formatd/hotspot-content

Hotspot Content Element for Neos CMS

v3.0.0 2026-07-15 12:05 UTC

Requires

• formatd/hotspot-editor: ~3.0
• neos/nodetypes-basemixins: ~9.0

MIT

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-15 12:08 UTC

README

This package provides an image content element with hotspots. The Neos editor can create and drag hotspots on the image and provide labels and other descriptions. It can also be used to place hotspots on any content (not only images) by copying the FormatD.HotspotContent:Content.ImageWithHotspots prototype and replacing renderer.content with another content.

Compatibility

Versioning scheme:

 1.0.0 
 | | |
 | | Bugfix Releases (non breaking)
 | Neos Compatibility Releases (non breaking)
 Feature Releases (breaking)

Releases and compatibility:

Package-Version	Neos CMS Version	Notes
3.0.x	>= 9.0	Neos 9 compatibility
2.0.x	>= 8.3 < 9	There is no Version 1.0 to be matching with formatd/hotspot-editor versions

See CHANGELOG.md for breaking changes and upgrade notes.

Screencast

hotspot-with-image-backend.mp4

Frontend asset handling

This package is self-contained: it has no runtime dependency on any asset bundler. It works in two modes.

1. Standalone ("just install")

Out of the box the package ships pre-built assets in Resources/Public/HotspotContent/ (Main.js, Main.css) and auto-includes them in the page head.

The auto-includes can be toggled via settings (defaults shown):

FormatD:
  HotspotContent:
    includeJS: true
    includeCSS: true

2. With a project asset bundler / FormatD.ComponentLoader

If your project bundles assets itself (e.g. via Vite) and/or uses formatd/componentloader (https://github.com/Format-D/FormatD.ComponentLoader) to load and re-initialize components on demand, disable the auto-includes (see above). This is required: with the auto-includes off the shipped bundle is not loaded, so its bootstrap never runs and there is no double-initialization.

The controller (ContentWithHotspots.ts, default export) exposes initialize(domSection) / dispose(). Wrap it in your own component manager and register it for FormatD.HotspotContent:Molecule.ContentWithHotspots.

For on-demand backend reloads, attach the component registration in your project Fusion with an override:

prototype(FormatD.HotspotContent:Molecule.ContentWithHotspots) {
    [e-mail]stration {
        expression = FormatD.ComponentLoader:Meta.Processor.Component {
            fusionObjectName = 'FormatD.HotspotContent:Molecule.ContentWithHotspots'
        }
        @position = 'end'
    }
}

Extensibility and Customization

This package is based on formatd/hotspot-editor (https://github.com/Format-D/FormatD.HotspotEditor) and provides a concrete implementation. Instead of using this package directly, it can also make sense to use it as an example of how to build your own hotspot elements in Neos.

Customizing ContentWithHotspots via subclass

Subclass ContentWithHotspots to keep project-specific behavior out of this package.

Protected extension points:

Method	Default	Override to…
createPortalWrapper()	<div class="content-with-hotspots hotspot-layer-portal">	Customize the portal container element
onLayerDidOpen(layer, hotspot, container)	noop	React after a layer becomes visible
onBeforeLayerHidden(layer, finish)	calls finish() immediately	Delay hide until an animation completes — call finish() when done
onLayerDidClose(layer, hotspot, container)	noop	React after a layer is fully hidden

Also accessible to subclasses: isBackend, getLayer(), closeOtherShowroomHotspots(), hotspotsMap.

Example

import ContentWithHotspots from './path/to/ContentWithHotspots';

class MyContentWithHotspots extends ContentWithHotspots {
    protected onBeforeLayerHidden(layer: HTMLElement, finish: () => void): void {
        layer.addEventListener('transitionend', finish, { once: true });
    }
}

const controller = new MyContentWithHotspots();
document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('.content-with-hotspots').forEach((section) => {
    controller.initialize(section);
});

Contribution

Please maintain a clean and consistent coding style.

To rebuild the assets (Node >= 24), run:

cd Resources/Private/Scripts/HotspotContentFrontend
npm install
npm run build
# or:
npm run watch

License

See LICENSE (MIT)