#React Horizontal Timeline

A react port of the horizontal time-line developed by CodyHouse. Here is a [demo] (http://jckdrpr.github.io/react-horizontal-timeline) I hope you too are a fan of the elder scrolls.

##HorizontalTimeline

It will just render a timeline with the dates that you provided and it is up to you what to do when a date is selected. i.e. it will give you the index of the date that was clicked and you can do anything with it.

Property	Type	Default	Description
values	array	undefined	sorted array of dates (format:mm/dd/yyyy) (required)
indexClick	function	undefined	function that takes the index of the array as argument (required)
index	number	0	the index of the selected date (useful if you want to control the selected date from outside like in case of react-swipeable-views)
getLabel	function	date.toDateString().substring(4)	A function to calculate the label of the event based on the date of the event
minEventPadding	number	20	The minimum padding between two event labels
maxEventPadding	number	120	The maximum padding between two event labels
linePadding	number	100	Padding used at the start and end of the timeline
labelWidth	number	85	The width of an individual label
fillingMotion	object	{ stiffness: 150, damping: 25 }	Sets the animation style of how filling motion will look
slidingMotion	object	{ stiffness: 150, damping: 25 }	Sets the animation style of how sliding motion will look
styles	object	{ background: '#f8f8f8', foreground: '#7b9d6f', outline: '#dfdfdf' }	object containing the styles for the timeline currently outline (the color of the boundaries of the timeline and the buttons on it's either side), foreground (the filling color, active color) and background (the background color of your page) colors of the timeline can be changed.
isTouchEnabled	boolean	true	Enable touch events (swipe left, right)
isKeyboardEnabled	boolean	true	Enable keyboard events (up, down, left, right)
isOpenBeginning	boolean	true	Show the beginning of the timeline as open ended
isOpenEnding	boolean	true	Show the ending of the timeline as open ended

This is how it can be used.

const VALUES = [ /* The date strings go here */ ];

export default class App extends React.Component {
  state = { value: 0, previous: 0 };

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <HorizontalTimeline
          indexClick={(index) => {
            this.setState({ value: index, previous: this.state.value });
          }}
          values={ VALUES } />
        <div className='text-center'>
          {/* any arbitrary component can go here */}    
          {this.state.value}
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

For more advanced usage take a look at the demos directory.

###Todo

• Start using react-motion to simplify code a bit.
• Arrows on the buttons on either side.
• Start using some solution for css (e.g. ReactCSS, ReactStyle, etc..).
• Make it more customizable.
• Improve the structure.
• Keyboard movement controls
• Touch controls
• Customizable date points/event names/tooltip on the timeline
• Make someone use it. :D

##Running the developmnt version

• Just clone the repo and do an npm install followed by an npm run start.
• Then go to localhost:5001/demos/<demo_name>/index.html to see the fruits of your labor.

####Here is the information provided by the original author.

An easy to customize, horizontal timeline powered by CSS and jQuery.

Article on CodyHouse

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