# vertical-timeline-component-react
A simple component to generate a responsive vertical timeline
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## Getting started
To install as npm dependency
```sh
npm install --save vertical-timeline-component-react
```
## API Documentation
### Timeline
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 | node | false | `en`, `es` or `de` | `en` | Change the language `from` and `to` texts and change the format in the dates |
| dateFormat | string | false | `L`, `l` or `ll` | `L` | Change the presentation format of dates |
`dateFormat`: Receive only one of three options. (The options are same the [moment.js](https://momentjs.com/) using).
- The option `L` will return a date like `MM/DD/YYYY` (in English), `DD/MM/YYYY` (in Spanish) `DD.MM.YYYY` (in German).
- The option `l` will return a date like `M/D/YYYY` (in English), `D/M/YYYY` (in Spanish) `D.M.YYYY` (in German).
- The option `ll` will return a date like `MMM DD, YYYY` (in English), `DD de MMM, YYYY` (in Spanish) `DD. MMM YYYY` (in German).
### Container
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` |
### YearContent
For each `Container` you need `YearContent` (like firts 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 |
### BodyContent
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 |
### Section
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 |
### Description
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` |
## How to use it
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(
,
);
}
}
```
**_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 (
);
};
```
## License
MIT