# Musical Keyboard Musical keyboard component written in React. ## Installation This component is currently available in: * [Modal.sh JavaScript Package Registry](https://js.pack.modal.sh) * [npm](https://npmjs.com) * [GitHub Package Registry](https://npm.pkg.github.com) Once set up, install the package from the registry: ```shell script yarn add @theoryofnekomata/react-musical-keyboard ``` ## Usage Basic usage is as follows, rendering the keyboard range of a modern grand piano (88 keys, from A0 to C8): ```jsx harmony import * as React from 'react' import ReactDOM from 'react-dom' import Keyboard from '@theoryofnekomata/react-musical-keyboard' const App = () => { return (
) } const container = window.document.createElement('div') window.document.body.appendChild(container) ReactDOM.render(, container) ``` ### Interactivity The library also supports keyboard maps for handling mouse, touch, and keyboard events: ```jsx harmony import * as React from 'react' import ReactDOM from 'react-dom' import Keyboard, { KeyboardMap } from '@theoryofnekomata/react-musical-keyboard' const App = () => { const handleKeysChange = keys => { // TODO handle key change: send MIDI events, play audio samples, etc. } return (
) } const container = window.document.createElement('div') window.document.body.appendChild(container) ReactDOM.render(, container) ``` It is capable of server-side rendering support, falling back to making the keys behave like links, checkboxes or radio buttons. Simply supply the `behavior` prop. ### Customization The component is stylable, just supply custom components for the keys: ```jsx harmony import * as React from 'react' import ReactDOM from 'react-dom' import Keyboard from '@theoryofnekomata/react-musical-keyboard' import NaturalKey from './my-styled-keys/NaturalKey' import AccidentalKey from './my-styled-keys/AccidentalKey' const App = () => { return (
) } const container = window.document.createElement('div') window.document.body.appendChild(container) ReactDOM.render(, container) ``` Components get their styles from CSS. The custom property `--opacity-highlight` is responsible for toggling the active, or "pressed" state of the key, simply assign it to the `opacity` style of the component you want to show for active keys. The library also exposes other custom properties: `--color-natural-key`, `--color-accidental-key`, and `--color-active-key` for basic coloring of the keys. You may expose your own properties for your custom key components. ```jsx harmony // ./my-styled-keys/NaturalKey.js import * as React from 'react' import NOT_PRESSED_KEY from './not-pressed.png' import PRESSED_KEY_OVERLAY from './pressed-overlay.png' const NaturalKey = ({ keyChannels = [] }) => { return (
) } export default NaturalKey ``` Take note that pressed keys from multiple channels might overlap, therefore it is advisable to support multiple channels pressing a single key at once. The component also supports orientation and mirroring, for instance, in use with horizontally-spanning piano rolls. Specify using the `orientation` and `mirroring` props. ## License MIT. See [License file](./LICENSE) for details.