@svondervoort/safe-triangles v1.0.1

Safe-Triangles

Inspired by: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/08/better-context-menus-safe-triangles/

Usage

1. Installing

Install the package using one of the following options:

NPM

npm install @svondervoort/safe-triangles

Yarn

yarn add @svondervoort/safe-triangles

2. Requiring resources

Javascript

import generateSafeTriangles from "@svondervoort/safe-triangles";

Styling

// CSS
import '@svondervoort/safe-triangles/dist/css/style.css';

// SCSS
import '@svondervoort/safe-triangles/src/scss/style.scss';

3. Adding data-attribute

data-safe-triangle-dropdown="..."

Add this to the menu-item anchor element and the dropdown it is associated with.

4. Initializing

Initialize the logic using generateSafeTriangles();. The function requires either a selector <string> or a DOM node list <NodeList>.

Options

Example

// Import Javascript
import generateSafeTriangles from "@svondervoort/safe-triangles";

// Import SCSS
import '@svondervoort/safe-triangles/src/scss/style.scss';

// Create NodeList
let elements = document.querySelectorAll('.header-main-nav-l1__item-link--has-children-js, .header-main-nav-l2__item-link--has-children-js');

// Initialize with delay and debug
generateSafeTriangles(elements, { delay: 100, debug: true });

Demo

You can find a demo here with 3 variants:

• Without Safe-Triangles
• With Safe-Triangles ( debug: true )
• Without Safe-Triangles ( debug: false )

Roadmap

• Add left and top options for dropdown direction/position.