c5c5", dotColor: "#c5c5c5", borderDotColor: "#ffffff", titleColor: "#cccccc", subtitleColor: "#888888", textColor: "#cccccc" } | Set colors in all components |
| lang | string | false | `en`, `es`, `de`, `tr` or `zh_CN` | `en` | Change the language `from` and `to` texts and change the format in the dates |
| dateFormat | string | false | `only-number`, `short`, `with-weekday` or `full` | `only-number` | Change the presentation format of dates |
`dateFormat`: Receive only one of four options (The options are same the [moment.js](https://momentjs.com/) using)
| | `only-number` | `short` | `with-weekday` | `full` |
| :--------------------------: | ------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| English (`en`) | `MM/D/YYYY` | `MMM DD, YYYY` | `ddd, MMM DD, YYYY` | `dddd, MMMM DD, YYYY` |
| Spanish (`es`) | `D/MM/YYYY` | `DD MMM YYYY` | `ddd, DD [de] MMM YYYY` | `dddd, DD [de] MMMM [de] YYYY` |
| German (`de`) | `D.MM.YYYY` | `DD.MMM.YYYY` | `ddd., DD. MMM. YYYY` | `dddd, DD. MMMM YYYY` |
| Turk (`tr`) | `DD.MM.YYYY` | `DD MMM YYYY` | `DD MMM YYYY ddd` | `DD MMMM YYYY dddd` |
| Simplified Chinese (`zh_CN`) | `YYYY/MM/D` | `YYYY年MM月DD日` | `YYYY年MMM月DD日` | `YYYY年MM月DD日dddd` |
<h3 id="container">Container</h3>
Each event in the timeline will be represented by the `Content` component. This component receive only two children's, the first is `YearContent` and the second is `BodyContent`. There can be multiple repeating instances of this component inside `Timeline` wrapper.
- Childrens
| Number of children | Required | Value Allowed |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------- |
| 2 | true | `YearContent` and `BodyContent` |
<h3 id="year-content">YearContent</h3>
For each `Container` you need `YearContent` (like first children) since with this component you mark the events in the given year.
- Props
| Name | Type | Required | Values Allowed | default values | Description |
| ----------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| startDate | string | true | `YYYY/MM/DD` - `YYYY/MM` - `YYYY` | does not apply | The date of the start of the content or contents |
| endDate | string | false | `YYYY/MM/DD` - `YYYY/MM` - `YYYY` | does not apply | The date of the end of the content or contents |
| currentYear | boolean | false | `true` or `false` | current year | The value is the current year, it is recommended to use it in the last Container |
<h3 id="body-content">BodyContent</h3>
For each `Container` you need `ContentBody` (like second children). This component will be the container of the one or more `Sections`.
- Childrens
| Number of children | Required | Value Allowed |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| Many | At least the first `Section` component is required | Only `Section` components |
<h3 id="section">Section</h3>
This component is the container for one or more `Description`.
- Childrens
| Number of children | Required | Value Allowed |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Many | At least the first `Description` component is required | Only `Description` components |
- Props
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| ----- | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------- |
| title | string | true | It's the title of any section |
<h3 id="description">Description</h3>
This component can be the text of the description or a subtitle
- Props
| Name | Type | Required | Values Allowed | default values | Description |
| ------- | ------ | -------- | --------------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| variant | string | false | `subtitle` or `description` | `description` | Transform the format of the text |
| text | string | true | Any text | does not apply | Show the description of the `Section` |
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<h2 id="how-to-use">How to use it</h2>
The following snippet will show you how to use the library:
**_Using class components:_**
```js
import {
Timeline,
Container,
YearContent,
BodyContent,
Section,
Description,
} from 'vertical-timeline-component-react';
const customTheme = {
yearColor: '#405b73',
lineColor: '#d0cdc4',
dotColor: '#262626',
borderDotColor: '#d0cdc4',
titleColor: '#405b73',
subtitleColor: '#bf9765',
textColor: '#262626',
};
class Main extends Component {
render() {
return(
<Timeline theme={customTheme} dateFormat='full'>
<Container>
<YearContent startDate='2020/07/01' currentYear />
<BodyContent>
<Section title='Title'>
<Description variant='subtitle' text='Subtitle' />
<Description text='Description' />
<Description text='Another description' />
</Section>
<Section title='Another title'>
<Description text='Description' />
<Description text='Another description' />
</Section>
</BodyContent>
</Container>
</Timeline>,
);
}
}
```
**_Using function components:_**
```js
import {
Timeline,
Container,
YearContent,
BodyContent,
Section,
Description,
} from 'vertical-timeline-component-react';
const Main = () => {
const customTheme = {
yearColor: '#405b73',
lineColor: '#d0cdc4',
dotColor: '#262626',
borderDotColor: '#d0cdc4',
titleColor: '#405b73',
subtitleColor: '#bf9765',
textColor: '#262626',
};
return (
<Timeline theme={customTheme} dateFormat='full'>
<Container>
<YearContent startDate='2020/07/01' currentYear />
<BodyContent>
<Section title='Title'>
<Description variant='subtitle' text='Subtitle' />
<Description text='Description' />
<Description text='Another description' />
</Section>
<Section title='Another title'>
<Description text='Description' />
<Description text='Another description' />
</Section>
</BodyContent>
</Container>
</Timeline>
);
};
```
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<h2 id="contributors">Contributors</h2>
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<h2 id="license">License</h2>
MIT
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