Getting Started

Copy a setup prompt with the install steps and the full markdown guide for this plugin.

        Set up this Capacitor plugin in the project.

Use the package manager already used by the project.
Install these package(s): `@capgo/capacitor-sheets`
Run the required Capacitor sync/update step after installation.
Read this markdown guide for the full setup steps: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cap-go/website/refs/heads/main/apps/docs/src/content/docs/docs/plugins/sheets/getting-started.mdx
Use that guide for platform-specific steps, native file edits, permissions, config changes, imports, and usage setup.
If that guide references other docs pages, read them too.

Install the package
Terminal window
```
npm install @capgo/capacitor-sheets
```
Register the web components
```
import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';
```

Add the viewport setting for safe areas

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" />

Render a sheet

<cap-sheet-trigger for="booking-sheet" action="present">Open route</cap-sheet-trigger>

<cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" detents="18em 32em" content-placement="bottom">
  <cap-sheet-portal>
    <cap-sheet-view>
      <cap-sheet-backdrop></cap-sheet-backdrop>
      <cap-sheet-content class="route-sheet">
        <cap-sheet-bleeding-background></cap-sheet-bleeding-background>
        <cap-sheet-handle></cap-sheet-handle>
        <cap-sheet-title>Evening route</cap-sheet-title>
        <cap-sheet-description>Choose a route and confirm pickup.</cap-sheet-description>
        <cap-sheet-trigger action="dismiss">Done</cap-sheet-trigger>
      </cap-sheet-content>
    </cap-sheet-view>
  </cap-sheet-portal>
</cap-sheet>

.route-sheet {
  width: min(100%, 34em);
  padding: 0 1.25em 1.25em;
}

Capacitor Safe Areas

Safe areas are enabled by default through safe-area="auto". The sheet viewport reads both browser environment values and Capacitor fallback variables:

env(safe-area-inset-top)
env(safe-area-inset-bottom)
env(safe-area-inset-left)
env(safe-area-inset-right)
var(--safe-area-inset-top)
var(--safe-area-inset-bottom)
var(--safe-area-inset-left)
var(--safe-area-inset-right)

Choose the protected edges per sheet:

<cap-sheet safe-area="auto"></cap-sheet>
<cap-sheet safe-area="bottom left right"></cap-sheet>
<cap-sheet safe-area="none"></cap-sheet>

For apps with overlay status bars or system bars, keep the native plugins responsible for exposing correct inset values:

import type { CapacitorConfig } from '@capacitor/cli';

const config: CapacitorConfig = {
  plugins: {
    StatusBar: {
      overlaysWebView: true,
    },
    Keyboard: {
      resize: 'body',
      resizeOnFullScreen: true,
    },
    SystemBars: {
      insetsHandling: 'css',
    },
  },
};

export default config;

Keyboard handling is controlled by native-focus-scroll-prevention, which defaults to true. Disable it only when your app already owns keyboard avoidance:

<cap-sheet native-focus-scroll-prevention="false"></cap-sheet>

Imperative Control

All framework helpers configure the same underlying custom element. You can also control a sheet directly:

const sheet = document.querySelector('cap-sheet');

await sheet?.present();
await sheet?.stepTo(2);
await sheet?.step('down');
await sheet?.dismiss();

Listen to events for controlled state, analytics, or coordinated animation:

sheet?.addEventListener('cap-sheet-presented-change', (event) => {
  console.log(event.detail.presented);
});

sheet?.addEventListener('cap-sheet-active-detent-change', (event) => {
  console.log(event.detail.activeDetent);
});

sheet?.addEventListener('cap-sheet-travel', (event) => {
  console.log(event.detail.progress);
});

React

import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
import { setupSheet } from '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/react';
import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';

export function BookingSheet() {
  const sheetRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!sheetRef.current) return;

    return setupSheet(sheetRef.current, {
      detents: ['18em', '32em'],
      contentPlacement: 'bottom',
      onPresentedChange: ({ presented }) => console.log({ presented }),
    });
  }, []);

  return (
    <cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" ref={sheetRef}>
      <cap-sheet-trigger action="present">Open</cap-sheet-trigger>
      <cap-sheet-view>
        <cap-sheet-backdrop />
        <cap-sheet-content>
          <cap-sheet-handle />
          <cap-sheet-title>React sheet</cap-sheet-title>
        </cap-sheet-content>
      </cap-sheet-view>
    </cap-sheet>
  );
}

Importing from @capgo/capacitor-sheets/react also registers JSX typings for the custom elements. If TypeScript still reports unknown tags, add a declaration file inside your source tree:

import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/react';

Vue

<script setup lang="ts">
import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue';
import { setupSheet } from '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/vue';
import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';

const sheetRef = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
let cleanup: (() => void) | undefined;

onMounted(() => {
  if (sheetRef.value) {
    cleanup = setupSheet(sheetRef.value, {
      detents: ['18em', '32em'],
      contentPlacement: 'bottom',
    });
  }
});

onUnmounted(() => cleanup?.());
</script>

<template>
  <cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" ref="sheetRef">
    <cap-sheet-trigger action="present">Open</cap-sheet-trigger>
    <cap-sheet-view>
      <cap-sheet-backdrop />
      <cap-sheet-content>
        <cap-sheet-handle />
        <cap-sheet-title>Vue sheet</cap-sheet-title>
      </cap-sheet-content>
    </cap-sheet-view>
  </cap-sheet>
</template>

Angular

import { AfterViewInit, Component, CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, ElementRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { setupSheet } from '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/angular';
import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA],
  template: `
    <cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" #sheet>
      <cap-sheet-trigger action="present">Open</cap-sheet-trigger>
      <cap-sheet-view>
        <cap-sheet-backdrop></cap-sheet-backdrop>
        <cap-sheet-content>
          <cap-sheet-handle></cap-sheet-handle>
          <cap-sheet-title>Angular sheet</cap-sheet-title>
        </cap-sheet-content>
      </cap-sheet-view>
    </cap-sheet>
  `,
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
  @ViewChild('sheet', { static: true }) sheet?: ElementRef<HTMLElement>;

  ngAfterViewInit(): void {
    if (this.sheet?.nativeElement) {
      setupSheet(this.sheet.nativeElement, {
        detents: ['18em', '32em'],
        contentPlacement: 'bottom',
      });
    }
  }
}

Svelte

<script lang="ts">
  import { sheet } from '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/svelte';
  import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';
</script>

<cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" use:sheet={{ detents: ['18em', '32em'], contentPlacement: 'bottom' }}>
  <cap-sheet-trigger action="present">Open</cap-sheet-trigger>
  <cap-sheet-view>
    <cap-sheet-backdrop />
    <cap-sheet-content>
      <cap-sheet-handle />
      <cap-sheet-title>Svelte sheet</cap-sheet-title>
    </cap-sheet-content>
  </cap-sheet-view>
</cap-sheet>

Solid

import { onCleanup, onMount } from 'solid-js';
import { setupSheet } from '@capgo/capacitor-sheets/solid';
import '@capgo/capacitor-sheets';

export function BookingSheet() {
  let sheetEl!: HTMLElement;

  onMount(() => {
    const cleanup = setupSheet(sheetEl, {
      detents: ['18em', '32em'],
      contentPlacement: 'bottom',
    });

    onCleanup(cleanup);
  });

  return (
    <cap-sheet id="booking-sheet" ref={sheetEl}>
      <cap-sheet-trigger action="present">Open</cap-sheet-trigger>
      <cap-sheet-view>
        <cap-sheet-backdrop />
        <cap-sheet-content>
          <cap-sheet-handle />
          <cap-sheet-title>Solid sheet</cap-sheet-title>
        </cap-sheet-content>
      </cap-sheet-view>
    </cap-sheet>
  );
}

Components

Element	Purpose
`cap-sheet`	Sheet state, detents, gestures, modal behavior, and events
`cap-sheet-trigger`	Declarative present, dismiss, toggle, and step actions
`cap-sheet-portal`	Optional body portal for overlay layering
`cap-sheet-view`	Fixed viewport host with safe-area and keyboard padding
`cap-sheet-backdrop`	Progress-synced backdrop
`cap-sheet-content`	Accessible sheet surface
`cap-sheet-bleeding-background`	Background extension for rounded edge sheets
`cap-sheet-handle`	Draggable and keyboard-accessible detent handle
`cap-sheet-title`	Accessible title
`cap-sheet-description`	Accessible description
`cap-sheet-special-wrapper`	Composition hook for detached sheets, cards, and lightboxes
`cap-sheet-stack`	Stacked sheet grouping
`cap-sheet-outlet`	Progress outlet for depth, parallax, and page effects
`cap-scroll`	Scroll progress helper
`cap-fixed`	Fixed layer helper
`cap-island`	Related floating island content
`cap-external-overlay`	Overlay content managed outside the sheet tree

Main Options

Option	Attribute	Default	Description
`contentPlacement`	`content-placement`	`bottom`	`top`, `bottom`, `left`, `right`, or `center`
`detents`	`detents`	none	Space-separated CSS lengths such as `18em 32em`
`safeArea`	`safe-area`	`auto`	Protected safe-area edges
`swipe`	`swipe`	`true`	Enable pointer, touch, trackpad, and wheel gestures
`swipeDismissal`	`swipe-dismissal`	`true`	Allow gestures to dismiss to detent `0`
`inertOutside`	`inert-outside`	`true`	Prevent interaction behind modal sheets
`focusTrap`	`focus-trap`	`true`	Keep keyboard focus inside the sheet
`closeOnOutsideClick`	`close-on-outside-click`	`true`	Dismiss when clicking the backdrop or view
`closeOnEscape`	`close-on-escape`	`true`	Dismiss when pressing Escape
`nativeFocusScrollPrevention`	`native-focus-scroll-prevention`	`true`	Keep focused inputs visible above the keyboard
`themeColorDimming`	`theme-color-dimming`	`auto`	Dim the WebView theme color while modal

Available Entrypoints

@capgo/capacitor-sheets
@capgo/capacitor-sheets/react
@capgo/capacitor-sheets/vue
@capgo/capacitor-sheets/angular
@capgo/capacitor-sheets/svelte
@capgo/capacitor-sheets/solid

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