Vue component to create popups and tooltips

Popper for Vue

Simple, powerful, configurable. Popper v2.x!!

Positions a popup element close to the reference object.

It will always position itself automagically into a visible position. Supports adding an "arrow" element.

Install

yarn

yarn add @soldeplata/popper-vue

npm

npm i @soldeplata/popper-vue

Usage

VueJS single file component

<script>
import PopperVue from '@soldeplata/popper-vue';

export default {
  components: {
    PopperVue,
  },
  ...
};
</script>
<template>
  ...
    <PopperVue
      :show="show"
      :options="options"
    >
      <button @click="show = !show">
        I have a popup on click
      </button>
      <template #popper>
        I am the popped element
      </template>
    </PopperVue>
  ...
</template>

Props

Prop	Required	Type	Default	Description
show OR v-model	no	Boolean	false	Toggles the popper element with a v-show directive (animations must take this into account)
arrow	no	Boolean	false	Adds an arrow to the popped component (default background is transparent)
arrowClass	no	Object, Array, String	undefined	It's bound to :class of the arrow wrapper. Useful to set background color
options	no	Object	undefined	Sets the options to the popper instance. See popper documentation
popperClass	no	Object, Array, String	undefined	It's bound to :class of the popper wrapper

Events

Event	Payload	Description
@popper	Instance from '@popperjs/core'	Emitted on mount. Popper native methods can be used. See popper documentation

Slots

name	Description
default	Reference element over which the popup will be positioned
popper	Popper element that will be positioned around the Reference

Advanced example to build a tooltip

Tooltip component

<script lang="ts">
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import _ from 'lodash';
  import PopperVue from '@soldeplata/popper-vue';

  export default Vue.extend({
    name: 'TooltipExample',
    components: {
      PopperVue,
    },
    props: {
      show: {
        type: Boolean,
      },
      options: {
        type: Object,
        default: () => {},
      },
      boundaryId: {
        type: String,
      },
    },
    data() {
      return {
        tooltipOptions: _.merge(
          {
            placement: 'right',
            modifiers: [
              {
                name: 'offset',
                options: {
                  offset: [0, 10], // separation from reference object
                },
              },
              {
                name: 'arrow',
                options: {
                  padding: 4, // 4px from the edges of the popper
                },
              },
            ],
          },
          this.options,
        ),
      };
    },

    mounted() {
      if (this.boundaryId) {
        const boundary =
          document.getElementById(this.boundaryId) ?? document.body;
        const boundaryModifier = {
          name: 'preventOverflow',
          options: {
            boundary,
            rootBoundary: 'document',
          },
        };
        this.tooltipOptions.modifiers.push(boundaryModifier);
      }
    },
  });
</script>

<template>
  <popper-vue
    popper-class="fade"
    arrow
    arrow-class="black-and-white"
    :show="show"
    :options="tooltipOptions"
  >
    <slot />
    <template #popper>
      <section class="black-and-white tooltip">
        <slot name="tooltip" />
      </section>
    </template>
  </popper-vue>
</template>

<style lang="scss">
  .fade {
    display: inherit !important; /* override v-show display: none */
    transition: opacity 0.3s;

    &[style*='display: none;'] {
      pointer-events: none; /* disable user interaction */
      user-select: none; /* disable user selection */
      opacity: 0;
    }
  }
  
  .black-and-white {
    color: white;
    background-color: black;
  }
  
  .tooltip {
    border-radius: 4px;
    padding: 8px;
  }
</style>

Using the tooltip

<script lang="ts">
  import Vue from 'vue';
  import Tooltip from './tooltip.vue';
  export default Vue.extend({
    components: {
      Tooltip,
    },
    data() {
      return {
        show: false,
      };
    },
  });
</script>

<template>
  <div>
    ...
    <article id="tooltipContainer">
      ...
      <Tooltip
        :show="show"
        boundary-id="tooltipContainer"
        :options="{ placement: 'auto-start' }"
        @mouseenter.native="() => (show = true)"
      >
        I have a tooltip activated on mouse enter
        <template #tooltip>
          <div @mouseleave="show = false">
            I am the tooltiped element, closed on mouse leave
          </div>
        </template>
      </Tooltip>
      ...
    </article>
    ...
  </div>
</template>

GitHub

https://github.com/Silverium/popper-vue