Kobalte.v0.13.1

Styling

Kobalte components are unstyled, allowing you to completely customize the look and feel. Bring your preferred styling solution (vanilla CSS, Tailwind, CSS-in-JS libraries, etc...).

Styling a component part

All components and their parts accept a class prop. This class will be passed through to the DOM element. You can style a component part by targeting the class that you provide.

Styling a state

When a component or its parts can have multiple states, we automatically attach data-* attributes that represents the specific state. For example, a popover's trigger can have:

  • data-expanded — When the popover is expanded.
  • data-disabled — When the popover is disabled.

You can style a component state by targeting the data-* attributes added by Kobalte.

Using the TailwindCSS plugin

If you are using TailwindCSS, you can use the @kobalte/tailwindcss plugin to target Kobalte's data-* attributes with modifiers like ui-expanded:*.

Installation

Usage

Add the plugin to your tailwind.config.js :

js
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
content: [],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
plugins: [
// default prefix is "ui"
require("@kobalte/tailwindcss"),
// or with a custom prefix:
require("@kobalte/tailwindcss")({ prefix: "kb" }),
],
};
js
/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
content: [],
theme: {
extend: {},
},
plugins: [
// default prefix is "ui"
require("@kobalte/tailwindcss"),
// or with a custom prefix:
require("@kobalte/tailwindcss")({ prefix: "kb" }),
],
};

Style your component:

tsx
import { Popover as KPopover } from "@kobalte/core/popover";
export const Popover = () => (
<KPopover>
<KPopover.Trigger class="inline-flex px-4 py-2 rounded ui-disabled:bg-slate-100">
Open
</KPopover.Trigger>
<KPopover.Content class="flex p-4 rounded bg-white">...</KPopover.Content>
</KPopover>
);
tsx
import { Popover as KPopover } from "@kobalte/core/popover";
export const Popover = () => (
<KPopover>
<KPopover.Trigger class="inline-flex px-4 py-2 rounded ui-disabled:bg-slate-100">
Open
</KPopover.Trigger>
<KPopover.Content class="flex p-4 rounded bg-white">...</KPopover.Content>
</KPopover>
);

You can use the following modifiers:

ModifierCSS Selector
ui-valid&[data-valid]
ui-invalid&[data-invalid]
ui-required&[data-required]
ui-disabled&[data-disabled]
ui-readonly&[data-readonly]
ui-checked&[data-checked]
ui-indeterminate&[data-indeterminate]
ui-selected&[data-selected]
ui-pressed&[data-pressed]
ui-expanded&[data-expanded]
ui-highlighted&[data-highlighted]
ui-current&[data-current]

It's also possible to use inverse modifiers in the form of ui-not-*, group and peer modifiers in the form of ui-group-* and ui-peer-*.

Using the Vanilla Extract plugin

If you are using Vanilla Extract, you can use the @kobalte/vanilla-extract plugin to target Kobalte's data-* attributes.

Installation

Usage

Use the componentStateStyles utility function to create vanilla-extract styles that target data-* attributes of Kobalte components.

ts
// styles.css
import { componentStateStyles } from "@kobalte/vanilla-extract";
import { style } from "@vanilla-extract/css";
const button = style([
{
background: "blue",
padding: "2px 6px",
},
componentStateStyles({
disabled: {
opacity: 0.4,
},
invalid: {
backgroundColor: "red",
not: {
backgroundColor: "yellow",
},
},
}),
componentStateStyles(
{
invalid: {
backgroundColor: "red",
},
},
{ parentSelector: "[data-theme=dark]" },
),
]);
ts
// styles.css
import { componentStateStyles } from "@kobalte/vanilla-extract";
import { style } from "@vanilla-extract/css";
const button = style([
{
background: "blue",
padding: "2px 6px",
},
componentStateStyles({
disabled: {
opacity: 0.4,
},
invalid: {
backgroundColor: "red",
not: {
backgroundColor: "yellow",
},
},
}),
componentStateStyles(
{
invalid: {
backgroundColor: "red",
},
},
{ parentSelector: "[data-theme=dark]" },
),
]);

Then apply your styles to the component:

tsx
import { Button } from "@kobalte/core/button";
import { button } from "./styles.css";
export const MyButton = () => <Button class={button}>...</Button>;
tsx
import { Button } from "@kobalte/core/button";
import { button } from "./styles.css";
export const MyButton = () => <Button class={button}>...</Button>;

Usage with UnoCSS

The UnoCSS preset made by the community can be used to achieve the same behavior of the TailwindCSS plugin.

Extending a component

Extending a component is done the same way you extend any SolidJS component.

tsx
import { Popover as KPopover } from "@kobalte/core/popover";
import { ComponentProps } from "solid-js";
export const PopoverTrigger = (props: ComponentProps<typeof KPopover.Trigger>) => {
return <KPopover.Trigger {...props} />;
};
tsx
import { Popover as KPopover } from "@kobalte/core/popover";
import { ComponentProps } from "solid-js";
export const PopoverTrigger = (props: ComponentProps<typeof KPopover.Trigger>) => {
return <KPopover.Trigger {...props} />;
};