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Getting Started with React Timeline Component

Smart UI React targets React 18+ and current Node LTS for tooling; use TypeScript templates when you want typed props and events.

Demo source (Smart UI repo): react/source/timeline/basic/App.jsx

1 Create a Vite + React + TypeScript app

  1. npm create vite@latest my-smart-app -- --template react-ts
  2. cd my-smart-app
    then 
    npm install

2 Install Smart UI for React

npm install smart-webcomponents-react

3 Import styles and render the component

Open src/App.tsx (or App.jsx if you chose JavaScript). The snippet below matches Smart UI React demos for this widget:

import 'smart-webcomponents-react/source/styles/smart.default.css';
import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
import { Timeline } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/timeline';

export default function App() {
	const travelPlans = [
        { date: "May 15, 2024", description: "Flight: Reserving airline tickets", subtitle: "May 15, 2024", title: "Flight Reservation", icon: "material-icons flight", dotCSS: "" },
        { date: "June 22, 2024", description: "Hotel: Booking for the trip", subtitle: "June 22, 2024", title: "Booking", icon: "material-icons hotel", dotCSS: "" },
        { date: "July 12, 2024", description: "Flight: Take off", subtitle: "July 12, 2024", title: "Flight", icon: "material-icons flight-takeoff", dotCSS: "" },
        { date: "July 13, 2024", description: "Excursion Plans: Hiking", subtitle: "July 13, 2024", title: "Plans", icon: "material-icons hiking", dotCSS: "" },
        { date: "Aug 14, 2024", description: "Return Journey: Flight Confirmation", subtitle: "Aug 14, 2024", title: "Flight Confirmation", icon: "material-icons flight-land", dotCSS: "" }
    ];
	
	return (
		<div>
			<Timeline dataSource={travelPlans}/>
		</div >
	)
}

4 Run the dev server

npm run dev

Open the URL Vite prints (often http://localhost:5173/).

Alternative: Next.js

Create an app with npx create-next-app@latest (Pages Router or App Router). Install the same package (npm install smart-webcomponents-react), then reuse the imports and default export from step 3 in pages/_app.tsx, the App Router root app/layout.tsx, or your top-level layout component so styles and the widget tree load once.

TypeScript Support

Types ship with smart-webcomponents-react. Import the component and prop types:

import type { Timeline, TimelineProps } from 'smart-webcomponents-react/timeline';

The generated wrappers expose on* callbacks (for example onChange) whose arguments are standard DOM Event values unless the widget typings narrow them further.

Accessibility

The Timeline component follows WAI-ARIA best practices:

  • Keyboard navigation - Tab, Arrow keys, Enter, and Escape are supported
  • ARIA roles - Appropriate roles and labels are applied automatically
  • Focus management - Visible focus indicators for keyboard users
  • Screen readers - State changes are announced to assistive technology
  • High contrast - Supports Windows High Contrast Mode and forced colors

For custom labeling, set aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes on the component.

Live demos

Supported stacks: Smart UI targets Angular 17+, React 18+, Vue 3+, Node 18 LTS, and evergreen browsers; pin exact package versions to your org policy.