Trigger plugins

The five built-in triggers (hover, click, focus, viewport, idle) cover most cases. For everything else, mountly ships a small trigger plugin API and four ready-made plugins.

import {
  registerTriggerPlugin,
  unregisterTriggerPlugin,
  getTriggerPlugin,
  getAllTriggerPlugins,
  createPluginTrigger,
  registerBuiltInPlugins,
  // Built-ins:
  createSwipeTrigger,
  createLongPressTrigger,
  createKeyboardTrigger,
  createUrlChangeTrigger,
} from "mountly";

Built-in plugins

createSwipeTrigger(element, callback, options?)

Touch swipe gesture detection. Returns a cleanup function.

const cleanup = createSwipeTrigger(
  panelElement,
  () => panelFeature.activate(),
  { direction: "left", threshold: 60 }
);

Option	Type	Default	Notes
direction	"up" · "down" · "left" · "right"	"left"	Required swipe direction.
threshold	number px	40	Minimum distance for a swipe.
velocity	number px/ms	0.3	Minimum velocity.

createLongPressTrigger(element, callback, options?)

Mouse / touch long-press. Cancels on movement past tolerance px.

const cleanup = createLongPressTrigger(
  contextMenuTarget,
  () => menuFeature.activate(),
  { duration: 600, tolerance: 8 }
);

Option	Type	Default	Notes
duration	number ms	500	Hold time before firing.
tolerance	number px	10	Cancel if pointer moves further than this.

createKeyboardTrigger(callback, options)

Single key or chord shortcut. Listens at the document level.

const cleanup = createKeyboardTrigger(
  () => commandPaletteFeature.activate(),
  { key: "k", meta: true }   // Cmd+K / Ctrl+K
);

Option	Type	Default	Notes
key	string	required	Matches event.key.
meta	boolean	false	Require Meta on macOS, Ctrl on others.
shift	boolean	false	Require Shift.
alt	boolean	false	Require Alt.
preventDefault	boolean	true	Call event.preventDefault() on match.

createUrlChangeTrigger(element, callback, options?)

Listens for URL changes and fires when one matches.

const cleanup = createUrlChangeTrigger(
  pageContainer,
  () => billingFeature.activate(),
  { events: ["popstate", "pushstate"] }
);

Option	Type	Default	Notes
events	("popstate" | "hashchange" | "pushstate" | "replacestate")[]	all four	Which URL events to listen for.

The plugin API

A trigger plugin is an object that knows how to wire and unwire itself for an element.

interface TriggerPlugin {
  name: string;
  setup(
    element: HTMLElement,
    onTrigger: (ctx: TriggerContext) => void,
    options?: Record<string, unknown>
  ): () => void;
}

Register with registerTriggerPlugin:

registerTriggerPlugin({
  name: "double-tap",
  setup(element, onTrigger, options) {
    let lastTap = 0;
    const handler = () => {
      const now = Date.now();
      if (now - lastTap < (options?.window ?? 300)) onTrigger({ element, triggerType: "programmatic" });
      lastTap = now;
    };
    element.addEventListener("pointerup", handler);
    return () => element.removeEventListener("pointerup", handler);
  },
});

Then wire it via createPluginTrigger:

const cleanup = createPluginTrigger("double-tap", element, () => feature.activate(), {
  window: 250,
});

Discovery

getTriggerPlugin("double-tap");      // → TriggerPlugin | undefined
getAllTriggerPlugins();              // → TriggerPlugin[]
unregisterTriggerPlugin("double-tap");

registerBuiltInPlugins()

Convenience to register the four shipped plugins under a known set of names. Call once if you want them discoverable via getTriggerPlugin. The standalone createSwipeTrigger etc. work without it.

Related

• Triggers — the conceptual overview, including the built-in five.