Using the custom sections
There are two areas in your Beacon app that you can customize. You can add content to the HTML
<div>
sections and style these areas using CSS.
Beacon details mid page
The following image shows an example of the implementation for the
beacon_details_mid_page_section
section:
Beacon web app overflow
Also, the following image shows an example of one of the implementations for the
beacon-web-app-overflow
section:
Use cases
The following are appropriate use cases for the custom sections.
- The midpage section for the details page can be used to place custom content like a short description.
- The overflow section can be used to add a chat-bot or a help-chat to the bottom of each page.
ID selectors
The following selectors can be used in your plugin code to control the custom <div>
tags.
ID Selector | Details |
---|---|
beacon-web-app-overflow |
|
beacon_details_mid_page_section |
|
Module implementation
The following shows how functions using the custom HTML <div>
sections are implemented
using
JavaScript and CSS modules. Of course, you may implement your JavaScript in the manner of your choice.
The following code contains these functions. A brief descriptions is provided for each:
index.js
Below is the JavaScript code used for beacon_details_mid_page_section
example:
const populateMidPageDiv = () => {
var midPage = document.getElementById('beacon_details_mid_page_section');
var para1 = document.createElement("P");
var t1 = document.createTextNode("This is div-mid-page")
para1.appendChild(t1);
midPage.appendChild(para1);
};
const clearMidPageDiv = () => {
var midPage = document.getElementById('beacon_details_mid_page_section');
midPage.innerHTML = '';
};
export { populateMidPageDiv, clearMidPageDiv };
ID Selector | Details |
---|---|
populateMidPageDiv() |
This function creates an HTML <p> tag, and then add text to be
displayed on beacon_details_mid_page_section section.
|
clearMidPageDiv() |
This function clears the elements inside the beacon_details_mid_page_section
section.
|
Here is the CSS code used for this example:
#beacon_details_mid_page_section {
background-color: black;
color: white;
font-size: medium;
}
index.js
Below is the JavaScript code used for beacon-web-app-overflow
example:
const populateAppOverflowDiv = () => {
var webAppOverflow = document.getElementById('beacon-web-app-overflow');
var para2 = document.createElement("P");
var t2 = document.createTextNode("This is beacon-web-app-overflow.");
para2.appendChild(t2);
webAppOverflow.appendChild(para2);
};
const clearAppOverflowDiv = () => {
var webAppOverflow = document.getElementById('beacon-web-app-overflow');
webAppOverflow.innerHTML = '';
};
export { populateAppOverflowDiv, clearAppOverflowDiv };
ID Selector | Details |
---|---|
populateAppOverflowDiv() |
This function creates an HTML <p> tag, and then add text to be
displayed on beacon-web-app-overflow section.
|
clearAppOverflowDiv() |
This function clears the elements inside the beacon-web-app-overflow
section.
|
Here is the CSS code used for this example:
#beacon-web-app-overflow {
background-color: black;
color: white;
font-size: large;
}