# ReUI components
The 21 ReUI building blocks: `alert`, `autocomplete`, `badge`, `cascader`, `data-grid`, `date-selector`, `event-calendar`, `filters`, `frame`, `gantt`, `icon-stack`, `icon-tile`, `kanban`, `number-field`, `phone-input`, `rating`, `scrollspy`, `sortable`, `stepper`, `timeline`, `tree`. Examples and blocks are composed from these.
**Rule one: never guess a component's API. Read it first.** Call **`get_component(name)`** for its inline `api` (props + usage, no web fetch), and **share the result's `docsUrl`** (the component's API documentation page) with the user whenever you work with that component's API, so they have the full reference (the `/llms.txt` index is a further fallback). Then call **`get_examples(name)`** to install a worked example and copy real composition. The contracts below are first-try orientation (required props, composition shape, the one gotcha); the inline `api` is the full reference. No single block fits? Compose: search the components you need, read each `get_component`, install a `get_examples` example per component, and adapt.
## data-grid (the flagship - read its API every time)
`data-grid` wraps TanStack Table v9. It is NOT a styled `
` and does NOT take `data`/`columns` props directly. The contract:
- Build a TanStack table instance with `useTable({ features: dataGridFeatures, ... })` (columns, data). `dataGridFeatures` is exported by the primitive and already bundles sorting, filtering, pagination, row selection, expanding, pinning, resizing and faceting, so there are no per-table row models to wire.
- Pass that instance to ``.
- Compose the body with `DataGridTable` inside `DataGrid`, and enable features through `tableLayout` (e.g. `{ headerSticky: true, columnsResizable: true }`), not ad-hoc classes.
- Server-side data uses the documented fetch shape (`recordCount` is the total for pagination).
```tsx
const table = useTable({
features: dataGridFeatures,
data,
columns,
})
```
Common mistakes:
- **Incorrect:** `` - these props do not exist. **Correct:** build a `useTable({ features: dataGridFeatures, ... })` instance and pass `table={table}` + `recordCount`.
- **Incorrect:** a raw `
` / hand-rolled pagination. **Correct:** use `data-grid`; read its API for sticky header, pagination, virtualization, row selection.
- **Incorrect:** styling rows/cells with arbitrary classes. **Correct:** drive layout via `tableLayout` and the primitive's `DataGridColumnMeta` (e.g. `cellClassName`, `headerTitle`), set through the bundle's `columnMeta` slot.
## event-calendar
**Required:** events via `events`/`onEventsChange` (controlled) or `defaultEvents` (uncontrolled), plus a height on the root.
**Shape:**
```tsx
```
**Gotcha:** headless-first: `EventCalendarContent` renders the active view (month/week/day/days/agenda; a resource view activates when `resources` is passed) - there is no per-view JSX to compose. Events are `{ id, title, start, end (exclusive), allDay?, color?, recurrence?, resourceId? }`. Mutations flow through `onEventUpdate`/`canDropEvent` (return `false` to reject); the root needs an explicit height because it is a min-h-0 flex column.
## gantt
**Required:** `resources` (the left tree) plus bars via `events`/`defaultEvents` attached by `resourceId`.
**Shape:**
```tsx
```
**Gotcha:** bars move along the time axis only (never across rows) and are all-day spans with exclusive `end`; `progress` is 0-100. Scales are `day | week | month | quarter | year`. Zoom control, infinite scroll, summary rollups, and row checkboxes are ON by default - turn off what you do not need. Same `onEventUpdate`/`canDropEvent` commit pipeline as `event-calendar`; the root needs an explicit height.
## kanban
**Required:** `value` (`Record`), `onValueChange`, `getItemValue`
**Shape:**
```tsx
i.id}>
{Object.entries(cols).map(([id, items]) => (
{id}
{items.map((i) => (
{i.title}
))}
))}
```
**Gotcha:** state is `Record`. Each `KanbanColumnContent value` must match its parent `KanbanColumn value`. Omit `KanbanOverlay` and the drag preview silently breaks.
## sortable
**Required:** `value` (`T[]`), `onValueChange`, `getItemValue`
**Shape:**
```tsx
i.id}>
{items.map((i) => (
{i.label}
))}
```
**Gotcha:** a flat 1D reorder list (not columns - that is `kanban`). `getItemValue` must return a stable, unique string. Pass `layout="grid"` or `layout="nested"` for non-list layouts.
## filters
**Required:** `fields` (`FilterField[]`). The value is ONE `FilterQuery` tree - `query` + `onQueryChange`, or uncontrolled `defaultQuery`.
**Shape:**
```tsx
const fields: FilterField[] = [
{ id: "title", label: "Title", type: "text" },
{
id: "status",
label: "Status",
type: "select",
options: [
{ value: "active", label: "Active" },
{ value: "archived", label: "Archived" },
],
},
]
const [query, setQuery] = useState(() => createFilterQuery())
```
**Gotcha:** the state is a TREE, not a list of chips. `FilterQuery` is a group of rules joined by `and`/`or` and a group may hold another group, so `(A and B) or C` is expressible; a rule is `{ id, type: "rule", path: ["status"], operator, value }` and `path` is the whole nested attribute path, root first. The pre-rewrite API is GONE: there is no `filters`/`onChange` prop, no `FilterFieldConfig` (fields are `FilterField`, nested through their own `fields`, keyed `id` not `key`), and no `createFilter()` - it minted ids inside a pure function and broke hydration, so ids now come from `createFilterIdFactory(seed)` seeded off `useId`, and `createFilterQuery()` / `createFilterRule()` take one. Read the query back with `flattenFilterConditions` (`{ path, field, operator, values, negated }` per rule, incomplete rules skipped) and walk the tree yourself when the parentheses carry meaning - the primitive compiles nothing, no SQL, no query string.
`variant` picks the chrome over that one query: `"basic"`, the default, is the flat chip row for a toolbar over a table; `"advanced"` is the condition builder, hung off a trigger or rendered in place with `advancedMode="inline"`. Both read and write the same tree, so a saved view built in one opens in the other. Other props worth knowing before you hand-roll them: `size` is two rungs, `"sm" | "default"`, resolved per style (there is no `lg`); `reorderable` turns on drag and Alt+Arrow row moves in the builder; `onBeforeQueryChange` is the ONE veto point for every write (return `false` to refuse, it cannot rewrite); `editors` registers custom value editors a field selects by `editor` name; `labels` / `operatorLabels` own every rendered string; `pathCollapse` + `maxPathSegments` shorten deep attribute paths; `renderChip` / `renderValue` / `renderEmpty` replace rendered parts. On a field, `loadOptions` supplies async options with paging and `resolveValues` renders a chip restored from a saved view whose option was never loaded. Pairs naturally with `data-grid`.
## cascader
**Required:** `items` (a tree of `{ value, label, children? }`), plus the panel parts inside `CascaderContent`.
**Shape:**
```tsx
}>
```
**Gotcha:** pressing a branch NAVIGATES, it does not select - only leaves are selectable until you pass `selectable="any"` or a predicate, and once a branch is selectable its chevron becomes the only way to open it. `CascaderInput` must stay inside `CascaderContent` (Base UI refills the query from the selection when the input sits outside the popup). Always include `CascaderStatus`: it is the live region announcing level changes, which the visual breadcrumb does not provide to screen readers. Accepts a flat adjacency list via `getParent` as well as nested `children`. `searchScope="deep"` searches every level and annotates results with their path; `multiple` gives checkbox rows; `inline` + a bare `CascaderPanel` embeds it with no popover.
The shape above is `mode="drill"`, the default. `mode="tree"` keeps the same parts (drop `CascaderBreadcrumb`, pass `showBack={false}`, drive expansion with `expanded`/`onExpandedChange`); `mode="columns"` REPLACES `CascaderList` + `CascaderItems` with a single `CascaderColumns`, and has no breadcrumb. Other props worth knowing before you hand-roll them: `cascade` (multi-select only, parent/child selection with indeterminate branches - pair it with `selectable="any"`, since a leaf-only tree can never cascade), `indicator={false}` to drop the single-select check and its gutter (visual only, no-op with `multiple`), `virtualize`/`virtualizeThreshold` plus `CascaderVirtualItems` for long levels, and `getChildren` for async levels with cursor paging, retry on failure and optional `prefetch`. `CascaderFooter` pins commands below the list (`actions` is the quick path) and `CascaderSubmenu` opens one as a side-anchored flyout with the full menu keyboard model. To head a run of rows use `CascaderGroup` wrapping a `CascaderLabel` - a bare label inside a listbox names nothing and is dropped from the accessibility tree - and `CascaderSeparator` for the rule between runs. Every rendered string comes from `labels`, and the panel is RTL-correct under a `DirectionProvider` or `dir="rtl"`.
## date-selector
**Required:** none, but wire `onChange` to capture the value.
**Shape:**
```tsx
const [value, setValue] = useState()
```
**Gotcha:** the value is a structured `DateSelectorValue` (period / operator / start+end dates), NOT a `Date` - never pass a raw `Date`. Use `allowRange={false}` to lock single-date picking. Read `get_component("date-selector")` for the value shape.
## tree
**Required:** `tree` (a `@headless-tree/core` instance you construct)
**Shape:**
```tsx
{tree.getItems().map((item) => (
))}
```
**Gotcha:** `Tree` is a styled shell - it takes a headless-tree instance via `tree`, NOT `data`/`items` props. Build the instance with `@headless-tree/react`. External API: https://headless-tree.lukasbach.com/
## stepper
**Required:** `StepperItem step` (number), `StepperContent value` (number)
**Shape:**
```tsx
12Step 1 contentStep 2 content
```
**Gotcha:** steps are 1-indexed. Without `StepperPanel` + `StepperContent` you render the nav trail but no body. Put `StepperSeparator` in every `StepperItem` except the last.
## timeline
**Required:** `TimelineItem step` (number)
**Shape:**
```tsx
March 2024Project initializedRepo and architecture set up.
```
**Gotcha:** each item needs a unique `step`. `orientation` is `"vertical"` (default) or `"horizontal"`. This is a static event display, not interactive like `stepper`.
## autocomplete
**Required:** `items` (array; each item has at least `value`)
**Shape:**
```tsx
No results found.
{(item) => (
{item.label}
)}
```
**Gotcha:** `AutocompleteList` takes a render-prop `(item) => ReactNode`, NOT a mapped array of children. External API: https://base-ui.com/react/components/autocomplete
## phone-input
**Required:** none, but wire `onChange`.
**Shape:**
```tsx
```
**Gotcha:** `value`/`onChange` use an E.164 string (e.g. `"+14155551234"`), not a display-formatted string; `onChange` can fire `undefined`. `defaultCountry` is a 2-letter ISO code. Wraps `react-phone-number-input`.
## number-field
**Required:** wrap the controls in `NumberFieldGroup`.
**Shape:**
```tsx
```
**Gotcha:** import from `@/components/ui/number-field`. The accessible label goes on `NumberFieldScrubArea`, not `NumberField`. External API: https://base-ui.com/react/components/number-field
## rating
**Required:** `rating` (number)
**Shape:**
```tsx
```
**Gotcha:** supports decimals (partial stars). Pass `editable` + `onRatingChange` for interactive input; omit both for a read-only display.
## scrollspy
**Required:** `targetRef` (the scroll container ref)
**Shape:**
```tsx
Section 1Section 2