Editor Floating Toolbar
A selection bubble toolbar that follows the caret rect and exposes the common marks on highlighted text.
Preview
Highlight any run of text in this editor and a compact floating toolbar appears above the selection with the common marks. Try selecting these few words.
Controls
Device view renders in an isolated frame so real responsive breakpoints apply. Switch to Full for overflowing popovers.
Installation
php artisan ui:add editor-floating-toolbar
Behavior layer (Alpine)
This component installs a self-registering Alpine module to
resources/js/ui/editor-floating-toolbar.js. Import the behavior layer once
from your bundle so it loads (it hooks alpine:init):
import './editor-floating-toolbar.js';
Registry contract
Install confidence
php artisan ui:add editor-floating-toolbar
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
- open
- Stability
- stable
- Contract
- v2
- Foundation
- ≥ 1.0.0
| Type | Generated target |
|---|---|
| blade | resources/views/components/ui/editor-floating-toolbar.blade.php |
Registry dependencies
Package dependencies
composer: jml/brok:^1.0
npm: alpinejs
Guidance
Rich authoring and editingCreate or revise structured rich content.
Use when
- Use when users need rich structured authoring, annotation, or collaborative editing controls. Do not use rich editor affordances for simple one-line or plain-text tasks.
Avoid when
- Avoid using editor-floating-toolbar 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
- freeform
- Mobile / touch risk
- high
- Accessibility risk
- high
- Needs background context
- Yes
- Comparison needed
- No
Preferred alternatives
- Textarea or plain field for simple content
Anti-patterns
- Rich editors for one-line or easily validated input
API
manifest knowledge + registry-derived coverageProps
No documented props. Pass normal Blade attributes through the component root.
Slots
Components use the default Blade slot unless a documented subcomponent is installed by the registry item.
Data slots
editor-floating-toolbar
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
<x-ui.editor class="mx-auto max-w-2xl" placeholder="Write something…">
<x-ui.editor-floating-toolbar />
<p>Highlight any run of text in this editor and a compact floating toolbar appears above the
selection with the common marks. Try selecting <strong>these few words</strong>.</p>
</x-ui.editor>
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.