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Introducing v2.2.0 🚀

NextUI v2.2.0

We are excited to announce the latest update to NextUI, version 2.2.0! This release introduces 3 new components, support for client-side routing, and more.

What's New in v2.2.0?

  • Client Side Routing - Allows you to seamlessly incorporate client-side routers.
  • Autocomplete - Combines a text input with a listbox, allowing users to filter a list of options.
  • Slider - Allows users to make selections from a range of values.
  • Breadcrumbs - Displays a hierarchy of links to the current page or resource in an application.
  • Other Changes - Includes styling improvements, accessibility and usability enhancements.

Client Side Routing

By default, links perform native browser navigation when they are interacted with. However, many apps and frameworks use client side routers to avoid a full page reload when navigating between pages.

NextUI now natively supports client-side routing in components such as Link, Tabs, Breadcrumbs, Listbox, Dropdown and many others offering the flexibility to be rendered as HTML links, allowing you to seamlessly incorporate client-side routers. See the Routing guide to learn how it set it up in your app.

The NextUIProvider component configures all NextUI components within it to navigate using the client side router you provide.

Note: Client side routing is based on React Aria Routing.

Next.js Example

  • App Router

    Go to your app/providers.tsx or app/providers.jsx (create it if it doesn't exist) and add the useRouter hook from next/navigation, it returns a router object that can be used to perform navigation.

    // app/providers.tsx
    "use client";
    

    import {NextUIProvider} from "@nextui-org/react";
    

    export function Providers({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
      const router = useRouter();
    

      return <NextUIProvider navigate={router.push}>{children}</NextUIProvider>;
    }

  • Pages Router

    Go to pages/_app.js or pages/_app.tsx (create it if it doesn't exist) and add theuseRouter hook from next/router, it returns a router object that can be used to perform navigation.

    // pages/_app.tsx
    import type {AppProps} from "next/app";
    import {useRouter} from "next/router";
    import {NextUIProvider} from "@nextui-org/react";
    

    function MyApp({Component, pageProps}: AppProps) {
      const router = useRouter();
    

      return (
        <NextUIProvider navigate={router.push}>
          <Component {...pageProps} />
        </NextUIProvider>
      );
    }
    

    export default MyApp;

  • Usage

    Now that you have set up the NextUIProvider in your app, you can use the href prop in the Tabs, Listbox and Dropdown items to navigate between pages.

    The Link component will also use the navigate function from the NextUIProvider to navigate between pages.

    import {
      Tabs,
      Tab,
      Listbox,
      ListboxItem,
      Dropdown,
      DropdownTrigger,
      DropdownMenu,
      DropdownItem,
      Button,
      Link,
    } from "@nextui-org/react";
    

    function App() {
      return (
        <>
          <Tabs aria-label="Navigation">
            <Tab key="home" href="/home">
              Home
            </Tab>
            <Tab key="about" href="/about">
              About
            </Tab>
          </Tabs>
          <Listbox aria-label="Navigation">
            <ListboxItem key="home" href="/home">
              Home
            </ListboxItem>
            <ListboxItem key="about" href="/about">
              About
            </ListboxItem>
          </Listbox>
          <Dropdown>
            <DropdownTrigger>
              <Button>Open</Button>
            </DropdownTrigger>
            <DropdownMenu aria-label="Navigation">
              <DropdownItem key="home" href="/home">
                Home
              </DropdownItem>
              <DropdownItem key="about" href="/about">
                About
              </DropdownItem>
            </DropdownMenu>
          </Dropdown>
          <Link href="/home">Home</Link>
          <Link href="/about">About</Link>
        </>
      );
    }

Autocomplete

Creating an autocomplete component that is both accessible and customizable is a challenging task. We've spent a lot of time researching and testing different approaches to come up with a solution that works for everyone. The result is a component that is easy to use, fully accessible, and highly customizable.

The new Autocomplete component includes:

  • Support for selecting a single option.
  • Support for disabled options.
  • Support for groups of items in sections.
  • Support for filtering a list of options by typing.
  • Support for controlled and uncontrolled options, selection and input value.
  • Support for custom filter functions.
  • Async loading and infinite scrolling support.
  • Required and invalid states exposed to assistive technology via ARIA.
  • Support for description and error message help text linked to the input via ARIA.
  • And much more...

We recommend to read this Blog post from react-aria team to learn more about the Autocomplete component.

Usage

Custom Items

You can customize the autocomplete items by modifying the AutocompleteItem children.

Customizable

The autocomplete component is highly customizable, you can customize the popover, listbox and input components.

Go to the Autocomplete component page to learn more about it.

Slider

The Slider component allows users to make selections from a range of values. It is a great way to allow users to select a value from a fixed range, such as volume or temperature, or to select a value from a range that changes frequently, such as stock prices or budgets.

Usage

Range Support

If you pass an array of values to the value prop or to the defaultValue prop, the slider will become a range slider.

With Tooltip

The slider component also supports a tooltip to display the current value.

Slider steps

You can use the showSteps prop to display small dots on each step.

Slider Custom Styles

You can customize the Slider component by passing custom Tailwind CSS classes to the component slots.

Go to the Slider component page to learn more about it.

The Breadcrumbs is an essential component for navigating hierarchical content. It displays a hierarchy of links to the current page or resource in an application.

Usage

It is possible to use the Breadcrumbs component as a horizontal menu. This is useful when you want to display a list of possible navigations and let the user choose one of them.

Start & End Content support

You can add any element to the start or end of the breadcrumbs by using the startContent and endContent props. The above example uses the startContent prop to add icons to the start of the breadcrumbs.

Collapsing Items support

The Breadcrumbs component supports collapsing items, it is useful when you have a lot of items and you want to collapse them into a dropdown menu.

Applying custom styles

You can customize the Breadcrumbs component by passing custom Tailwind CSS classes to the component slots.

Go to the Breadcrumbs component page to learn more about it.

Other Changes

  • Styling Improvements:

    • Transitioned spacing units from pixels (px) to rem units to optimize mobile component sizing.
    • Introduced a new shouldSelectOnPressUp property for Tabs/Tab with a default value of true, allowing tab selection on press-up instead of press-down.
    • Updated Chip component's font size to text-tiny for the sm size variant.
    • Enhanced the Button component to display only the spinner during loading when it contains an icon.

  • Accessibility and Usability Enhancements:

    • Resolved Popover component's open state issues for blur/opaque backdrops.
    • Enhanced the ScrollShadow API, introducing visibility and onVisibilityChange properties to manage shadow visibility.
    • Added emptyContent, topContent, and bottomContent properties to Listbox/Menu/Dropdown for customized content rendering.
    • Introduced baseRef to the Input component, allowing control over the parent element's reference.
    • Upgraded tailwind-variants to version 0.1.18, incorporating slot props control.

  • Right-to-Left (RTL) Support:

    • Implemented RTL support for Accordion,
    • Implemented RTL support for Accordion Avatar & AvatarGroup components,
    • Implemented RTL support for ButtonGroup.

  • Custom Implementations and Fixes:

    • Implemented a custom usePress hook to address the corner press issue, with a corresponding pull request and issue submitted to the react-aria project.
    • Applied the custom usePress across all NextUI interactive components for consistent behavior.
    • Improved animations and positioning for Input & Select labels.
    • Upgraded react-aria packages and framer-motion for enhanced performance.
    • Enhanced TypeScript support for generic items in Menu and DropdownMenu.
    • Streamlined package dependencies to exclude globally or individually installed packages, reducing bundle sizes.

  • Visual and Interactive Tweaks:

    • Removed the outline on Input focus-visible for a cleaner aesthetic.
    • Fixed the radius property issue in ButtonGroup.
    • Introduced the isActive prop for NavbarMenuItem for active state management.
    • Corrected the Pagination custom-items example by adding the key prop.
    • Enabled Collection Items support within the extendVariants function.
    • Added transitions to menu/listbox items for smoother interaction.
    • Added a disableAutosize property to Textarea to control auto-resizing.
    • Resolved styling issues in Textarea and animated height adjustments for a fluid user experience.
    • Included a hoverOpacity key in the themes object within the plugin for customized hover effects.
    • Implemented a hover effect for the Button component to enhance user interaction feedback.
    • The padding of the CardBody has been updated from p-5 to p-3 for consistency with the padding of other Card elements.

Breaking Changes

Unfortunately, we had to make some small styles breaking changes in this release to improve the Popover arrow dynamic positioning. Instead of having a specific slot for the popover arrow, we now use the before pseudo element, this allows the popover to also move the arrow altogether.

This change impacts the Popover, Dropdown, Tooltip and Select implementations.

Popover changes:

<Popover
      showArrow
      backdrop="opaque"
      placement="right"
      classNames={{
        base: "py-3 px-4 border border-default-200 bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-default-300 dark:from-default-100 dark:to-default-50",
        arrow: "bg-default-200",
        base: [
          // the "before" pseudo element is now the popover' arrow
          "before:bg-default-200"
        ],
        content: [ // now we need to use the "content" slot to actually modify the popover' content styles
          "py-3 px-4 border border-default-200",
          "bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-default-300",
          "dark:from-default-100 dark:to-default-50",
        ],
      }}
    >
      ...
  </Popover>

Tooltip changes:

<Tooltip
      showArrow
      placement="right"
      content="I am a tooltip"
      classNames={{
        base: "py-2 px-4 shadow-xl text-black bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-neutral-400",
        arrow: "bg-neutral-400 dark:bg-white",
        base: [
          // the "before" pseudo element is now the popover' arrow
          "before:bg-neutral-400 dark:before:bg-white",
        ],
        content: [ // now we need to use the "content" slot to actually modify the popover' content styles
          "py-2 px-4 shadow-xl",
          "text-black bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-neutral-400",
        ],
      }}
    >
      <Button variant="flat">Hover me</Button>
  </Tooltip>

Select changes:

<Select
      items={users}
      label="Assigned to"
      className="max-w-xs"
      variant="bordered"
      popoverProps={{
        classNames: {
          base: "p-0 border-small border-divider bg-background",
          arrow: "bg-default-200",
          base: "before:bg-default-200", // the before pseudo element controls the popover's arrow
          content: "p-0 border-small border-divider bg-background", // now instead of the "base" slot we use the "content" slot
        },
      }}
    >
     ...
    </Select>
  );
}`;

Dropdown Changes

<Dropdown
      showArrow
      classNames={{
        base: "py-1 px-1 border border-default-200 bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-default-200 dark:from-default-50 dark:to-black",
        arrow: "bg-default-200",
        content: "py-1 px-1 border border-default-200 bg-gradient-to-br from-white to-default-200 dark:from-default-50 dark:to-black",  // now instead of the "base" slot we use the "content"
        base: "before:bg-default-200",  // the before pseudo element controls the popover's arrow
      }}
    >
      ...
    </Dropdown>

We hope you enjoy these new components and the new features. We're excited to see what you build with them!

Thanks for reading and happy coding! 🚀

Community

We're excited to see the community adopt NextUI, raise issues, and provide feedback. Whether it's a feature request, bug report, or a project to showcase, please get involved!

Contributing

PR's on NextUI are always welcome, please see our contribution guidelines to learn how you can contribute to this project.