Pills represent a set of one or multiple objects which can be entered or changed by the user. By default, pills can be removed by the user. When necessary, the order of pills can be changed by the user using drag and drop. They are used to represent complex entities in small blocks such as contact details. Contentful Pills are are used to render transition locales and tag elements.

How to use Pill

  • use Pill to represent data like contact details or tagging
  • it can be used for web content that needs to be labeled, categorized, or organized using keywords that describe them.

Code examples

Example of usage with draggable and close option

Example of the Pill component with dragHandle, in that case Icon.

Content guidelines

  • Be sure the pill text is clear and concise.

Accessibility

  • Label value is passed in the component as a title in the span element, like follows title={label}.
  • The default drag component has a aria-label="Drag handler", custom drag handle components should also include an aria-label, as shown on the example

Props (API reference)

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Name

Type

Default

label
required
string

Text that will be shown on the pill

className
string

CSS class to be appended to the root element

dragHandleComponent
string
number
false
true
{}
ReactElement<any, string | JSXElementConstructor<any>>
ReactNodeArray
ReactPortal

Custom component to be used as handler for the drag functionality.

onClose
() => void

Function that handles when the close icon is clicked. Close icon visibility depends on if this property is set.

onDrag
() => void

Function that handles when the pill is dragged. Drag icon visibility depends on if this property is set.

testId
string

A [data-test-id] attribute used for testing purposes

variant
"idle"
"active"
"deleted"

Determines style variation of Pill component