Overlay

Default


Overlays optionally accept a color, which sets the "start" (opaque) color of a gradient mask. Because this overlay is intended to reveal underlying content, the "end" color is fixed to transparent.

The optional layout prop accepts the position and size of the overlay as a key:value pair.

The position key accepts bottom (default), top, y (for both top and bottom) right, left, or x (for both left and right), which sets the side(s) where the color overlay starts. The direction of the overlay is always toward the opposite side of the position. For example, the default position of bottom starts the overlay on the bottom edge of your container and extends it toward the opposite side: the top.

The size value is full (100%) by default, but accepts our spacing tokens or a percentage value as a string, and literally translates to how much of the container is covered by the overlay(s).

Multi-directional


Optionally, you can pass multi-directional options (x or y) to the position key, which creates multiple overlays.

Your color is still applied as the starting edge to both overlays, and each mask will fade to transparent moving toward its opposite edge, ending at the size value you set.

NOTE: Multi-directional overlays share the available container space, so passing full or a percentage string greater than 50% to a multi-directional overlay will cause your masks to overlap at the midline of your container. As a best practice, we do not recommend exceeding a percentage size of 25% when using multi-directional overlays.

Toggle


To toggle an overlay, add a button with an event handler. Remove the overlay container to reveal the underlying content. Re-wrap the overlay container to add the overlay back.


Available Props