API Reference

React app APIs

ts
import {
  PluginKitProvider,
  mountShadowApp,
  configurePluginKitReact,
  createCraftHostBridge,
} from '@verbb/plugin-kit-react/utils';

PluginKitProvider

Wraps the React tree and applies Plugin Kit config (translation, shadow/scroll-lock settings, optional host bridge).

tsx
import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
import { PluginKitProvider } from '@verbb/plugin-kit-react';

createRoot(el).render(
  <PluginKitProvider translationCategory="my-plugin">
    <App />
  </PluginKitProvider>,
);
PropDefaultRole
translationCategoryCategory for useTranslation / form engine messages
translateCraft.t when presentCustom translator
hostBridgeOpt-in Craft action/selector bridge
portalContainerShadowRoot from mountShadowApp; enables document scroll-gutter stability for overlay scroll lock in embedded hosts
shadowRootSelectors['[data-plugin-kit-shadow-root]']Selectors used for overlay scroll-lock scoping inside shadow roots

Overlays (dialogs, popovers, selects) render through the native Popover API top layer — no DOM reparenting, so no portal target is needed for positioning. portalClassName from v1 is deprecated and ignored.

Importing components registers their custom elements — no registration prop.

usePluginKitConfig() reads the nearest provider config (empty object when absent).

mountShadowApp

Attaches an open shadow root, injects CSS text, and returns a mount node for createRoot.

ts
import { mountShadowApp } from '@verbb/plugin-kit-react/utils';

const { mountNode, portalContainer } = mountShadowApp({
  element: '#root',            // selector or HTMLElement
  styles: [pluginKitStyles, screenStyles],
  // styleAttr?: string        // default 'data-pk-shadow-style'
  // rootAttr?: string         // default 'data-pk-shadow-root'
});

Pass portalContainer to PluginKitProvider so overlay scroll lock stays stable inside the shadow tree.

configurePluginKitReact / configure

Same options as the Provider, for chrome slots or reconfigure-without-remount. Prefer the Provider for the main tree.

createCraftHostBridge

ts
import { createCraftHostBridge } from '@verbb/plugin-kit-react/utils';

hostBridge: createCraftHostBridge()

Wires hostRequest, hostOpenElementSelector, and related helpers to window.Craft. Only needed when those helpers are used.

Fault handling

Import from @verbb/plugin-kit-react/fault.

ExportPurpose
AppFaultProvider, useAppFault, useAppFaultOptionalApp-level fault state (record, reset).
AppFaultBoundaryError boundary that reports into the fault provider.
FaultFallback, ResetUiButtonDefault fallback UI pieces.
useUiWatchdogDetects a hung/blank UI and raises a fault.
buildSupportBundleCollects diagnostics for support reports.
isIgnorableGlobalErrorFilter for benign global errors (e.g. ResizeObserver noise).
tsx
import { AppFaultProvider, AppFaultBoundary } from '@verbb/plugin-kit-react/fault';

<AppFaultProvider>
  <AppFaultBoundary>
    <App />
  </AppFaultBoundary>
</AppFaultProvider>
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