react-simple-arrows

react components which make it simple to create svg arrows in a react app

usage

ArrowSvg

The ArrowSvg component will create a svg component bounding the start and end points you specify and use svg paths to draw the arrow on the svg plane which goes from the "start" position and to the "end" position. The svg is positioned absolutely (position: 'absolute').

example:

is produced by:

  <ArrowSvg start={{ x: 200, y: 300 }} end={{ x: 600, y: 600 }} orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL} />
  <ArrowSvg start={{ x: 600, y: 300 }} end={{ x: 200, y: 600 }} orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL} />
  <ArrowSvg start={{ x: 200, y: 600 }} end={{ x: 600, y: 300 }} orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL} />
  <ArrowSvg start={{ x: 600, y: 600 }} end={{ x: 200, y: 300 }} orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL} />

The width and color of arrows can be adjusted using the strokeWidth and color attributes (where color is any CSS-recognised color name, defaulting to black if none is specified). Note that these attributes can be specified in the ArrowBetweenDivs component as well.

example

is produced by:

  <ArrowSvg start={{ x: 0, y: 0 }} end={{ x: 500, y: 300 }} orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL} strokeWidth="3" color="green" />

ArrowBetweenDivs

The ArrowBetweenDivs component will keep track of the coordinates of registered divs on the page, so that you can create arrows between them by name (i.e., the id). Tracking the coordinates of the divs on the page is handled by the ArrowsBetweenDivsContextProvider.

example:

is produced by

  import { Bathtub, DriveEta, Work, Hotel, Computer, Kitchen } from '@material-ui/icons';

  // ...

  <ArrowsBetweenDivsContextProvider debug>
    {({ registerDivToArrowsContext }) => (
      <>
        {/* the arrows can be placed anywhere, as they position themselves absolutely and will wait to display until coordinates are registered */}
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'sleep', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.TOP }}
          to={{ id: 'code', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.BOTTOM }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.VERTICAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'code', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.RIGHT }}
          to={{ id: 'shower', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.LEFT }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'shower', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.RIGHT }}
          to={{ id: 'driveToWork', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.LEFT }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'driveToWork', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.BOTTOM }}
          to={{ id: 'work', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.TOP }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.VERTICAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'work', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.LEFT }}
          to={{ id: 'driveFromWork', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.RIGHT }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'driveFromWork', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.LEFT }}
          to={{ id: 'eat', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.RIGHT }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL}
        />
        <ArrowBetweenDivs
          from={{ id: 'eat', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.LEFT }}
          to={{ id: 'sleep', placement: ArrowAnchorPlacement.RIGHT }}
          orientation={LineOrientation.HORIZONTAL}
        />

        {/* define your content and register each one of the divs by "id" into the context by ref */}
        <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', width: 500, height: 300, flexDirection: 'column' }}>
          <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-around', flex: 1 }}>
            <div>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'code', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <Computer />
              </div>
            </div>
            <div>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'shower', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <Bathtub />
              </div>
            </div>
            <div>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'driveToWork', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <DriveEta />
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-around', flex: 1 }}>
            <div>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'sleep', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <Hotel />
              </div>
            </div>
            <div style={{ marginTop: 21 }}>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'eat', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <Kitchen />
              </div>
            </div>
            <div style={{ marginTop: 21 }}>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'driveFromWork', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <DriveEta />
              </div>
            </div>
            <div>
              <div ref={(div) => registerDivToArrowsContext({ id: 'work', div })} style={{ padding: 15 }}>
                <Work />
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </>
    )}
  </ArrowsBetweenDivsContextProvider>