@financial-times/o-banner

v5.0.0

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10 months ago

Provides styling for product messaging which could include feature promotion, education, feedback, and legal information.

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o-banner

o-banner is a component used for product messaging which could include feature promotion, education, feedback, and legal information.

o-banner includes Sass and JavaScript to show and hide the banner. Banners can be created declaratively by adding markup to the page, or imperatively using JavaScript (only when not using the Build Service).

Usage

Check out how to include Origami components in your project to get started with o-banner.

Behaviour

o-banner elements appear fixed to the bottom of the screen. You can dismiss a banner, which will hide it but not remove it from the DOM. By default the last banner to be created will be the one that automatically opens. Opening a new banner will close any that are currently open.

Markup

This HTML demonstrates the declarative way to instantiate o-banner. If you are using the Build Service or firing your own o.DOMContentLoaded event, this is all you need to create a banner:

<div class="o-banner" data-o-component="o-banner">
	<div class="o-banner__outer">
		<div class="o-banner__inner" data-o-banner-inner="">
			<!-- Content to display on larger screens -->
			<div class="o-banner__content o-banner__content--long">
				<p>
					Try the new compact homepage. A list view of today's homepage with
					fewer images.
				</p>
			</div>

			<!-- Content to display on smaller screens -->
			<div class="o-banner__content o-banner__content--short">
				<p>Try the new compact homepage.</p>
			</div>

			<!-- Button and link -->
			<div class="o-banner__actions">
				<div class="o-banner__action">
					<a href="#" class="o-banner__button">Try it now</a>
				</div>
				<div class="o-banner__action o-banner__action--secondary">
					<a href="#" class="o-banner__link">Give feedback</a>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

Variable content based on screen size as well as the link after the button are optional. A minimal banner would look like this (note removal of content modifiers):

<div class="o-banner" data-o-component="o-banner">
	<div class="o-banner__outer">
		<div class="o-banner__inner" data-o-banner-inner="">
			<div class="o-banner__content">
				<p>
					Try the new compact homepage. A list view of today's homepage with
					fewer images.
				</p>
			</div>
			<div class="o-banner__actions">
				<div class="o-banner__action">
					<a href="#" class="o-banner__button">Try it now</a>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

The banner's primary action can be a form with a submit button if required. Change the actions markup to the following:

<div class="o-banner__actions">
	<form class="o-banner__action" action="/example">
		<input class="o-banner__button" type="submit" value="Try it now" />
	</form>
	…
</div>

If the banner element is empty, then the appropriate structure will be constructed with JavaScript using data attributes to specify options:

<div
	class="o-banner"
	data-o-component="o-banner"
	data-o-banner-content-long="Do you like o-banner?"
	data-o-banner-button-label="Yes"
></div>

If the banner element has content, but does not include an o-banner__outer element, then it will assume that the element content should be wrapped in the appropriate markup:

<div class="o-banner" data-o-component="o-banner">
	<p>This is the banner content</p>
</div>

To customise the layout of banner actions, for example to bring actions below banner content on desktop, remove both actions (o-banner__actions) and include your own action within banner content (o-banner__content). This allows more control of banner styles whilst avoiding CSS overrides which may visually break with o-banner style changes. Removing default actions is not recommended for design consistency, but may be used to create experimental banners.

<div class="o-banner" data-o-component="o-banner">
	<div class="o-banner__outer">
		<div class="o-banner__inner" data-o-banner-inner="">
			<div class="o-banner__content">
+				<div class="my-custom-banner-content">
					<p>Try the new compact homepage. A list view of today's homepage with fewer images.	</p>
+					<a href="#" class="my-custom-action">Try it now</a>
+				</div>
			</div>
-			<div class="o-banner__actions">
-				<div class="o-banner__action">
-					<a href="#" class="o-banner__button">Try it now</a>
-				</div>
-			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

JavaScript

No code will run automatically unless you are using the Build Service. You must either construct an o-banner object or fire an o.DOMContentLoaded event, which o-banner listens for.

Constructing an o-banner

If you have set up your banner declaratively:

import Banner from '@financial-times/o-banner';
const bannerElement = document.getElementById('my-banner-element');
const myBanner = new Banner(bannerElement);

The second argument passed to oBanner is an options object, this can be used to change the behaviour and display of a banner.

If you wish to create a banner from scratch with no existing DOM elements, you can set up your banner like this:

import Banner from '@financial-times/o-banner';
const myBanner = new Banner(null, {
	contentLong:
		"Try the new compact homepage. A list view of today's homepage with fewer images.",
	contentShort: 'Try the new compact homepage.',
	buttonLabel: 'Try it now',
	buttonUrl: '#try-button',
	linkLabel: 'Give feedback',
	linkUrl: '#feedback-link',
});

The available options are documented below.

Manipulating an o-banner

Once you have an o-banner instance, you can manipulate it using the following methods (assume an instance named myBanner exists):

myBanner.open(): display a closed banner
myBanner.close(): hide an open banner

Options

There are several options used to change the appearance or behaviour of o-banner. All of these are optional, but it's recommended to set at least contentLong, buttonLabel, and buttonUrl. Set the following as properties on the second argument to oBanner:

autoOpen: Boolean. Whether to automatically open the banner. Defaults to true
appendTo: String or Node. The element to append the banner to, when created imperatively with JavaScript. Defaults to document.body
suppressCloseButton: Boolean. Whether to hide the close button. Defaults to false
closeExistingBanners: Boolean. Whether to automatically close all other banners when the new banner is instantiated. Defaults to true
contentLong: String. The content to display on larger screens, or all screens if contentShort is not specified. Defaults to …
contentShort: String. The content to display on smaller screens. Defaults to the value of contentLong
buttonLabel: String. The banner button label. Set to null to hide the button. Defaults to OK
buttonUrl: String. The URL the button links to. Defaults to #
formAction: String. A form action, if specified then the primary button will be a submit button in a form. Defaults to null
formEncoding: String. The form encoding. Only used if formAction is not null. Defaults to application/x-www-form-urlencoded
formMethod: String. The form method. Only used if formAction is not null. Defaults to post
linkLabel: String. The banner link label. Set to null to hide the link. Defaults to null
linkUrl: String. The URL the link links to. Defaults to #
closeButtonLabel: String. The hidden accessible label for the close button. Defaults to Close.
theme: String. The theme to apply to the banner. See the themes documentation for available values. Defaults to null
layout: String. The layout to apply to the banner. See the layouts documentation for available values. Defaults to null

Sass

Include the "primary mixin"oBanner to output all o-banner styles for all banner variants.

@import 'o-banner/main';

@include oBanner();```

To output styles only for the variants of `o-banner` your project uses, the "primary mixin"  `oBanner` accepts an `$opts` argument. The `themes` key of `$opts` includes styles for [themes](#themes). The `layouts` key includes styles for [layouts](#layouts):

```scss
@include oBanner($opts: (
	'layouts': ('small', 'compact'),
	'themes': ('marketing', 'product', 'professional-inverse')
));

If you call the mixin without arguments you will get all the built-in themes:

@include oBanner();

Layouts

o-banner supports different layouts:

small: Display the banner in the bottom left of the screen at a smaller size, rather than full width
compact: Display the banner in the bottom left like the small theme, but with tighter spacing and smaller typography

In the markup, these can be applied as classes alongside the o-banner class. They are exposed as modifiers:

<div class="o-banner o-banner--small">...</div>

In the JavaScript, use the layout option:

const myBanner = new oBanner({
	layout: 'small',
});

Themes

o-banner is themeable which may be used in combination with a layout:

product: Use the product colours for the banner
marketing: Use the marketing colours for the banner
professional-inverse: Create a banner for the FT Professional sub-brand

In the markup, these can be applied as classes alongside the o-banner class. They are exposed as modifiers:

<div class="o-banner o-banner--marketing">...</div>

In the JavaScript, use the theme option:

const myBanner = new oBanner({
	theme: 'marketing',
});

Custom Themes

The oBannerAddTheme mixin can be used to create and output styles for a custom banner theme. This allows you to alter colours and backgrounds completely:

@include oBannerAddTheme(
	'bubblegum',
	(
		background-color: oColorsMix('candy', 'white', 75),
		text-color: oColorsByName('oxford-90'),
	)
);

The above Sass will output CSS like this:

.o-banner--bubblegum {
	/* styles */
}

You can add this new class to your banner element, either in the HTML:

<div class="o-banner o-banner--bubblegum">...</div>

or via the theme option in JavaScript:

const myBanner = new Banner(null, {
	theme: 'bubblegum',
	...
});

Custom Theme Options

You can change a lot of aspects of a banner's visual appearance. When using the oBannerAddTheme mixin, you can specify the following properties:

| Property | Required? | Type | Description | | ------------------------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | background-color | Yes | Colour* | Sets the banner background colour | | text-color | Yes | Colour* | Sets the banner's text colour | | background-image | No | String | Sets the banner background image, this should be a URL. Defaults to no background | | background-position | No | CSS value | Sets the banner background position, this can be any valid background-position value. Defaults to bottom right | | background-repeat | No | CSS Value | Sets the banner background repeat, this can be any valid background-repeat value. Defaults to no-repeat | | button-background-color | No | Colour* | Sets the banner's primary action button colour. Defaults to the value of the text-color property | | button-type | No | String | Sets the banner's button type, this can be either primary or secondary. Defaults to primary | | heading-rule-color | No | Colour* | Sets the banner's heading rule colour, the line that appears below the heading. Defaults to the value of the text-color property | | link-text-color | No | Colour* | Sets the banner's link text colour, both in the banner content and the secondary action. Defaults to the value of the text-color property |

* When a type of Colour is required, please specify a colour value and not an o-colors name. If you with to use an o-colors colour, then you can pass in oColorsByName('<NAME>'), replacing <NAME> with your desired color.

Migration

| State | Major Version | Last Minor Release | Migration guide | | :----------: | :-----------: | :----------------: | :---------------------------------------------------: | | ⚠ maintained | 5 | N/A | migrate to v5 | | ╳ deprecated | 4 | 4.5 | migrate to v4 | | ╳ deprecated | 3 | 3.4 | migrate to v3 | | ╳ deprecated | 2 | 2.3 | migrate to v2 | | ╳ deprecated | 1 | 1.7 | N/A |

Contact

If you have any questions or comments about this component, or need help using it, please either raise an issue, visit #origami-support or email Origami Support.

Licence

This software is published by the Financial Times under the MIT licence.