Light React Grid

This library package includes:

• useBreakpoint hook
• GridSystemContext Context
• GridSystem Component with GridHelper component
• Grid Component
• Column Component

Configuration:

If we aren't using default settings we can define breakpoints however we like. We need to define breakpoints, prefixes, gridHelperMargins. gridHelperColumnColor

• breakpoints is used for declaring names, number of columns, gutterSize and minimum/maximum width of breakpoint
• prefixes are used for naming CSS classes that are going to be generated
• gridHelperColumnColor will set the column color of GridHelper. By default, it's set to rgba(0, 0, 0, .1)
• gridHelperMargins should be only set if you are using some container in your project, for example:

<main style={{margin: '0 5%'}}>
    <header><h1>Hello</h1></header>
    <Grid>
        <Column ... />
        ...
    </Grid>
    ...
</main>

In that case we need to use gridHelperMargins to match our Grid. If you need more control over GridHelper, you could import <GridHelper /> component and override CSS styles.

Here is the sample configuration:

const GRID_SETTINGS: GridSettings = {
  breakpoints: {
    sm: {
      columns: 4,
      gutterSize: 5,
      maxWidth: 600,
    },
    md: {
      columns: 8,
      gutterSize: 10,
      minWidth: 600,
      maxWidth: 900,
    },
    lg: {
      columns: 12,
      gutterSize: 20,
      minWidth: 900,
    }
  },
  prefixes: {
    grid: 'g',
    gridColumn: 'gc',
  },
  gridHelperColumnColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, .05)'
}

Now we can use it in <GridSystem /> and define that we want to use Grid Helper:

// Import CSS for GridHelper component
import 'light-react-grid/dist/index.css'

ReactDOM.render(
  <React.StrictMode>
      <GridSystem 
           settings={myGridSettings}
           useGridHelper={true}
      >
        <App />
      </GridSystem>
  </React.StrictMode>,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

Please be aware that we are going to use that breakpoint name for size property in <Column /> component. To set column size we need to write exact column names as they are defined in myGridSettings: <Column size={{sm: 2, md: 3}} />.

Please checkout example code for more details: example/src.

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Usage

We can set column size and left or right offset.
To define column size we need to pass size for a breakpoint that we want to use, if we don't define column size for the breakpoints it will automatically set width to 100%.

<Grid>
    <Column size={{sm: 2, md: 2, lg: 8}} offsetLeft={{md: 2}}></Column>
    <Column size={{sm: 2, md: 4}}></Column>
    ...
</Grid>

In case that we don't need column for some reason in a large breakpoint we can use useBreakpoint hook to remove it:

    const breakpoint = useBreakpoint();
    return (<div>
        <Grid>
            { breakpoint === 'md' && <Column size={{md: 4}} /> }
            <Column size={{sm: 2, md: 4}}></Column>
        </Grid>
    </div>);

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Tips

When you define your breakpoints you can always create a wrapper around <Column /> component and define breakpoints as props.

interface ColumnWrappperProps {
  className?: string;
  sm?: number;
  md?: number;
  lg?: number;
  offsetLeft?: {
    sm?: number;
    md?: number;
    lg?: number;
  };
  offsetRight?: {
    sm?: number;
    md?: number;
    lg?: number;
  };
}

export const ColumnWrapper: FunctionComponent<ColumnWrappperProps> = ({
  children,
  className = '',
  sm,
  md,
  lg,
  offsetLeft = {},
  offsetRight = {},
}) => (
  <Column
    size={{ sm, md, lg }}
    offsetLeft={offsetLeft}
    offsetRight={offsetRight}
    className={className}
  >
    {children}
  </Column>
);

Usage:

<Grid>
    <ColumnWrapper sm={2} md={4} offsetLeft={{md: 1}} />    
</Grid>

I wish u happy coding!

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Light React grid is MIT licensed.