Bounding Box Citations
Renders a PDF page with token-styled citation boxes overlaid, cross-linking extracted values to their source region.
Preview
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Controls
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Installation
php artisan ui:add pro/bounding-box-citations
Behavior layer (Alpine)
This component installs a self-registering Alpine module to
resources/js/ui/bounding-box-citations.js. Import the behavior layer once
from your bundle so it loads (it hooks alpine:init):
import './bounding-box-citations.js';
Registry contract
Install confidence
php artisan ui:add pro/bounding-box-citations
writes only the generated targets below. The CLI validates each file hash before writing and
prompts before replacing local changes unless --force is used.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- License
- pro
- Stability
- stable
- Contract
- v2
- Foundation
- ≥ 1.0.0
| Type | Generated target |
|---|---|
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/bounding-box-citations.blade.php |
| js | resources/js/ui/bounding-box-citations.js |
Registry dependencies
Package dependencies
composer: jml/brok:^1.0
npm: alpinejs
npm: pdfjs-dist
Guidance
Document workflowUpload, inspect, edit, annotate, or sign a real document.
Use when
- Use when users need to upload, inspect, edit, annotate, or sign real documents as part of the workflow. Do not use a heavy document interface when the same task can be completed more simply in structured product UI.
Avoid when
- Avoid using bounding-box-citations as a default simply because it is available in the library. Choose it only when its interaction cost, visibility, and behavior match the job to be done.
- Task length
- long
- Interaction cost
- high
- Interruptiveness
- none
- Input precision
- precise
- Mobile / touch risk
- high
- Accessibility risk
- high
- Needs background context
- Yes
- Comparison needed
- Yes
Preferred alternatives
- Structured product form
- Direct data entry
Anti-patterns
- Heavy document UI when structured fields are simpler
API
manifest knowledge + registry-derived coverageProps
| Prop | Type / values | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| src | string | Declared by @props in the registry Blade source. | |
| page | int | 1 | Declared by @props in the registry Blade source. |
| citations | array | [] | Declared by @props in the registry Blade source. |
Slots
Components use the default Blade slot unless a documented subcomponent is installed by the registry item.
Data slots
bounding-box-citation
bounding-box-citations
bounding-box-citations-canvas
bounding-box-citations-canvas-area
bounding-box-citations-caption
bounding-box-citations-error
bounding-box-citations-loading
bounding-box-citations-overlay
Capabilities
Behavior
- Uses server-rendered Blade and semantic HTML.
- Installs a JavaScript behavior module when the registry item includes resources/js/ui files.
- Declares registry capability flags: a11y, interactive, responsive, rtl, darkMode, localized.
Usage
@php
$citations = [
['id' => 'invoice-number', 'label' => 'Invoice number', 'value' => 'INV-2026-0042', 'page' => 1, 'x' => 0.62, 'y' => 0.12, 'w' => 0.26, 'h' => 0.035],
['id' => 'vendor', 'label' => 'Vendor', 'value' => 'Acme Supplies Co.', 'page' => 1, 'x' => 0.10, 'y' => 0.24, 'w' => 0.42, 'h' => 0.04],
['id' => 'total', 'label' => 'Total', 'value' => '$1,248.00', 'page' => 1, 'x' => 0.66, 'y' => 0.78, 'w' => 0.22, 'h' => 0.045],
];
@endphp
<div class="mx-auto h-[36rem] w-full max-w-3xl">
<x-ui.bounding-box-citations src="/samples/sample.pdf" :page="1" :citations="$citations" />
</div>
Accessibility & localization
data-slot
Keyboard focus-visible
Localized labels
- Accessibility target: wcag-2.2-aa-target.
- Uses semantic HTML and a stable
data-slotattribute for styling/scripting hooks. - Focus-visible rings use the
ringtoken so keyboard focus is always visible. - Disabled and invalid states are conveyed to assistive tech, not by color alone.
- Targets WCAG 2.2 AA; verify contrast in light, dark, admin and customer surfaces above.
- Labels go through
__()and the component uses logical properties (ms-*,text-start,start-*) so it mirrors correctly — flip the preview to RTL to confirm.
Source
The exact, editable file ui:add writes
into your app — copy it or own the whole thing. Previews
render this same code; there are no preview-only components.
Changelog
Current version: v1.0.0. See the site changelog for the full release history.