<share-menu>
A complete and simple to use share menu that uses Web Share API when possible, with a fallback to a nice share menu that tries to emulate the experience of the native one.
Features
- Incredibly simple to use. Just set one of the
title
,text
,url
, orimage
properties and call theshare()
method to make the magic happen; - Highly customizable. It offers a great material design UI by default, but it is also designed to be as much customizable as possible through CSS custom properties and shadow parts. It also offers lots of built-in share targets and presets, with support for custom ones if needed;
- Compatible with any major browser. The Web Share API is still quite young, but the fallback dialog works on any browser supporting Custom Elements (directly or through a polyfill). Unlike the native share menu, the fallback will also work on desktop browsers and insecure contexts, so you will be able to offer a much more coherent experience to your users;
- Lightweight. The
share-menu
element itself weighs ~11.7 KB (~3.7 KB when compressed), while each built-in share target weighs on average ~700B (less than half the size when compressed); - Thoroughly tested. Both the native and fallback behaviors are covered by tests, including each share target and preset. Minimum code coverage is set to 90% to ensure that each new feature maintains a high level of quality.
Installation
npm i share-menu
# or
yarn add share-menu
Without npm/yarn
If you just want to directly include the script without installing it as a dependency, use the unpkg
CDN:
<!-- Main component -->
<script type="module" src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]?module"></script>
<!-- Single share target -->
<script
type="module"
src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/targets/email.js?module"
></script>
<!-- Share target preset -->
<script
type="module"
src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/targets/presets/all.js?module"
></script>
Try it now!
Try copy-pasting this code on your browser's console in any website:
var a = document.createElement('script');
a.type = 'module';
a.textContent =
'import"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]?module";import"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/targets/presets/all.js?module";var b=document.createElement("share-menu"),c=document.createElement("share-target-preset-all");b.appendChild(c),document.body.appendChild(b),b.share();';
document.head.appendChild(a);
Note: these scripts will not work if the website implements a strict CSP (Content Security Policy). For example, these scripts won't work on GitHub.
Usage
Basic usage
<share-menu
id="basicShareMenu"
title="Ohai!"
text="Just a test"
url="https://www.example.com/"
image="https://www.example.com/image.png"
>
<share-target-preset-all></share-target-preset-all>
</share-menu>
<button onclick="basicShareMenu.share()">Share!</button>
With more configuration options and custom share targets
<share-menu
id="customShareMenu"
title="Awesome!"
text="More customized share menu"
url="https://www.example.com/"
image="https://www.example.com/image.png"
dialog-title="Share now"
copy-hint="Copy to clipboard"
handle="always"
no-backdrop
>
<share-target-email></share-target-email>
<share-target-facebook></share-target-facebook>
<share-target-telegram></share-target-telegram>
</share-menu>
<button onclick="customShareMenu.share()">Share!</button>
Defining the share targets (for the fallback dialog)
Built-in targets
This component comes with a large number of built-in targets that can be used
to share content to the most popular social networks and messaging apps. These
targets can be found in the targets
folder and can be imported as follows:
import 'share-menu/targets/<target>.js';
Here you can see the list of the built-in targets, as well as the capabilities and limitations of each of them:
Target | Title | Text | URL | Image | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clipboard | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Copying images is not supported on Firefox |
Blogger | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Diaspora | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Douban | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
Evernote | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | URL only if not using Facebook JS SDK or not providing a Facebook App ID | |
✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
Gmail | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Google Translate | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | Translates the page at the given URL |
Hacker News | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Instapaper | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
KakaoTalk | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
LINE | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
LiveJournal | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Mastodon | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | Uses toot to ask for the instance on which to share the content |
Messenger | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | Requires a Facebook App ID |
Mix | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Odnoklassniki (OK.ru) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | Prints the page at the given URL | |
QZone | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | Shares an URL if there is no text provided, otherwise a text with the URL appended at the end | |
Skype | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
SMS | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Snapchat | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Substack Notes | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Telegram | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
Tumblr | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
VKontakte (VK) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | |
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ||
Yahoo Mail | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
Presets
Given the large number of built-in targets, it can be quite tedious to add them
all to the share menu. For this reason, this component offers a few presets
that can be used to add a collection of targets at once. Presets can be found
in the targets/presets
folder and can be imported as follows:
import 'share-menu/targets/presets/<preset>.js';
Here is the list of the available presets, together with the targets included in each of them:
Preset | Targets included | Notes |
---|---|---|
All | All the built-in targets | Requires Facebook App ID for Messenger to be displayed |
Top 15 Worldwide | Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Weibo, Telegram, Snapchat, QZone, Pinterest, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Douban, VK, OK | Requires Facebook App ID for Messenger to be displayed |
Custom share targets
Share targets in the fallback dialog are just simple HTML custom elements that
implement the ShareTarget
interface. More specifically, they must expose:
- A
displayName
field that contains the name of the target; - A
color
field that contains the hex color of the target without the hash; - An
icon
field that contains the SVG path of the icon of the target; Only the path must be provided (i.e. what you have inside the thed
attribute of your SVG), not the whole SVG. Icon must will be rendered inside a 256x256 viewBox, so make sure that the icon fits correctly inside that area; - A
share
method that takes theShareMenu
instance as parameter and that performs the actual share action when the target button is clicked; - Optionally, an
outline
field that contains the hex color of the outline of the target without the hash; - Optionally, a
hint
field that contains an additional hint text for the target.
See any of the built-in targets for a practical example on how to implement yours.
Styling
The following custom properties and shadow parts are available for styling:
Property | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
--sm-backdrop-color |
The color of the backdrop | #000 |
--sm-background-color |
The background color | #ece6f0 |
--sm-clipboard-background-color |
The background color of the "copy to clipboard" section | #e6e0e9 |
--sm-title-color |
The color of the title | #1c1b1f |
--sm-ripple-color |
The color of the ripple effect | #fff |
--sm-labels-color |
The color of the social labels | #1c1b1f |
--sm-hint-color |
The color of the hint labels | #49454e |
--sm-handle-color |
The color of the handle on top of the dialog | #79747e |
--sm-divider-color |
The color of the dividers | #c4c7c5 |
--sm-preview-color |
The color of the preview of what is being shared | #49454e |
dialog |
The part assigned to the dialog | - |
backdrop |
The part assigned to the backdrop | - |
title |
The part assigned to the title | - |
social-button |
The part assigned to each social button | - |
social-icon |
The part assigned to each social icon | - |
social-label |
The part assigned to each social label | - |
Note: for obvious reasons, these custom properties and shadow parts are not available when using the native share menu.