threadi/wp-easy-dialog

Provides a simple react-driven dialog-modal for WordPress-backend.

dev-master 2024-02-25 12:46 UTC

GPL-3.0-or-later

• Thomas Zwirner

README

Requirements

• composer to install this package.
• npm to compile the scripts.
• WordPress-plugin, theme or Code Snippet-plugin to embed them in your project.

Installation

1. composer require threadi/wp-easy-dialog
2. Switch to vendor/thread/wp-easy-dialog
3. Run npm i to install dependencies.
4. Run npm run build to compile the scripts.
5. Add the codes from doc/embed.php to your WordPress-projekt (plugin or theme).

Configuration

Each dialog is configured with the following options as array:

• className
  • string with names the modal should become to set individual styles
• title
  • represents the title as single text
• hide_title
  • value set to true to hide the title
• texts
  • array of texts for the dialog
  • each entry contains a single string
• buttons
  • array of buttons for the dialog
  • each entry is an array with following settings:
    • action
      • string of JavaScript to run on click
    • variant
      • string to define button-styling
      • possible values:
        • primary
        • secondary
      • this setting is optional
    • text
      • string for the button-text

Usage

PHP

$dialog = array(
	'title' => 'My title',
	'texts' => array(
		'<p>My text</p>'
	),
	'buttons' => array(
		array(
			'action' => 'alert("ok");',
			'variant' => 'primary',
			'text' => 'Click here'
		),
	)
);
echo '<a href="#" class="wp-easy-dialog" data-dialog="'.esc_attr(wp_json_encode($dialog)).'">Some link</a>';

JavaScript

let dialog = array(
	'title' => 'My title',
	'texts' => array(
		'<p>My text</p>'
	),
	'buttons' => array(
		array(
			'action' => 'alert("ok");',
			'variant' => 'primary',
			'text' => 'Click here'
		),
	)
);
document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("wp-easy-dialog", config));

Custom styles

You can customize the output of the dialog with your custom css.

E.g.:

body.wp-easy-dialog-on-body.wp-core-ui .components-modal__frame.wp-easy-dialog {
 background-color: red;
}

FAQ

Is it possible to create multiple dialogs on one screen?

No, this is not possible.

How to open a new dialog after click on dialog-button?

Call your own function as callback for the button.

Example:

'action' => 'open_new_dialog()',

function open_new_dialog() {
 /* define your new dialog */
}