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StepOptions

The options for the step

Properties

advanceOn?

optional advanceOn: StepOptionsAdvanceOn

An action on the page which should advance shepherd to the next step. It should be an object with a string selector and an event name

const step = new Step(tour, {
advanceOn: { selector: '.some .selector-path', event: 'click' },
...moreOptions
});

event doesn’t have to be an event inside the tour, it can be any event fired on any element on the page. You can also always manually advance the Tour by calling myTour.next().

Defined in

step.ts:62


arrow?

optional arrow: boolean

Whether to display the arrow for the tooltip or not

Defined in

step.ts:67


attachTo?

optional attachTo: StepOptionsAttachTo

The element the step should be attached to on the page. An object with properties element and on.

const step = new Step(tour, {
attachTo: { element: '.some .selector-path', on: 'left' },
...moreOptions
});

If you don’t specify an attachTo the element will appear in the middle of the screen. If you omit the on portion of attachTo, the element will still be highlighted, but the tooltip will appear in the middle of the screen, without an arrow pointing to the target.

Defined in

step.ts:48


beforeShowPromise()?

optional beforeShowPromise: () => Promise<unknown>

A function that returns a promise. When the promise resolves, the rest of the show code for the step will execute.

Returns

Promise<unknown>

Defined in

step.ts:73


buttons?

optional buttons: readonly StepOptionsButton[]

An array of buttons to add to the step. These will be rendered in a footer below the main body text.

Defined in

step.ts:79


cancelIcon?

optional cancelIcon: StepOptionsCancelIcon

Should a cancel “✕” be shown in the header of the step?

Defined in

step.ts:84


canClickTarget?

optional canClickTarget: boolean

A boolean, that when set to false, will set pointer-events: none on the target.

Defined in

step.ts:89


classes?

optional classes: string

A string of extra classes to add to the step’s content element.

Defined in

step.ts:94


floatingUIOptions?

optional floatingUIOptions: object

Extra [options to pass to FloatingUI]https://floating-ui.com/docs/tutorial/

Defined in

step.ts:137


highlightClass?

optional highlightClass: string

An extra class to apply to the attachTo element when it is highlighted (that is, when its step is active). You can then target that selector in your CSS.

Defined in

step.ts:100


id?

optional id: string

The string to use as the id for the step.

Defined in

step.ts:105


modalOverlayOpeningPadding?

optional modalOverlayOpeningPadding: number

An amount of padding to add around the modal overlay opening

Defined in

step.ts:110


modalOverlayOpeningRadius?

optional modalOverlayOpeningRadius: number | object

An amount of border radius to add around the modal overlay opening

Defined in

step.ts:115


modalOverlayOpeningXOffset?

optional modalOverlayOpeningXOffset: number

An amount to offset the modal overlay opening in the x-direction

Defined in

step.ts:127


modalOverlayOpeningYOffset?

optional modalOverlayOpeningYOffset: number

An amount to offset the modal overlay opening in the y-direction

Defined in

step.ts:132


scrollTo?

optional scrollTo: boolean | ScrollIntoViewOptions

Should the element be scrolled to when this step is shown?

Defined in

step.ts:142


scrollToHandler()?

optional scrollToHandler: (element) => void

A function that lets you override the default scrollTo behavior and define a custom action to do the scrolling, and possibly other logic.

Parameters

element: HTMLElement

Returns

void

Defined in

step.ts:148


showOn()?

optional showOn: () => boolean

A function that, when it returns true, will show the step. If it returns false, the step will be skipped.

Returns

boolean

Defined in

step.ts:154


text?

optional text: StepText

The text in the body of the step. It can be one of four types:

- HTML string
- Array of HTML strings
- `HTMLElement` object
- `Function` to be executed when the step is built. It must return one of the three options above.

Defined in

step.ts:165


title?

optional title: StringOrStringFunction

The step’s title. It becomes an h3 at the top of the step.

- HTML string
- `Function` to be executed when the step is built. It must return HTML string.

Defined in

step.ts:174


when?

optional when: StepOptionsWhen

You can define show, hide, etc events inside when. For example:

when: {
show: function() {
window.scrollTo(0, 0);
}
}

Defined in

step.ts:186