This is the GitHub repo for developers. More documentation is available on the Design System (Alpha) website.
This is a new service – your feedback will help us to improve it.
- Email the Design System (DS) team at info@digital.govt.nz
- Use our NZGDS Slack app
- Open an Issue in this GitHub repo.
We welcome contributions to the New Zealand Government Design System (NZGDS). See CONTRIBUTING.
Currently the design system is hosted on NPM, although we are investigating using other distribution networks too (for example, Packagist). If you'd prefer a particular network, please let us know.
The NPM package name is @govtnz/ds so, from an NPM project, use the command npm i @govtnz/ds (or yarn add @govtnz/ds for users of Yarn) to add the design system.
Once installed, the design system files can be found at node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/INTEGRATION_TYPE where INTEGRATION_TYPE is one of the following:
html(HTML)css(CSS)scss(SCSS Sass)react-js(React JavaScript)react-ts(React TypeScript)react-js-styled-components(React JavaScript with Styled Components)react-ts-styled-components(React TypeScript with Styled Components)silverstripe-components(SilverStripe, alpha quality)vue-js(Vue JavaScript, beta quality)vue-js(Vue TypeScript, beta quality)mustache(Mustacle / Handlebars, beta quality)
There may be other integration types included. However, these are provided for testing purposes only, and to give more transparency about our intentions to support more template formats.
This project adheres to a naming convention where a component has an ID with different filename extensions for each INTEGRATION_TYPE.
For example, the H1 component has:
- HTML at
node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/html/H1.htmland - CSS at
node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/css/H1.css.
For example, the FlexContainer component has:
- HTML at
node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/html/FlexContainer.htmland - CSS at
node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/css/FlexContainer.css, and so on.
Find the list of possible components by browsing on the Design System (Alpha) website, or browsing INTEGRATION_TYPE directory under node_modules/@govtnz/ds/build/INTEGRATION_TYPE.
As there will be updates we recommend that you email info@digital.govt.nz to subscribe to our newsletter.
Information about new versions will also be available on NPMJS.
Each release of the design system is given a version number (adhereing to semver) so that specific versions can be installed.
You can upgrade to later versions of the design system by typing npm i @govtnz/ds@SEMVER (or yarn add @govtnz/ds@SEMVER for users of Yarn) where SEMVER is the specific version string .
HTML is provided as a reference. Sometimes these examples may include CSS classes showing optional classes (eg, g-radios--inline) that you may not need, so consult the website documentation to ensure you're using the correct HTML.
CSS may be imported directly, and will include CSS Variables for some design system components.
There is a index.css that imports every CSS file. Take care when using this without a CSS Preprocessor as it may result in many network requests for each individual file.
We recommend the best practice of choosing specific CSS files to bundle and minify, rather than including all CSS files.
SCSS may be imported directly, and will include both Sass and CSS Variables for some design system components.
There is a index.scss that imports every SCSS file. Take care importing every file because this may result in unused SCSS.
We recommend the best practice of choosing specific SCSS files to bundle and minify, rather than including all SCSS files.
There is a _settings.scss file for Sass variable configuration. These settings may change as we develop theming features.
Import from an INTEGRATION_TYPE as either react-js, react-ts, react-js-styled-components, or react-ts-styled-components. You can then name the specific component you wish to install.
Eg. for the H1 component:
import H1 from "@govtnz/ds/build/react-js/H1.js";You may import CSS as import "@govtnz/ds/build/css/H1.css";, or SCSS as import "@govtnz/ds/build/css/H1.scss";, or include those classes via some other SCSS or CSS preprocessor.
For 'Styled Components', you do not need to import CSS or SCSS.
Read the component source code or use the TypeScript types to learn about the props each component accepts.
Please note that our SilverStripe Components are currently alpha quality. We recommend using HTML until we can give you guidance on how to integrate specific technologies.
However, if you wish to help us test these components, they are available at
node_modules/@govtnz-ds/build/silverstripe-components as .ss template files.
We intend to use the SilverStripe Components syntax. However, there are currently bugs in this library that prevent us from using it. We have two boilerplate sites included in this repo under /packages/ for both SilverStripe 3 and SilverStripe 4 that show potential SilverStripe Components integrations.
After installation, use files as
import H1 from "@govtnz/ds/build/vue-js/H1.vue";These .vue files currently include CSS. Should they? Let us know.
Read the component source code or use the TypeScript types to learn about the variables each component accepts.
Mustache / Handlebars template files are included as an INTEGRATION_TYPE.
We have a boilerplate demo included in this repo under /packages/ for Mustache.
Mustache templates can be converted into HTML by using a Mustache or Handlebars template processor. These processors accept a Mustache template string, and an Object of properties to apply to the template called a context.
When providing a context value that sets an enumeration (a multichoice option) provide the value as "OPTION=VALUE": true, "OPTION": true where OPTION is the enumerated key and VALUE is the enumerated value. This is required because Mustache is a "logic-less" template format that has no way of comparing values so the enumeration must be precomputed.
Some Mustache templates use triple-bracket {{{ variable }}} which bypasses HTML escaping. This is necessary because some variables are expected to render HTML, not just text nodes or attribute values. Be careful to encode input to avoid security issues when using Mustache templates.
What other formats would you like us to support? Please let us know. (See contact details at the top of this page.)
Note that N refers to the current version number, and so N-3 means that the site would support the 3 previous versions of that browser.
Supported browser / device versions:
| Browser | Device/OS | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Safari | iOS | N-3 |
| Chrome | Android | N-3 |
| Chrome | Desktop | N-3 |
| MS Internet Explorer | Desktop | 11 |
| MS Edge | Desktop | N-2 |
| Firefox | Desktop | N-3 |
| Safari | OSX | N-2 |
What other browsers would you like us to support? Please let us know. (See contact details at the top of this page.)
See CHANGELOG.