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When to use #

The Floating Threads component allows you to leave a comment anywhere on the page. Think of it like the comment mode in Figma, for example. It not only provides you with a button to start commenting, but also renders all of your existing threads on that page.

This component renders a single button. Clicking on it will enter the comment mode, which allows users to click anywhere on the page to add a comment which will stick to that particular element on the page. After clicking, a composer will appear right next to where the user clicked, allowing them type a message. You can retrieve and reply to an existing comment by clicking on the pins on the page.

For the best experience with Floating Threads, we recommend using the Annotations API. This ensures that your users' messages appear in the right place, even if other things change on the page. Without using this API, you may find that pins disappear.

This component pairs well with:

How to use #

React:
import { FloatingThreads } from "@cord-sdk/react";

export const Example = () => {
  return (
    <FloatingThreads location={{ "page": "index" }} groupId="my-group" />
  );
};
Vanilla JavaScript:
<body>
  <div id="header">
    <cord-floating-threads location='{ "page": "index" }' group-id="my-group"></cord-floating-threads>
  </div>
</body>
import { FloatingThreads } from "@cord-sdk/react";

export const Example = () => {
  return (
    <FloatingThreads location={{ "page": "index" }} groupId="my-group" />
  );
};
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Properties #

location #

optional
string
The location concept for the floating threads component. It indicates which floating threads will be rendered on a page, as well as what the location value of the new floating threads created from that button will be.
If unset, this field will default to the current URL for the page.

groupId #

required
string
The group whose threads the component should load, and in which new threads should be written.

showButton #

optional
boolean
Whether to show the "add comment" button or not.

buttonLabel #

optional
string
The text label on the button. If set to an empty string, the button will not have a label.
If unset, this value defaults to the string Add comment.

iconUrl #

optional
url
If provided, changes the URL of the icon. If set to an empty string or omitted, the button will get the default comment icon.

threadName #

optional
string
Sets the name of the thread. The thread name is used in a small number of places where a short name or header is useful to distinguish the thread; the default value is nearly always fine. A newly-created thread will have its title set to this value, but the title of an existing thread will not be changed.
If this value is not provided, the title of the current page (document.title) will be used as a default value.

showScreenshotPreview #

optional
boolean
Toggles whether screenshot previews are shown in the first message of a Floating Thread. The default setting is set to false.

onStart #

optional
function
A callback that will be fired when once the page is in comment mode.

onFinish #

optional
function
A callback that will be fired when you leave comment mode with at least one message sent. The callback is passed a single argument of the ID of the created thread.

onCancel #

optional
function
A callback that will be fired when the thread is closed before any message is added.

Methods #

openThread #

optional
function
This method on the <FloatingThreads /> component can be used to programmatically open a particular thread.
This function takes one argument, which is an identifier for a thread.
You can use this method by getting a reference to the underlying <cord-floating-threads> DOM element:
import { useCallback, useRef } from "react";

import {
  CordProvider,
  FloatingThreads,
  ThreadList,
} from "@cord-sdk/react";

const App = () => {
  const floatingThreadsRef = useRef(null);
  const onThreadClickCallback = useCallback(
    (threadID: string, threadSummary: ThreadSummary) => {
      if (!floatingThreadsRef.current) {
        return;
      }

      floatingThreadsRef.current.openThread(threadID);
    },
    []
  );

  return (
    <CordProvider clientAuthToken={cordToken}>
      <ThreadList location={{ page: 'foo' }} onThreadClick={onThreadClickCallback} />
      <FloatingThreads location={{ page: 'foo'}} groupId="my-group" ref={floatingThreadsRef}>
    </CordProvider>
  );
}

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