GOV.UK Decorated Components ·

Form components for the GOV.UK Design System that require less parameters to collect data. Replace the multiple parameters needed for saving data with a single decorate parameter.

Requirements

Node.js v16 or later.

Installation

Note These components are included by default with the GOV.UK Prototype Rig.

npm install govuk-decorated-components --save

Usage

To add them to the GOV.UK Prototype Kit, follow these steps:

1. Add /node_modules/govuk-decorated-components to your application’s views (appViews) in server.js:

     // Set up App
     var appViews = extensions.getAppViews([
   +   path.join(projectDir, '/node_modules/govuk-decorated-components'),
       path.join(projectDir, '/app/views/'),
       path.join(projectDir, '/lib/')
     ])

2. Add the decorate global function to your Nunjucks environment (nunjucksAppEnv) in server.js:

     var nunjucksAppEnv = nunjucks.configure(appViews, nunjucksConfig)
   
     // Add Nunjucks Globals
   + const { decorate } = require('govuk-decorated-components')
   + nunjucksAppEnv.addGlobal('decorate', decorate)
   
     // Add Nunjucks filters
     utils.addNunjucksFilters(nunjucksAppEnv)

3. Replace imported GOV.UK Frontend macros with those provided by this package:

   - {% from "govuk/components/button/macro.njk" import govukButton %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/button/macro.njk" import govukButton with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/character-count/macro.njk" import govukCharacterCount %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/character-count/macro.njk" import govukCharacterCount with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/checkboxes/macro.njk" import govukCheckboxes %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/checkboxes/macro.njk" import govukCheckboxes with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/date-input/macro.njk" import govukDateInput %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/date-input/macro.njk" import govukDateInput with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/file-upload/macro.njk" import govukFileUpload %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/file-upload/macro.njk" import govukFileUpload with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/input/macro.njk" import govukInput %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/input/macro.njk" import govukInput with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/radios/macro.njk" import govukRadios %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/radios/macro.njk" import govukRadios with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/select/macro.njk" import govukSelect %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/select/macro.njk" import govukSelect with context %}
   - {% from "govuk/components/textarea/macro.njk" import govukTextarea %}
   + {% from "x-govuk/decorated/textarea/macro.njk" import govukTextarea with context %}