We just released Headless UI v2.0 for React which includes a ton of new stuff:
- Built-in anchor positioning — using Floating UI, components like
Menu
,Listbox
, and more can now automatically position their popovers to be anchored to their trigger, adapting as needed to changes in the viewport. - Headless checkbox component — we've added a headless
Checkbox
component to complement our existingRadioGroup
component, making it easy to build totally custom checkbox controls. - HTML form components — we've added
Input
,Select
,Textarea
,Label
,Description
,Fieldset
, andLegend
components that handle all of the ID generation andaria-*
attribute mapping you need to do to connect form fields together. - Improved hover and focus-visible detection — using hooks from the awesome React Aria library under the hood, Headless UI now adds smarter
data-hover
anddata-focus
attributes to your controls that behave more consistently across different devices than the native pseudo-classes. - Combobox list virtualization — the
Combobox
component can now handle giant lists of options with no performance issues.
Changelog
Added
- Add new
Checkbox
component (#2887, #2962) - Add new
Button
component (#2887) - Add new
Input
component (#2887, #2902, #2940) - Add new
Textarea
component (#2887, #2902, #2940) - Add new
Select
component (#2887, #2902) - Add new
Fieldset
andLegend
components (#2887) - Add new
Field
,Label
,Description
components (#2887, #2941) - Add new
MenuSection
,MenuHeading
, andMenuSeparator
components (#2887) - Add new
ListboxSelectedOption
component (#2887) - Add new
DataInteractive
component (#2887) - Add new
CloseButton
component anduseClose
hook (#3096) - Add new
anchor
,modal
, andportal
props toCombobox
,Listbox
,Menu
andPopover
components (#2887, #3075, #3097, #3111, #3115, #3121, #3124, #3133, #3138, #3148, #3152, #3154, #3157) - Add new
autoFocus
prop to focusable components (#2887) - Add new
virtual
prop toCombobox
component (#2779, #3128, #3160, #3161, #3163) - Add new
onClose
prop toCombobox
component (#3122) - Add new
immediate
prop toCombobox
for immediately opening the Combobox when theinput
receives focus (#2686) - Add new
--button-width
CSS variable on theListboxOptions
,MenuItems
, andPopoverPanel
components (#2887, #3058) - Add new
--input-width
and--button-width
CSS variables on theComboboxOptions
component (#3057) - Add new
data-*
attributes as an alternative to the existingdata-headlessui-state
attribute (#2887, #3035, #3061)
Fixed
- Fix scroll-locking on iOS (#2891)
- Fix cancellation of events when using
disabled
oraria-disabled
attributes (#2890) - Fix unnecessary execution of the
displayValue
callback inComboboxInput
component (#3048) - Fix types for
multiple
prop inCombobox
component (#3099) - Fix focus handling in
ComboboxInput
component (#3065, #3073) - Fix enter transitions in
Transition
component (#3074) - Fix focus handling in
ListboxOptions
andMenuItems
components (#3112) - Fix horizontal scrolling inside the
Dialog
component (#2889)
Changed
- Require React 18 (#2887, #3092, #3131)
- Always render hidden form input fields for
Checkbox
,Switch
andRadioGroup
components (#3095) - Deprecate the
RadioGroup.Option
component in favor of newRadio
component (#2887) - Dialog is now focused by default instead of the first focusable element (#2887)
- Change default tags for
ListboxOptions
,ListboxOption
,ComboboxOptions
,ComboboxOption
, andTabGroup
components (#3109) - Change default tag from
div
toFragment
onTransition
components (#3110, #3147) - Allow
Combobox
component to havenull
value (#3064, #3100) - Attempt form submission when pressing enter on the
ListboxButton
component (#2972) - Deprecate the
entered
prop on theTransition
component (#3089) - Add frozen value to
ComboboxOptions
component (#3126)
Upgrading from v1
Update dependencies
Install the latest version of the package via npm:
npm install @headlessui/react@latest
Comboboxes now always support empty values
Previously the Combobox
component required an option to always be set, and you could opt out of this behavior using the nullable
prop. In v2.0 comboboxes support empty values by default so you can remove this prop:
- <Combobox value={selected} onChange={setSelected} nullable>
+ <Combobox value={selected} onChange={setSelected}>
If you'd like to keep the previous behavior, update your onChange
callback to only set the selected value if an option has actually been selected:
<Combobox
value={selected}
- onChange={setSelected}
+ onChange={(newValue) => setSelected((oldValue) => newValue ?? oldValue)}
onClose={() => setQuery('')}
>
New default elements
The default rendered element has changed for a number of components in v2.0:
Component | v1.x element | v2.0 element |
---|---|---|
Transition
| div
| Fragment
|
TransitionRoot
| div
| Fragment
|
TransitionChild
| div
| Fragment
|
ListboxOptions
| ul
| div
|
ListboxOption
| li
| div
|
ComboboxOptions
| ul
| div
|
ComboboxOption
| li
| div
|
TabGroup
| Fragment
| div
|
If you're relying on a default element that has change, you can preserve that behavior using the as
prop:
- <Transition ...>
+ <Transition as="div" ...>
Dialogs no longer require a focusable child
Previously the Dialog
component would automatically focus the first focusable child on open. This meant that you had to have at least one focusable element within your dialog, otherwise you would see a warning in your console.
In v2.0 that is no longer the case and the dialog's root element is focused instead on open.
If you'd like a child element to receive focus when your dialog is opened, you can add the autoFocus
prop to any Headless UI form control:
<Dialog>
<DialogPanel>
- <Listbox ... />
+ <Listbox autoFocus ... />
</DialogPanel>
</Dialog>
For non-Headless UI components, you can add the data-autofocus
attribute to any focusable element:
<Dialog>
<DialogPanel>
- <button>...</button>
+ <button data-autofocus>...</button>
</DialogPanel>
</Dialog>
Dropdown components are now modal by default
The Menu
, Combobox
, and Listbox
dropdowns are now rendered modal by default. When the dropdown is open the page is scroll-locked and all other page content is made inert
.
While this is generally recommended behavior for these components, you can disable this using the modal
prop:
- <Combobox ...>
+ <Combobox modal={false} ...>
Dialog.Overlay
and Dialog.Backdrop
components removed
In Headless UI v1.6 we deprecated the Dialog.Overlay
and Dialog.Backdrop
components. These have now been removed in v2.0.
If you're using either of these components, you can update your app to use the new DialogPanel
approach:
<Dialog>
- <Dialog.Overlay className="..." />
+ <div className="..." />
+ <DialogPanel>
{/* ... */}
+ </DialogPanel>
</Dialog>
Deprecated component dot-notation
The previous component dot-notation has been deprecated in favor of using explicit imports for each individual component. This is to improve compatibility with RSC (React Server Components) and tree-shaking.
We recommend updating to this new API:
- import { Menu } from '@headlessui/react'
+ import { Menu, MenuButton, MenuItems, MenuItem } from '@headlessui/react'
function Example() {
return (
<Menu>
- <Menu.Button>My account</Menu.Button>
- <Menu.Items>
- <Menu.Item><a href="/settings">Settings</a></Menu.Item>
- <Menu.Item><a href="/support">Support</a></Menu.Item>
- <Menu.Item><a href="/license">License</a></Menu.Item>
- </Menu.Items>
+ <MenuButton>My account</MenuButton>
+ <MenuItems>
+ <MenuItem><a href="/settings">Settings</a></MenuItem>
+ <MenuItem><a href="/support">Support</a></MenuItem>
+ <MenuItem><a href="/license">License</a></MenuItem>
+ </MenuItems>
</Menu>
)
}
Deprecated component-specific label and description components
With the addition of the multi-purpose Field
, Label
and Description
components in v2, we've deprecated the component-specific versions.
v1.x component | v2.0 replacement |
---|---|
Combobox.Label
| Label
|
Listbox.Label
| Label
|
Switch.Label
| Label
|
RadioGroup.Label
| Label
|
Dialog.Description
| Description
|
RadioGroup.Description
| Description
|
Switch.Description
| Description
|
We recommend updating to these new components:
- import { Combobox } from '@headlessui/react'
+ import { Combobox, ComboboxInput, ComboboxOptions, Field, Label } from '@headlessui/react'
function Example() {
return (
- <Combobox>
- <Combobox.Label>Assignee:</Combobox.Label>
- <Combobox.Input />
- <Combobox.Options>{/* ... */}</Combobox.Options>
- </Combobox>
+ <Field>
+ <Label>Assignee:</Label>
+ <Combobox>
+ <ComboboxInput />
+ <ComboboxOptions>{/* ... */}</ComboboxOptions>
+ </Combobox>
+ <Field>
)
}
Deprecated RadioGroup.Option
component
We've deprecated the RadioGroup.Option
in favor of the more terse Radio
component.
We recommend updating to this new component:
<RadioGroup>
- <RadioGroup.Option>{*/ ...*/}</RadioGroup.Option>
+ <Radio>{*/ ...*/}</Radio>
</RadioGroup>
Deprecated @headlessui/tailwindcss
package
With the availability of the new data-*
attributes in v2.0, we've deprecated the @headlessui/tailwindcss
package.
We recommend updating to use the new data-*
attributes instead. Start by removing this package:
npm remove @headlessui/tailwindcss
Next, replace the ui-*
class modifiers with data-[*]
modifiers:
<MenuItem
as="a"
href="#"
- className="ui-active:bg-blue-500 ui-active:text-white"
+ className="data-[active]:bg-blue-500 data-[active]:text-white"
>
{*/ ...*/}
</MenuItem>