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Getting started

Install the core library and frameworks integration:

sh
npm install @fiveway/react
sh
npm install @fiveway/solid

create a navigation tree and provide it to the application

tsx
import { createNavigationTree, NavigationProvider, useActionHandler } from "@fiveway/react";

const navtree = createNavigationTree();

function App() {
	// register keyboard listeners (by default on window)
	useActionHandler(navtree);

	return <NavigationProvider tree={navtree}>{/* rest of your app */}</NavigationProvider>;
}

ReactDOM.createRoot(rootElement).render(<App />);

now your components can become navigation nodes

jsx
import { useNavigationNode, horizontalHandler } from "@fiveway/react";

const items = [
	{ id: "1", label: "One" },
	{ id: "2", label: "Two" },
	{ id: "3", label: "Three" },
];

function List() {
	const nav = useNavigationNode({ id: "list", handler: horizontalHandler });

	return (
		<nav.Context>
			<ul>
				{items.map((item, i) => (
					<Item key={item.id} item={item} order={i} />
				))}
			</ul>
		</nav.Context>
	);
}

function Item(props) {
	const nav = useNavigationNode({ id: props.item.id, order: props.order });

	return <li className={nav.isFocused() && "focused"}>{props.item.label}</li>;
}