Copyright	(c) 2023 Sean Hess
License	BSD3
Maintainer	Sean Hess <seanhess@gmail.com>
Stability	experimental
Portability	portable
Safe Haskell	Safe-Inferred
Language	GHC2021

Web.View

Contents

How to use this library
- Rendering Views
- Full HTML Documents
Views
- Mods
Elements
CSS Modifiers
- Selector States
View Context
Creating New Elements and Modifiers
Types

Description

Type-safe HTML and CSS with intuitive layout and composable styles. Inspired by Tailwindcss and Elm-UI

Synopsis

renderText :: View () () -> Text
renderLazyText :: View () () -> Text
renderLazyByteString :: View () () -> ByteString
module Web.View.Reset
data View context a
type Mod = Attributes -> Attributes
el :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
el_ :: View c () -> View c ()
layout :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
root :: Mod
col :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
row :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
grow :: Mod
space :: View c ()
collapse :: Mod
scroll :: Mod
nav :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
text :: Text -> View c ()
raw :: Text -> View c ()
none :: View c ()
pre :: Mod -> Text -> View c ()
form :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
input :: Mod -> View c ()
name :: Text -> Mod
value :: Text -> Mod
label :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
link :: Url -> Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
button :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
table :: Mod -> [dt] -> Eff '[Writer [TableColumn c dt]] () -> View c ()
tcol :: forall dt c. View (TableHead c) () -> (dt -> View dt ()) -> Eff '[Writer [TableColumn c dt]] ()
th :: Mod -> View c () -> View (TableHead c) ()
td :: Mod -> View () () -> View dt ()
script :: Text -> View c ()
style :: Text -> View c ()
stylesheet :: Text -> View c ()
width :: PxRem -> Mod
height :: PxRem -> Mod
minWidth :: PxRem -> Mod
minHeight :: PxRem -> Mod
flexRow :: Mod
flexCol :: Mod
pad :: Sides PxRem -> Mod
gap :: PxRem -> Mod
hide :: Mod
shadow :: Mod
rounded :: PxRem -> Mod
fontSize :: PxRem -> Mod
color :: ToColor c => c -> Mod
bg :: ToColor c => c -> Mod
bold :: Mod
border :: Sides PxRem -> Mod
borderColor :: ToColor c => c -> Mod
pointer :: Mod
transition :: Ms -> TransitionProperty -> Mod
textAlign :: Align -> Mod
hover :: Mod -> Mod
active :: Mod -> Mod
even :: Mod -> Mod
odd :: Mod -> Mod
media :: Media -> Mod -> Mod
parent :: Text -> Mod -> Mod
context :: View context context
addContext :: context -> View context () -> View c ()
tag :: Text -> Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
att :: Name -> AttValue -> Mod
data Sides a
- = All a
- | TRBL a a a a
- | X a
- | Y a
- | XY a a
data Media
- = MinWidth Int
- | MaxWidth Int
data PxRem
newtype Url = Url Text
data TransitionProperty
- = Width PxRem
- | Height PxRem
data Ms
class ToColor a where
- colorValue :: a -> HexColor
- colorName :: a -> Text
newtype HexColor = HexColor Text

How to use this library

Create styled Views using composable Haskell functions

myView :: View c ()
myView = col (gap 10) $ do
 el (bold . fontSize 32) "My page"
 button (border 1) "Click Me"

This represents an HTML fragment with embedded CSS definitions

<style type='text/css'>
.bold { font-weight:bold }
.brd-1 { border:1px; border-style:solid }
.col { display:flex; flex-direction:column }
.fs-32 { font-size:2.0rem }
.gap-10 { gap:0.625rem }
</style>

<div class='col gap-10'>
  <div class='bold fs-32'>My page</div>
  <button class='brd-1'>Click Me</button>
</div>

Leverage the full power of Haskell functions for reuse, instead of relying on CSS.

header = bold
h1 = header . fontSize 32
h2 = header . fontSize 24
page = gap 10

myView = col page $ do
  el h1 "My Page"
...

This approach is inspired by Tailwindcss' Utility Classes

Rendering `View`s

renderText :: View () () -> Text Source #

Renders a View as HTML with embedded CSS class definitions

>>> renderText $ el bold "Hello"
<style type='text/css'>.bold { font-weight:bold }</style>
<div class='bold'>Hello</div>

renderLazyText :: View () () -> Text Source #

renderLazyByteString :: View () () -> ByteString Source #

Full HTML Documents

Create a full HTML document by embedding the view and cssResetEmbed

import Data.String.Interpolate (i)
import Web.View

toDocument :: Text -> Text
toDocument content =
  [i|<html>
    <title>My Website</title>
    <head><style type="text/css">#{cssResetEmbed}</style></head>
    <body>#{content}</body>
  </html>|]

myDocument :: Text
myDocument = toDocument $ renderText myView

module Web.View.Reset

Views

data View context a Source #

Views are HTML fragments that carry all CSS used by any child element.

view :: View c ()
view = col (pad 10 . gap 10) $ do
  el bold "Hello"
  el_ "World"

They can also have a context which can be used to create type-safe or context-aware elements. See table for an example

Instances

Instances details

Applicative (View context) Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.View Methods pure :: a -> View context a # (<>) :: View context (a -> b) -> View context a -> View context b # liftA2 :: (a -> b -> c) -> View context a -> View context b -> View context c # (>) :: View context a -> View context b -> View context b # (<*) :: View context a -> View context b -> View context a #
Functor (View context) Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.View Methods fmap :: (a -> b) -> View context a -> View context b # (<$) :: a -> View context b -> View context a #
Monad (View context) Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.View Methods (>>=) :: View context a -> (a -> View context b) -> View context b # (>>) :: View context a -> View context b -> View context b # return :: a -> View context a #
IsString (View context ()) Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.View Methods fromString :: String -> View context () #

Mods

type Mod = Attributes -> Attributes Source #

Element functions expect a Mod function as their first argument that adds attributes and classes.

userEmail :: User -> View c ()
userEmail user = input (fontSize 16 . active) (text user.email)
  where
    active = isActive user then bold else id

Elements

el :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

A basic element

el (bold . pad 10) "Hello"

el_ :: View c () -> View c () Source #

A basic element, with no modifiers

el_ "Hello"

Layout

layout :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

We can intuitively create layouts with combindations of row, col, grow, and space

Wrap main content in layout to allow the view to consume vertical screen space

holygrail :: View c ()
holygrail = layout id $ do
  row section "Top Bar"
  row grow $ do
    col section "Left Sidebar"
    col (section . grow) "Main Content"
    col section "Right Sidebar"
  row section "Bottom Bar"
  where section = border 1

root :: Mod Source #

As layout but as a Mod

holygrail = col root $ do
  ...

col :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

Lay out children in a column.

col grow $ do
   el_ "Top"
   space
   el_ "Bottom"

row :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

Lay out children in a row

row id $ do
   el_ "Left"
   space
   el_ "Right"

grow :: Mod Source #

Grow to fill the available space in the parent row or col

row id $ do
 el grow none
 el_ "Right"

space :: View c () Source #

Space that fills the available space in the parent row or col.

row id $ do
 space
 el_ "Right"

This is equivalent to an empty element with grow

space = el grow none

collapse :: Mod Source #

Allow items to become smaller than their contents. This is not the opposite of grow!

scroll :: Mod Source #

Make a fixed layout by putting scroll on a child-element

document = row root $ do
  nav (width 300) "Sidebar"
  col (grow . scroll) "Main Content"

nav :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

A Nav element

Content

text :: Text -> View c () Source #

Add text to a view. Not required for string literals

el_ $ do
  "Hello: "
  text user.name

raw :: Text -> View c () Source #

Embed static, unescaped HTML or SVG. Take care not to use raw with user-generated content.

spinner = raw "<svg>...</svg>"

none :: View c () Source #

Do not show any content

if isVisible
 then content
 else none

pre :: Mod -> Text -> View c () Source #

Inputs

form :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

input :: Mod -> View c () Source #

name :: Text -> Mod Source #

value :: Text -> Mod Source #

label :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

link :: Url -> Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

A hyperlink to the given url

button :: Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

Tables

table :: Mod -> [dt] -> Eff '[Writer [TableColumn c dt]] () -> View c () Source #

Create a type safe data table by specifying columns

usersTable :: [User] -> View c ()
usersTable us = do
  table id us $ do
    tcol (th hd "Name") $ \u -> td cell $ text u.name
    tcol (th hd "Email") $ \u -> td cell $ text u.email
 where
  hd = cell . bold
  cell = pad 4 . border 1

tcol :: forall dt c. View (TableHead c) () -> (dt -> View dt ()) -> Eff '[Writer [TableColumn c dt]] () Source #

th :: Mod -> View c () -> View (TableHead c) () Source #

td :: Mod -> View () () -> View dt () Source #

Document Metadata

script :: Text -> View c () Source #

style :: Text -> View c () Source #

stylesheet :: Text -> View c () Source #

CSS Modifiers

width :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

Set to a specific width

height :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

Set to a specific height

minWidth :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

Allow width to grow to contents but not shrink any smaller than value

minHeight :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

Allow height to grow to contents but not shrink any smaller than value

flexRow :: Mod Source #

Set container to be a row. Favor row when possible

flexCol :: Mod Source #

Set container to be a column. Favor col when possible

pad :: Sides PxRem -> Mod Source #

Space surrounding the children of the element

To create even spacing around and between all elements:

col (pad 10 . gap 10) $ do
  el_ "one"
  el_ "two"
  el_ "three"

gap :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

The space between child elements. See pad

hide :: Mod Source #

Hide an element. See parent and media

shadow :: Mod Source #

Adds a basic drop shadow to an element

rounded :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

Round the corners of the element

fontSize :: PxRem -> Mod Source #

color :: ToColor c => c -> Mod Source #

Set the text color. See ToColor

bg :: ToColor c => c -> Mod Source #

Set the background color. See ToColor

bold :: Mod Source #

border :: Sides PxRem -> Mod Source #

Set a border around the element

el (border 1) "all sides"
el (border (X 1)) "only left and right"

borderColor :: ToColor c => c -> Mod Source #

Set a border color. See ToColor

pointer :: Mod Source #

Use a button-like cursor when hovering over the element

Button-like elements:

btn = pointer . bg Primary . hover (bg PrimaryLight)

options = row id $ do
  el btn "Login"
  el btn "Sign Up"

transition :: Ms -> TransitionProperty -> Mod Source #

Animate changes to the given property

el (transition 100 (Height 400)) "Tall"
el (transition 100 (Height 100)) "Small"

textAlign :: Align -> Mod Source #

Selector States

hover :: Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply when hovering over an element

el (bg Primary . hover (bg PrimaryLight)) "Hover"

active :: Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply when the mouse is pressed down on an element

even :: Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply to even-numbered children

odd :: Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply to odd-numbered children

media :: Media -> Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply when the Media matches the current window. This allows for responsive designs

el (width 100 . media (MinWidth 800) (width 400))
  "Big if window > 800"

parent :: Text -> Mod -> Mod Source #

Apply when the element is somewhere inside an anscestor.

For example, the HTMX library applies an "htmx-request" class to the body when a request is pending. We can use this to create a loading indicator

el (pad 10) $ do
  el (parent "htmx-request" flexRow . hide) "Loading..."
  el (parent "htmx-request" hide . flexRow) "Normal Content"

View Context

context :: View context context Source #

Get the current context

addContext :: context -> View context () -> View c () Source #

Run a view with a specific context in a parent View with a different context. This can be used to create type safe view functions, like table

Creating New Elements and Modifiers

tag :: Text -> Mod -> View c () -> View c () Source #

Create a new element constructor

aside :: Mod -> View c () -> View c ()
aside = tag "aside"

att :: Name -> AttValue -> Mod Source #

Set an attribute, replacing existing value

hlink :: Text -> View c () -> View c ()
hlink url content = tag "a" (att "href" url) content

Types

data Sides a Source #

Options for styles that support specifying various sides. This has a "fake" Num instance to support literals

border 5
border (X 2)
border (TRBL 0 5 0 0)

Constructors

All a
TRBL a a a a
X a
Y a
XY a a

Instances

Instances details

Num a => Num (Sides a) Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods (+) :: Sides a -> Sides a -> Sides a # (-) :: Sides a -> Sides a -> Sides a # (*) :: Sides a -> Sides a -> Sides a # negate :: Sides a -> Sides a # abs :: Sides a -> Sides a # signum :: Sides a -> Sides a # fromInteger :: Integer -> Sides a #

data Media Source #

Media allows for responsive designs that change based on characteristics of the window. See Layout Example

Constructors

MinWidth Int
MaxWidth Int

Instances

Instances details

Eq Media Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods (==) :: Media -> Media -> Bool # (/=) :: Media -> Media -> Bool #
Ord Media Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods compare :: Media -> Media -> Ordering # (<) :: Media -> Media -> Bool # (<=) :: Media -> Media -> Bool # (>) :: Media -> Media -> Bool # (>=) :: Media -> Media -> Bool # max :: Media -> Media -> Media # min :: Media -> Media -> Media #

data PxRem Source #

Px, converted to Rem. Allows for the user to change the document font size and have the app scale accordingly. But allows the programmer to code in pixels to match a design

Instances

Instances details

Num PxRem Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods (+) :: PxRem -> PxRem -> PxRem # (-) :: PxRem -> PxRem -> PxRem # (*) :: PxRem -> PxRem -> PxRem # negate :: PxRem -> PxRem # abs :: PxRem -> PxRem # signum :: PxRem -> PxRem # fromInteger :: Integer -> PxRem #
Show PxRem Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods showsPrec :: Int -> PxRem -> ShowS # show :: PxRem -> String # showList :: [PxRem] -> ShowS #
ToClassName PxRem Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods toClassName :: PxRem -> Text Source #
ToStyleValue PxRem Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods toStyleValue :: PxRem -> StyleValue Source #

newtype Url Source #

Constructors

Url Text

Instances

Instances details

IsString Url Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods fromString :: String -> Url #

data TransitionProperty Source #

Constructors

Width PxRem
Height PxRem

Instances

Instances details

Show TransitionProperty Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Style Methods showsPrec :: Int -> TransitionProperty -> ShowS # show :: TransitionProperty -> String # showList :: [TransitionProperty] -> ShowS #

data Ms Source #

Milliseconds, used for transitions

Instances

Instances details

Num Ms Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods (+) :: Ms -> Ms -> Ms # (-) :: Ms -> Ms -> Ms # (*) :: Ms -> Ms -> Ms # negate :: Ms -> Ms # abs :: Ms -> Ms # signum :: Ms -> Ms # fromInteger :: Integer -> Ms #
Show Ms Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods showsPrec :: Int -> Ms -> ShowS # show :: Ms -> String # showList :: [Ms] -> ShowS #
ToClassName Ms Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods toClassName :: Ms -> Text Source #
ToStyleValue Ms Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods toStyleValue :: Ms -> StyleValue Source #

class ToColor a where Source #

ToColor allows you to create a type containing your application's colors:

data AppColor
  = White
  | Primary
  | Dark

instance ToColor AppColor where
  colorValue White = "#FFF"
  colorValue Dark = "#333"
  colorValue Primary = "#00F"

hello :: View c ()
hello = el (bg Primary . color White) "Hello"

Minimal complete definition

colorValue

Methods

colorValue :: a -> HexColor Source #

colorName :: a -> Text Source #

default colorName :: Show a => a -> Text Source #

Instances

Instances details

ToColor HexColor Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods colorValue :: HexColor -> HexColor Source # colorName :: HexColor -> Text Source #

newtype HexColor Source #

Hexidecimal Color. Can be specified with or without the leading #. Recommended to use an AppColor type instead of manually using hex colors. See ToColor

Constructors

HexColor Text

Instances

Instances details

IsString HexColor Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods fromString :: String -> HexColor #
ToColor HexColor Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods colorValue :: HexColor -> HexColor Source # colorName :: HexColor -> Text Source #
ToStyleValue HexColor Source #
Instance details Defined in Web.View.Types Methods toStyleValue :: HexColor -> StyleValue Source #

How to use this library

Rendering Views

Full HTML Documents

Views

Instances

Mods

Elements

Layout

Content

Inputs

Tables

Document Metadata

CSS Modifiers

Selector States

View Context

Creating New Elements and Modifiers

Types

Instances

Instances

Instances

Instances

Instances

Instances

Instances

Instances

Rendering `View`s