ContextHelp

A context help control

Import
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import { ContextHelp } from "@schukai/monster/source/components/form/context-help.mjs";
Source
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Package
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Since
3.29.0
This is a context help message

Introduction

This is a versatile web component. More than just a simple UI element, this component serves as a key element for enhancing interactivity and engagement within various web applications. Whether you are developing a basic website or a complex enterprise-level application, this component is designed to improve user interaction and satisfaction.

Key Features

  • Dynamic interaction: Users can interact with content dynamically, making the web experience more intuitive and user-centric.
  • Customizable appearance: Customize the appearance of the component to match the design of your brand or application, ensuring visual consistency.
  • Accessibility: Designed with accessibility in mind to ensure that all users have a seamless experience, regardless of their browsing environment.
  • Visual feedback effect: Provides subtle touch feedback to enhance user interaction, making actions more responsive and engaging.
  • Programmatic Control: Offers methods such as trigger, focus, and deactivate, allowing developers to control the component's behavior programmatically and offering greater flexibility.

Improving the user experience

This component goes beyond its traditional functionality to offer an enhanced and interactive user experience. The combination of visual feedback effects and dynamic interaction with content is not only visually appealing, but also provides clear and responsive feedback to user actions, making the web environment more intuitive and user-friendly.

These improvements are supported by user studies that demonstrate a positive impact on user engagement and satisfaction.

Efficiency in the development process

Integrating this component into your development process is straightforward. Its compatibility with standard web technologies and ease of customization ensure seamless integration with your existing tools and libraries. Whether you're working on a small project or a large-scale application, the modular design of this component guarantees easy integration, streamlining your development process and enhancing productivity.

Context Help Simple

Javascript

/** this example does not use an extra script **/

HTML

/** this example does not use an extra html file **/

Stylesheet

/** no additional stylesheet is defined **/

Component Design

This component is built using the Shadow DOM, which allows it to encapsulate its internal structure and styling. By using a shadow root, the component's internal elements are isolated from the rest of the webpage, ensuring that external styles or scripts cannot accidentally modify its internal layout or behavior.

Shadow DOM and Accessibility

Since the component is encapsulated within a shadow root, direct access to its internal elements is restricted. This means that developers cannot manipulate or style these elements from outside the component. The Shadow DOM helps maintain consistency in the design and behavior of the component by preventing external interference.

Customizing Through Exported Parts

While the Shadow DOM restricts direct access to the component's internal structure, customization is still possible through exported parts. Specific parts of the component are made accessible for styling by being explicitly marked for export. These exported parts can be targeted and customized using CSS, allowing you to modify the appearance of the component without compromising its encapsulation.

Available Part Attributes

  • control: This part represents the entire control area of the slider, including navigation buttons and thumbnails. Use this to style the general layout and background of the control panel.

Below is an example of how to use CSS part attributes to customize different parts of the Control.


monster-component::part(control) {
    background-color: #f0f0f0;
    padding: 10px;
}

Explanation of the Example

  • monster-slider::part(control): Styles the entire control panel, giving it a light background color and some padding.

Accessibility

Accessibility is a key consideration in the design of this component. By following best practices for web accessibility, the component ensures that users of all abilities can interact with it effectively. This includes support for keyboard navigation, screen readers, and other assistive technologies to provide an inclusive user experience.

HTML Structure

<monster-context-help></monster-context-help>

JavaScript Initialization

const element = document.createElement('monster-context-help');
document.body.appendChild(element);

Exported

ContextHelp

Derived from

Popper

Options

The Options listed in this section are defined directly within the class. This class is derived from several parent classes, including the CustomElement class. Therefore, it inherits Options from these parent classes. If you cannot find a specific Options in this list, we recommend consulting the documentation of the Popper.

Option
Type
Default
Description
templates
object
The templates for the control.
templates.main
string
undefined
The main template.
mode
string
auto
The mode of the popper. Possible values are `click`, `enter` and `hover`.
content
string
undefined
The content of the popper.
popper
object
undefined
The popper options.
popper.placement
string
undefined
The placement of the popper. Possible values are `top`, `bottom`, `left`, `right`, `auto`, `auto-start`, `auto-end`, `top-start`, `top-end`, `bottom-start`, `bottom-end`, `right-start`, `right-end`, `left-start`, `left-end`.

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  • deprecated

Properties and Attributes

The Properties and Attributes listed in this section are defined directly within the class. This class is derived from several parent classes, including the CustomElement class and ultimately from HTMLElement. Therefore, it inherits Properties and Attributes from these parent classes. If you cannot find a specific Properties and Attributes in this list, we recommend consulting the documentation of the Popper.

  • data-monster-options: Sets the configuration options for the collapse component when used as an HTML attribute.
  • data-monster-option-[name]: Sets the value of the configuration option [name] for the collapse component when used as an HTML attribute.

Methods

The methods listed in this section are defined directly within the class. This class is derived from several parent classes, including the CustomElement class and ultimately from HTMLElement. Therefore, it inherits methods from these parent classes. If you cannot find a specific method in this list, we recommend consulting the documentation of the Popper.

Static methods

[instanceSymbol]()
Returns
  • {symbol}
This method is called by the instanceof operator.
getCSSStyleSheet()
Returns
  • {CSSStyleSheet[]}
getTag()
Returns
  • {string}

Events

This component does not fire any public events. It may fire events that are inherited from its parent classes.

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