Back to top component

About

An anchor or JavaScript button to scroll the user to top of the current page, or to a target element.

Usage

Only use on component per page, multiple "back to top" links are not recommended.

Inline variant

The inline variant can be used without JavaScript and placed at the bottom of content or the page.

Floating variant

The floating variant is recommended for this component, which appears floating at the bottom right of page. It will appear once the user has scrolled down to 100% of the page height. This requires JavaScript to function.

Angular

As of version 1.0.2 vf-back-to-top has experimental Angular support. This package was generated with Angular version 18.2.1 with fallback support for 15.2.4 and has been tested on application with Angular version 18.2.1

1. install yarn add @visual-framework/vf-back-to-top
2. import in your app.module

   import { VfBackToTopAngularModule } from '@visual-framework/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.angular';
   
   @NgModule({
     imports: [VfBackToTopAngularModule, YourOtherModules],
     ...
   })

3. JS file inclusion

• Copy the vf-back-to-top.js (from Assets section below) to your src/assets/vf-back-to-top folder (create new if not already).
• In the angular.json inside "scripts": [] add the above file reference like - "scripts": [ "src/assets/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.js" ] and then add this function call

  vfBackToTop();

  where you're importing the the component.
• Rerun the project if already running.

4. Can be used as

   <vf-back-to-top [type]="'inline'" [text]="'Top'" [scrollToId]="'top'" [example]="true"></vf-back-to-top>
   <vf-back-to-top [type]="'floating'" [example]="false"></vf-back-to-top>

5. add to your styles.scss

   @import '../node_modules/@visual-framework/vf-sass-config/index.scss';
   @import "../node_modules/@visual-framework/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.scss";

   you should also install vf-sass-starter for the styles

Usage:

<vf-back-to-top [type]="'inline'" [text]="'Top'" [scrollToId]="'top'" [example]="true"></vf-back-to-top>
<vf-back-to-top [type]="'floating'" [example]="false"></vf-back-to-top>

React

vf-back-to-top now has React support which has been tested on react version 18.2.0

1. install yarn add @visual-framework/vf-back-to-top
2. import in the JS file where you want to include this component

   import VfBackToTop from '@visual-framework/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.react';
   
   Make sure you have the jsx support enabled with babel. Alternatively, you can also copy the vf-back-to-top.react.js file from below to your react project and import as per the location.

3. can be used as

   <VfBackToTop type="floating" />
   <VfBackToTop type="inline" text="Top" scrollToId="top" example="true" />

4. add beloow to your CSS file

   @import '~@visual-framework/vf-sass-config/index.scss';
   @import '~@visual-framework/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.css';

   you should also install and import vf-sass-starter for the styles

Usage:

<VfBackToTop type="floating" />

Install

This repository is distributed with [npm][https://www.npmjs.com/]. After [installing npm][https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm] and yarn, you can install vf-back-to-top with this command.

$ yarn add --dev @visual-framework/vf-back-to-top

JS

You should import this component in ./components/vf-component-rollup/scripts.js or your other JS process:

import { vfBackToTop } from 'vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top';
// Or import directly
// import { vfBackToTop } from '../components/raw/vf-back-to-top/vf-back-to-top.js';
vfBackToTop(); // invoke it

Sass/CSS

The style files included are written in Sass. If you're using a VF-core project, you can import it like this:

@import "@visual-framework/vf-back-to-top/index.scss";

Make sure you import Sass requirements along with the modules. You can use a project boilerplate or the vf-sass-starter

Help

• Read the Visual Framework troubleshooting
• Open a ticket
• Chat on Slack