Getting started

A quick tutorial to get you up and running with Radix Primitives.

In this quick tutorial, we will install and style the Popover component.

1. Install the primitive

Install the component from your command line.

npm install @radix-ui/react-popover@latest -E

2. Import the parts

Import and structure the parts.

// index.jsx
import * as React from 'react';
import * as Popover from '@radix-ui/react-popover';

const PopoverDemo = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger>More info</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Portal>
      <Popover.Content>
        Some more info…
        <Popover.Arrow />
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
);

export default PopoverDemo;

3. Add your styles

Add styles where desired.

// index.jsx
import * as React from 'react';
import * as Popover from '@radix-ui/react-popover';
import './styles.css';

const PopoverDemo = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger className="PopoverTrigger">Show info</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Portal>
      <Popover.Content className="PopoverContent">
        Some content
        <Popover.Arrow className="PopoverArrow" />
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
);

export default PopoverDemo;

/* styles.css */
.PopoverTrigger {
  background-color: white;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.PopoverContent {
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 20px;
  width: 260px;
  background-color: white;
}

.PopoverArrow {
  fill: white;
}

Demo

Here's a complete demo.

import React from 'react';
import * as Popover from '@radix-ui/react-popover';
import './styles.css';

const PopoverDemo = () => (
  <Popover.Root>
    <Popover.Trigger className="PopoverTrigger">More info</Popover.Trigger>
    <Popover.Portal>
      <Popover.Content className="PopoverContent" sideOffset={5}>
        Some more info…
        <Popover.Arrow className="PopoverArrow" />
      </Popover.Content>
    </Popover.Portal>
  </Popover.Root>
);

export default PopoverDemo;

Summary

The steps above outline briefly what's involved in using a Radix Primitive in your application.

These components are low-level enough to give you control over how you want to wrap them. You're free to introduce your own high-level API to better suit the needs of your team and product.

In a few simple steps, we've implemented a fully accessible Popover component, without having to worry about many of its complexities.