onborda

Onborda - Next.js onboarding flow

Onborda is a lightweight onboarding flow that utilises framer-motion for animations and tailwindcss for styling. Fully customisable pointers (tooltips) that can easily be used with shadcn/ui for modern web applications.

• Demo - onborda.vercel.app
• Demo repository

Getting started

# npm
npm i onborda
# pnpm
pnpm add onborda
# yarn
yarn add onborda

Global layout.tsx

<OnbordaProvider>
  <Onborda steps={steps}>
    {children}
  </Onborda>
 </OnbordaProvider>

Components & page.tsx

Target anything in your app using the elements id attribute.

<div id="onborda-step1">Onboard Step</div>

Tailwind config

Tailwind CSS will need to scan the node module in order to include the classes used. See configuring source paths for more information about this topic.

Note _You only require this if you’re not using a custom component.

const config: Config = {
  content: [
    './node_modules/onborda/dist/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}' // Add this
  ]
}

Custom Card

If you require greater control over the card design or simply wish to create a totally custom component then you can do so easily.

Prop	Type	Description
step	Object	The current Step object from your steps array, including content, title, etc.
currentStep	number	The index of the current step in the steps array.
totalSteps	number	The total number of steps in the onboarding process.
nextStep		A function to advance to the next step in the onboarding process.
prevStep		A function to go back to the previous step in the onboarding process.
arrow		Returns an SVG object, the orientation is controlled by the steps side prop

"use client"
import type { CardComponentProps } from "onborda";

export const CustomCard = ({
  step,
  currentStep,
  totalSteps,
  nextStep,
  prevStep,
  arrow,
}: CardComponentProps) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>{step.icon} {step.title}</h1>
      <h2>{currentStep} of {totalSteps}</h2>
      <p>{step.content}</p>
      <button
      <button
      {arrow}
    </div>
  )
}

Steps object

Steps have changed since Onborda v1.2.3 and now fully supports multiple “tours” so you have the option to create multple product tours should you need to! The original Step format remains but with some additional content as shown in the example below!

{
  tour: "firstyour",
  steps: [
    Step
  ],
  tour: "secondtour",
  steps: [
    Step
  ]
}

Step object

Prop	Type	Description
icon	React.ReactNode, string, null	Optional. An icon or element to display alongside the step title.
title	string	The title of your step
content	React.ReactNode	The main content or body of the step.
selector	string	A string used to target an id that this step refers to.
side	"top", "bottom", "left", "right"	Optional. Determines where the tooltip should appear relative to the selector.
showControls	boolean	Optional. Determines whether control buttons (next, prev) should be shown if using the default card.
pointerPadding	number	Optional. The padding around the pointer (keyhole) highlighting the target element.
pointerRadius	number	Optional. The border-radius of the pointer (keyhole) highlighting the target element.
nextRoute	string	Optional. The route to navigate to using next/navigation when moving to the next step.
prevRoute	string	Optional. The route to navigate to using next/navigation when moving to the previous step.

Note Both nextRoute and prevRoute have a 500ms delay before setting the next step, a function will be added soon to control the delay in case your application loads slower than this.

Example steps

{
  tour: "firsttour",
  steps: [
    {
      icon: <>👋</>,
      title: "Tour 1, Step 1",
      content: <>First tour, first step</>,
      selector: "#tour1-step1",
      side: "top",
      showControls: true,
      pointerPadding: 10,
      pointerRadius: 10,
      nextRoute: "/foo",
      prevRoute: "/bar"
    }
    ...
  ],
  tour: "secondtour",
  steps: [
    icon: <>👋👋</>,
      title: "Second tour, Step 1",
      content: <>Second tour, first step!</>,
      selector: "#onborda-step1",
      side: "top",
      showControls: true,
      pointerPadding: 10,
      pointerRadius: 10,
      nextRoute: "/foo",
      prevRoute: "/bar"
  ]
}

Onborda Props

Property	Type	Description
children	React.ReactNode	Your website or application content.
interact	boolean	Optional. Controls whether the onboarding overlay should be interactive. Defaults to false.
steps	Array[]	An array of Step objects defining each step of the onboarding process.
showOnborda	boolean	Optional. Controls the visibility of the onboarding overlay, eg. if the user is a first time visitor. Defaults to false.
shadowRgb	string	Optional. The RGB values for the shadow color surrounding the target area. Defaults to black "0,0,0".
shadowOpacity	string	Optional. The opacity value for the shadow surrounding the target area. Defaults to "0.2"
customCard	React.ReactNode	Optional. A custom card (or tooltip) that can be used to replace the default TailwindCSS card.
cardTransition	Transition	Transitions between steps are of the type Transition from framer-motion, see the transition docs for more info. Example: {{ type: "spring" }}.

<Onborda
  steps={steps}
  showOnborda={true}
  shadowRgb="55,48,163"
  shadowOpacity="0.8"
  cardComponent={CustomCard}
  cardTransition={{ duration: 2, type: "tween" }}
>
  {children}
</Onborda>