Feedback widget for Docusaurus

Here's a step-by-step guide to help you install PushFeedback in your Docusaurus project using NPM.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you'll need to have the following:

• A PushFeedback account. If you don't have one, sign up for free.
• A project created in your PushFeedback dashboard. If you haven't created one yet, follow the steps in the Quickstart guide.
• A Docusaurus site and Node.js installed.

Installation

To integrate the PushFeedback widget into your Docusaurus site:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your project's root directory using the cd command:

   cd path/to/your/project

   Replace path/to/your/project with your project's actual directory path.

2. With your terminal still open, run the following command to install PushFeedback:

   Docusaurus 3.x

   npm install docusaurus-pushfeedback

   Docusaurus 2.X

   npm install docusaurus-pushfeedback@0.1.7

3. Add the plugin to your Docusaurus config file docusaurus.config.js:

   plugins: [
       [
           'docusaurus-pushfeedback',{
               project: '<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>'
           }
       ]
   ],

   Replace <YOUR_PROJECT_ID> with your project's ID from the PushFeedback dashboard.

4. Start your Docusaurus project by running npm start or yarn start in your terminal. Once it compiles successfully, verify that the feedback button appears and functions correctly on your site.

   

Customization

You can customize the PushFeedback widget to suit your needs. For example, you can change the widget's position, color, and more.

To do so, you can add any of the following configuration and text options to the plugin or formatted as camelCase.

Here's an example:

plugins: [
    [
        'docusaurus-pushfeedback',{
            project: '<YOUR_PROJECT_ID>',
            buttonPosition: 'center-right',
            modalPosition: 'sidebar-right',
            buttonStyle: 'dark',
            modalTitle: 'Share your thoughts'
        }
    ]
],

To further customize the style of the PushFeedback widget in Docusaurus, such as altering the widget's background color, you can override specific CSS properties. This is done by defining these properties in a custom stylesheet. Here's how you can do it:

1. In your project's src directory, create the file css/custom.css.

2. In the custom.css file, you can define your custom CSS properties. For example, to change the widget's primary color, add the following CSS rule:

   :root {
       --feedback-primary-color: #FF0000; /* Replace #FF0000 with the hex color code of your choice */
   }

   For a complete reference of properties you can modify, see the Styles documentation.

3. Open your docusaurus.config.js file and locate the presets array and within it, the classic preset configuration. Then, add a reference to your custom stylesheet in the theme configuration. It should look something like this:

   presets: [
       [
           'classic',
           {
           // ... other configurations ...
           theme: {
               customCss: require.resolve('./src/css/custom.css'), // Add this line
           },
           // ... other configurations ...
           },
       ],
   ],

Advanced setup: Custom placement with Swizzling

This alternative installation method is best for those projects that require granular control over the widget's positioning.

For example, you can use it to embedded PushFeedback at the end of every page as follows:

To integrate the PushFeedback widget into your Docusaurus site:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your project's root directory using the cd command:

   cd path/to/your/project

   Replace path/to/your/project with your project's actual directory path.

2. With your terminal still open, run the following command to install PushFeedback:

   npm install pushfeedback-react
   tip

   In this setup, the docusaurus-pushfeedback package is not required. You can uninstall it by running npm uninstall docusaurus-pushfeedback.

3. For Docusaurus, the best approach is to swizzle the original doc footer component to embed the PushFeedback button. Begin by using the npm run swizzle command to start the swizzle process:

   npm run swizzle @docusaurus/theme-classic DocItem/Footer

   When prompted with the question: Which swizzle action do you want to do? , choose Wrap.

   By choosing to wrap, Docusaurus will create a wrapper component for the Footer in the src/theme directory. This allows you to extend the original footer component without modifying its intrinsic content.

4. After swizzling, navigate to src/theme/DocItem/Footer/index.js in your project directory. Now, integrate the PushFeedback button:

   import React, {useEffect} from 'react';
   import Footer from '@theme-original/DocItem/Footer';
   
   import { FeedbackButton } from 'pushfeedback-react';
   import { defineCustomElements } from 'pushfeedback/loader';
   import 'pushfeedback/dist/pushfeedback/pushfeedback.css';
   
   function FeedbackWidget() {
       const buttonThumbsUp = <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"><path d="M14 9V5a3 3 0 0 0-3-3l-4 9v11h11.28a2 2 0 0 0 2-1.7l1.38-9a2 2 0 0 0-2-2.3zM7 22H4a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-7a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h3"></path></svg>;
       const buttonThumbsDown = <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"><path d="M10 15v4a3 3 0 0 0 3 3l4-9V2H5.72a2 2 0 0 0-2 1.7l-1.38 9a2 2 0 0 0 2 2.3zm7-13h2.67A2.31 2.31 0 0 1 22 4v7a2.31 2.31 0 0 1-2.33 2H17"></path></svg>;
       // Replace with your PROJECT_ID
       const projectId = '<PROJECT_ID>';
   
       useEffect(() => {
           if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
               defineCustomElements(window);
           }
       }, []);
   
       return(
           <div className="feedback-widget margin-top--md margin-bottom--md">
               <div className="margin-bottom--sm">
                   <b>Was this helpful?</b>
               </div>
               <span class="feedback-widget-positive">
                   <FeedbackButton project={projectId} rating="1" custom-font="True" button-style="default" modal-position="center">
                       <button className="button button--outline button--primary button--sm" title="Yes">
                           {buttonThumbsUp}
                       </button>
                   </FeedbackButton>
               </span>
               <span class="feedback-widget-negative margin-left--sm">
                   <FeedbackButton project={projectId} rating="0" custom-font="True" button-style="default" modal-position="center">
                       <button className="button button--outline button--primary button--sm" title="No">
                           {buttonThumbsDown}
                       </button>
                   </FeedbackButton>
               </span>
           </div>
       );
   }
   
   export default function FooterWrapper(props) {
       return (
           <>
           <FeedbackWidget/>
           <Footer {...props} />
           </>
       );
   }

   Replace <PROJECT_ID> with your project's ID from the PushFeedback dashboard.

5. Start your Docusaurus project by running npm start or yarn start in your terminal. Once it compiles successfully, verify that the feedback button appears and functions correctly on your site.

Advanced setup: Multilingual support

This installation method is best for projects that need to support multiple languages.

Example:

info

Before you start with this guide, your docusaurus site must have i18n enabled.

To integrate the PushFeedback widget into your Docusaurus site:

1. Open your terminal or command prompt. Navigate to your project's root directory using the cd command:

   cd path/to/your/project

   Replace path/to/your/project with your project's actual directory path.

2. With your terminal still open, run the following command to install PushFeedback:

   npm install pushfeedback-react
   tip

   In this setup, the docusaurus-pushfeedback package is not required. You can uninstall it by running npm uninstall docusaurus-pushfeedback.

3. For Docusaurus, the best approach is to swizzle the original footer component to embed the PushFeedback button. This ensures the feedback button is loaded just before the closing body tag for optimal performance. Begin by using the npm run swizzle command to start the swizzle process:

   npm run swizzle @docusaurus/theme-classic Footer

   When prompted with the question: Which swizzle action do you want to do? , choose Wrap.

   By choosing to wrap, Docusaurus will create a wrapper component for the Footer in the src/theme directory. This allows you to extend the original footer component without modifying its intrinsic content.

4. After swizzling, navigate to src/theme/Footer/index.js in your project directory. Replace the content with the following to integrate the PushFeedback button:

   import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
   import Footer from '@theme-original/Footer';
   import useDocusaurusContext from '@docusaurus/useDocusaurusContext';
   import { FeedbackButton } from 'pushfeedback-react';
   import { defineCustomElements } from 'pushfeedback/loader';
   import 'pushfeedback/dist/pushfeedback/pushfeedback.css';
   
   function FeedbackWidget() {
       const { i18n } = useDocusaurusContext();
       const language = i18n.currentLocale;
       // Replace with your actual project ID
       const projectId = '<PROJECT_ID>'; 
   
       // Replace with your project supported languages
       const placeholders = {
           en: {
               feedbackButtonText: "Feedback",
               emailPlaceholder: "Enter your email",
               errorMessage: "Please try again later.",
               modalTitleError403: "The request URL does not match the one defined in PushFeedback for this project.",
               modalTitleError404: "We could not find the provided project id in PushFeedback.",
               messagePlaceholder: "Comments",
               modalTitle: "Share your feedback",
               modalTitleError: "Oops!",
               modalTitleSuccess: "Thanks for your feedback!",
               screenshotButtonText: "Take a Screenshot",
               screenshotTopbarText: "SELECT AN ELEMENT ON THE PAGE",
               sendButtonText: "Send",
               ratingPlaceholder: "Was this page helpful?",
               ratingStarsPlaceholder: "How would you rate this page"
           },
           es: {
               feedbackButtonText: "Sugerencias",
               emailPlaceholder: "Ingrese su correo electrónico",
               errorMessage: "Inténtalo de nuevo más tarde.",
               modalTitleError403: "La URL de solicitud no coincide con la definida en PushFeedback para este proyecto.",
               modalTitleError404: "No pudimos encontrar el ID del proyecto proporcionado en PushFeedback.",
               messagePlaceholder: "Comentarios",
               modalTitle: "Danos tu opinión",
               modalTitleError: "¡Vaya!",
               modalTitleSuccess: "¡Gracias por tus comentarios!",
               screenshotButtonText: "Tomar una captura de pantalla",
               screenshotTopbarText: "SELECCIONA UN ELEMENTO EN LA PÁGINA",
               sendButtonText: "Enviar",
               ratingPlaceholder: "¿Fue útil esta página?",
               ratingStarsPlaceholder: "¿Cómo calificarías esta página?"
           }
       };
   
       useEffect(() => {
           if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
               defineCustomElements(window);
           }
       }, []);
   
       const {
           feedbackButtonText,
           emailPlaceholder,
           errorMessage,
           modalTitleError403,
           modalTitleError404,
           messagePlaceholder,
           modalTitle,
           modalTitleError,
           modalTitleSuccess,
           screenshotButtonText,
           screenshotTopbarText,
           sendButtonText,
           ratingPlaceholder,
           ratingStarsPlaceholder
       } = placeholders[language] || placeholders.en;
   
       return (
           <div className="feedback-widget">
               <FeedbackButton
                   project={projectId}
                   email-placeholder={emailPlaceholder}
                   error-message={errorMessage}
                   modal-title-error-4-0-3={modalTitleError403}
                   modal-title-error-4-0-4={modalTitleError404}
                   message-placeholder={messagePlaceholder}
                   modal-title={modalTitle}
                   modal-title-error={modalTitleError}
                   modal-title-success={modalTitleSuccess}
                   screenshot-button-text={screenshotButtonText}
                   screenshot-topbar-text={screenshotTopbarText}
                   send-button-text={sendButtonText}
                   rating-placeholder={ratingPlaceholder}
                   rating-stars-placeholder={ratingStarsPlaceholder}
                   button-position="bottom-right"
                   button-style="dark"
                   modal-position="bottom-right"
               >
               {feedbackButtonText}
               </FeedbackButton>
           </div>
       );
   }
   
   export default function FooterWrapper(props) {
       return (
           <>
               <Footer {...props} />
               <FeedbackWidget />
           </>
       );
   }

   Replace <PROJECT_ID> with your project's ID from the PushFeedback dashboard and the placeholder strings with your project's supported languages.

5. Start your Docusaurus project by running npm start or yarn start in your terminal. Once it compiles successfully, verify that the feedback button appears and functions correctly on your site.