ninetyfive: React.js components for a faithful Windows 95 aesthetic

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Live demo

Cooler live demo - browse imaginary star systems using your "telescope software"

Usage

npm install / yarn add the ninetyfive package.

Then you can do this:

import { StaticWindow } from 'ninetyfive';

ReactDOM.render(
  <StaticWindow title="Hello World">Window contents</StaticWindow>,
  document.getElementById('root'));

Help wanted

Low hanging fruit that you can help fix:

• Lots of inconsistencies between which components take class names and styles
• Many missing controls
• Potential mismatches between React component names and original names

Scroll to the end of this document for contributor guidelines.

References for contributors

• In-browser Windows 95 emulator
• The Windows Interface Guidelines

API

Containers

Desktop

Simple plain blue background with default desktop color

props

• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__Desktop
  {children}

StaticWindow

Fixed-position element (doesn't scroll with page!) with title bar, window decoration, and contents.

titleExtra exists so you can pass title as a simple string if you don't need extra window decorations.

props

• title: string
• titleExtra: React.Node (Probably one or more <TinyButton /> elements; need keys!)
• margin: Number|null (Margin between outside of window and its container)
• style: Object|null (CSS styles for outermost div)
• windowStyle: Object|null (CSS styles for innermost div)
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__Window.m-static style={style}
  div.W95__WindowBG
  div.W95__WindowTitle
    {title}
    {titleExtra}
  div.W95__WindowContents style={windowStyle || {}}
    {children}

MovableWindow

Draggable window element. You must provide size via the style prop. Built-in close button.

Use windowStyle to set size. The window is initially centered by flexbox, so you don't need to necessarily make it a constant size.

props

• title: string
• canClose: bool (If true, show close button)
• isOpen: bool (If false, don't render)
• onClose: function(): void (Called when X button clicked)
• windowStyle: Object|null (CSS styles for window div)
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__MovableWindowContainer
  div.W95__MovableWindowContainer__Centerer  // transform applied here
    div.W95__Window m-movable style={windowStyle}>
      div.W95__WindowBG
      div.W95__WindowTitle
        {title}
        TinyButton
      div.W95__WindowContents
        {children}

Visual groupings

Group

Draws a thin line around its content and adds a title in the upper left.

props

• title: string
• className: string
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__Group.{className || ''}
  div.W95__Group__BG
  div.W95__Group__Title
    {title}
  div.W95__Group__Contents
    {children}

ScrollingText

White box with overflow: auto. There is probably a more accurate name for this component.

You need to set a height yourself or use className="m-fill-container".

props

• style: Object|null
• className: string|null
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__ScrollingText.{className || ''} style={style}
  div.W95__ControlBG
  div.W95__ScrollingText__Content
    {children}

Tabs

Tabs define multiple logical sections of information within the same group. One tab is selected at a time; the others are hidden.

Tabs are composed from two components: Tabs for the parent wrapping group and Tab for each selectable section of child content.

Tabs props

• selected: string|null (The label of the child tab to select)
• className: string|null
• children: ninetyfive.Tab

Tab props

• label: string (The clickable label identifying the tab)
• className: string|null
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__Tabs.{className || ''}
  ul.W95__Tabs__Labels
    li.W95__Tabs__Label
      button.W95__Tabs__Button
  div.W95__Tabs__Content
    div.W95__Tab.{className || ''}
      {children}

Controls

Unimplemented:

• Radio buttons
• Dropdown
• Stepper
• Date picker
• Menu bar

Button

Simple shorthand for <button> with some inner chrome

props are simply everything from native <button> element. children are moved to an inner <span> for styling.

DOM

button.W95__Button {...props}
  div.W95__ButtonBG
  div.W95__Button__FocusBG
  span.W95__Button__Text
    {props.children}

Checkbox

props

• checked: bool
• label: React.Node
• onChange: function(): void

DOM

div.W95__Checkbox
  div.W95__Checkbox__Box
    div.W95__ControlBG
      <svg />
    input[type=checkbox]
  label
    {label}

List

props

• items: string[]
• selectedItemIndex: int
• onSelect: function(int): void

DOM

div.W95__List
  div.W95__ControlBG
  div.W95__List__Contents
    div.W95__List__ListItem[.m-selected]
      {item}

TextInput

props

• value: string
• onChange: function(Event): void

DOM

div.W95__TextInput
  div.W95__ControlBG
  input[type=text]

TinyButton

Window decoration button

props

• style: Object|null
• className: string|null
• onClick: function(Event): void
• children: React.Node

DOM

div.W95__TinyButton.{className || ''} style={style}
  div.W95__ButtonBG
  {children}

Utilities

There is a CSS class W95__HorzFlex that applies a simple horizontal flexbox layout, which makes it easy to put Groups next to each other.

Visual design guidelines

• All controls are scaled 2x. Pixels got a lot smaller during the last 14 years!
• All assets are SVGs.
• No copyrighted assets.
• Fonts are hard, don't worry too much about them.

Code guidelines

• All classes must be prefixed with W95__ or m-.
• All React component top-level elements must have a CSS class name of the form W95__ReactComponentName.
• For other elements inside a React component, use the naming scheme W95__ReactComponentName__SemanticSubcomponentName.
  • The exceptions to this rule are classes that may be used in more than one component, like W95__WindowTitle.
• If a class is used to modify the appearance of an element, rather than providing its base styles, it must use the form m-foo-bar. For example, you could end up with W95__List__ListItem m-selected.
• Colors must be defined in CSS variables in general.scss.
• Do not nest CSS rules unless the nesting is functionally necessary.
• Roughly one SCSS file per component, with an identical name and .scss suffix.
• Do not break accessibility by using <div>s for everything.