TL;DR To create an user experience with Google Maps place search like this: your React app needs the code as follows: // Each comment refers to the section of this article // which explains the code block that follows. import {useMemo, useState} from 'react'; import {useCombobox} from 'downshift'; export const SearchBox = () =>…

TL;DR To equip your React app with accessible autocomplete search, use the useCombobox hook from the Downshift library. It makes web developers’ life a lot easier than coding from scratch. …

A white popup with `mix-blend-mode: lighten` and `color: black` can be wiped away with its child whose `background-color` is `currentColor`. — TL;DR Suppose you have the following DOM structure for a popup: <div class="popup" data-closing='false'> <span class="ripple"></span> </div> where the data-closing attribute will turn true when the user presses the close button of the popup. Then, the following CSS code

TL;DR This article describes a simple way of implementing Material Design’s container transform animation with animation and transform-origin CSS properties. …

TL;DR With four steps of coding, we can animate transitions for a React app without relying on external libraries. First, use four state values for UI change: closed, opening, open, and closing. Second, render a component when the state value is either opening, open, or closing. In other words: {state !==…

TL;DR To toggle the visibility of a search box with React in a keyboard user-friendly manner, do the following: Use the useEffect hook to trigger a keydown event handler for hiding the search box with the Esc key Add the autoFocus prop to <input type="search"> so that the user can immediately…

TL;DR For a popup in web apps to appear like clouds, use the frosted glass look (aka. glassmorphism) with translucent white box shadows around (as seen in the top image). And write the CSS code as in the CodeSandbox demo for this article. Introduction My Ideal Map, a web app I’m buidling…

TL;DR This article goes through the steps to build a close button as a React component. You will also learn HTML coding best practices for close buttons (Section 1) How to style an SVG icon button (Section 3) Best practices for styling the button focus state (Section 4) How to display…

TL;DR To style a search box like the one on Google.com, write the HTML and CSS code as in this CodePen demo that I’ve made. Then you’ll have a user experience shown in the GIF animation below: Intro I’m making a web app that improves the user experience of Google Maps. Its…