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Usage

Here we'll look at a quick overview of what it looks like to use Zeego.

The examples will use Dripsy for styling, but you can use any styling solution you want.

For a full overview of using custom styles and components, see the styling guide.

1. Create your primitives​

Create a file for your primitives, and create each component.

Here, you can add custom styles and interactions.

If you've used Radix UI before, this will look familiar.

tsx
// design-system/dropdown-menu.tsx
import * as DropdownMenu from 'zeego/dropdown-menu'
import { styled } from 'dripsy'
export const DropdownMenuRoot = DropdownMenu.Root
export const DropdownMenuTrigger = DropdownMenu.Trigger
export const DropdownMenuContent = DropdownMenu.Content
export const DropdownMenuItem = DropdownMenu.create(
styled(DropdownMenu.Item)({
height: 34,
}),
'Item'
)
// ...other primitives
tsx
// design-system/dropdown-menu.tsx
import * as DropdownMenu from 'zeego/dropdown-menu'
import { styled } from 'dripsy'
export const DropdownMenuRoot = DropdownMenu.Root
export const DropdownMenuTrigger = DropdownMenu.Trigger
export const DropdownMenuContent = DropdownMenu.Content
export const DropdownMenuItem = DropdownMenu.create(
styled(DropdownMenu.Item)({
height: 34,
}),
'Item'
)
// ...other primitives

Notice that the DropdownMenuItem is wrapped with create(). This is a requirement for custom components.

2. Build a menu​

Build a menu using the primitives you created.

tsx
import {
DropdownMenuRoot,
DropdownMenuContent,
DropdownMenuTrigger,
DropdownMenuItem,
DropdownMenuItemTitle,
} from 'design-system/dropdown-menu'
function Menu() {
return (
<DropdownMenuRoot>
<DropdownMenuTrigger>...</DropdownMenuTrigger>
<DropdownMenuContent>
<DropdownMenuItem key="fernando rojo">
<DropdownMenuItemTitle>Fernando Rojo</DropdownMenuItemTitle>
</DropdownMenuItem>
</DropdownMenuContent>
</DropdownMenuRoot>
)
}
tsx
import {
DropdownMenuRoot,
DropdownMenuContent,
DropdownMenuTrigger,
DropdownMenuItem,
DropdownMenuItemTitle,
} from 'design-system/dropdown-menu'
function Menu() {
return (
<DropdownMenuRoot>
<DropdownMenuTrigger>...</DropdownMenuTrigger>
<DropdownMenuContent>
<DropdownMenuItem key="fernando rojo">
<DropdownMenuItemTitle>Fernando Rojo</DropdownMenuItemTitle>
</DropdownMenuItem>
</DropdownMenuContent>
</DropdownMenuRoot>
)
}

3. Add styles​

All Zeego primitives ship unstyled. See the styling guide use your own styles & build custom components.