No-Code Components

No-Code Component is the main building block of Easyblocks. Each selectable element added to the editor canvas is an instance of a No-Code Component.

Each No-Code Component consists of 2 parts:

• React Component - a standard React component

• No-Code Component Definition - an object that defines visual editing capabilities of the component

Here's an example of a simple SimpleBanner No-Code Component (you can find it in our example page builder demo):

// No-Code Component Definition

import { NoCodeComponentDefinition } from "@easyblocks/core";

export const simpleBannerDefinition: NoCodeComponentDefinition = {
  id: "SimpleBanner",
  label: "SimpleBanner",
  type: "section",
  schema: [
    {
      prop: "backgroundColor",
      label: "Background Color",
      type: "color"
    },
    {
      prop: "hasBorder",
      label: "Has Border?",
      type: "boolean",
      responsive: true
    },
    {
      prop: "padding",
      label: "Pading",
      type: "space"
    },
    {
      prop: "gap",
      label: "Gap",
      type: "space"
    },
    {
      prop: "buttonsGap",
      label: "Buttons gap",
      type: "space"
    },
    {
      prop: "Title",
      type: "component",
      required: true,
      accepts: ["@easyblocks/text"]
    },
    {
      prop: "Buttons",
      type: "component-collection",
      accepts: ["Button"],
      placeholderAppearance: {
        height: 36,
        width: 100,
        label: "Add button" 
      }
    }
  ],
  styles: ({ values }) => {
    return {
      styled: {
        Root: {
          backgroundColor: values.backgroundColor,
          border: values.hasBorder ? "2px solid black" : "none",
          padding: values.padding
        },
        Wrapper: {
          maxWidth: 600,
          display: "flex",
          flexDirection: "column",
          gap: values.gap
        },
        ButtonsWrapper: {
          display: "flex",
          flexDirection: "row",
          flexWrap: "wrap",
          gap: values.buttonsGap
        }
      }
    }
  },
  editing: ({ values, editingInfo}) => {
    return {
      components: {
        Buttons: values.Buttons.map(() => ({
          direction: "horizontal",
        })),
        Title: {
          fields: [
            {
              ...editingInfo.fields.find(field => field.path === "gap")!,
              label: "Bottom gap"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
    };
  },
};

// Component code

import { ReactElement } from "react";

type SimpleBannerProps = {
  Root: ReactElement;
  Title: ReactElement;
  Wrapper: ReactElement;
  Buttons: ReactElement[];
  ButtonsWrapper: ReactElement
}

export function SimpleBanner(props: SimpleBannerProps) {
  const { Root, Title, Wrapper, Buttons, ButtonsWrapper } = props;

  return (
    <Root.type {...Root.props}>
      <Wrapper.type {...Wrapper.props}>
        <Title.type {...Title.props} />
        <ButtonsWrapper.type {...ButtonsWrapper.props}>
          {Buttons.map((Button, index) => <Button.type {...Button.props} key={index} />)}
        </ButtonsWrapper.type>
      </Wrapper.type>
    </Root.type>
  )
}

In order to use this component two things must happen. First, you must add the definition to the Config.components property:

// easyblocks.config.ts

export const easyblocksConfig = {
  components: {
    // ...other component definitions,
    simpleSectionDefinition,
  },
};

The component instance must be passed to the components property of the EasyblocksEditor:

<EasyblocksEditor
  config={easyblocksConfig}
  components={{ ...otherComponents, SimpleSection }}
/>

Now the component can be used.

Each No-Code Component must have a unique id. You can optionally add a label and thumbnail to display the component nicely in the UI.

Apart from those basic properties, the most important ones are schema, styles and editing. We'll explain them in the next sections.