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Orientations in React Timeline component

5 Mar 202610 minutes to read

The Timeline component supports two layout directions via the orientation property: Vertical and Horizontal. Choose the orientation that best fits the available space and the visual flow of the application.

Vertical

Display timeline items vertically in a top-to-bottom sequence by setting the orientation property to Vertical. The vertical layout is the default and works well for lists and stacked event flows.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-layouts';

function App() {
    return (
        <div id='timeline' style=>
            <TimelineComponent orientation='Vertical'>
                <ItemsDirective>
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 4:00 PM' oppositeContent='Check-in and campsite visit' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 7:00 PM' oppositeContent='Dinner with music' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 5:30 AM' oppositeContent='Sunrise between mountains' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 8:00 AM' oppositeContent='Breakfast and check-out' />
                </ItemsDirective>
            </TimelineComponent>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-layouts';

function App() {
    return (
        <div id='timeline' style=>
            <TimelineComponent orientation='Vertical'>
                <ItemsDirective>
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 4:00 PM' oppositeContent='Check-in and campsite visit' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 7:00 PM' oppositeContent='Dinner with music' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 5:30 AM' oppositeContent='Sunrise between mountains' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 8:00 AM' oppositeContent='Breakfast and check-out' />
                </ItemsDirective>
            </TimelineComponent>
        </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
/* Represents the styles for loader */
#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion EJ2 React Timeline Sample</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/33.1.44/ej2-base/styles/tailwind3.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/33.1.44/ej2-layouts/styles/tailwind3.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element' style="margin-top: 30px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Horizontal

Display timeline items horizontally in a left-to-right sequence by setting the orientation property to Horizontal. The horizontal layout works particularly well on desktop screens and wide containers.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-layouts';

function App() {
    return (
        <div id='timeline'>
            <TimelineComponent orientation='Horizontal'>
                <ItemsDirective>
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 4:00 PM' oppositeContent='Check-in and campsite visit' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 7:00 PM' oppositeContent='Dinner with music' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 5:30 AM' oppositeContent='Sunrise between mountains' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 8:00 AM' oppositeContent='Breakfast and check-out' />
                </ItemsDirective>
            </TimelineComponent>
      </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { TimelineComponent, ItemsDirective, ItemDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-layouts';

function App() {
    return (
        <div id='timeline'>
            <TimelineComponent orientation='Horizontal'>
                <ItemsDirective>
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 4:00 PM' oppositeContent='Check-in and campsite visit' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 1, 7:00 PM' oppositeContent='Dinner with music' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 5:30 AM' oppositeContent='Sunrise between mountains' />
                    <ItemDirective content='Day 2, 8:00 AM' oppositeContent='Breakfast and check-out' />
                </ItemsDirective>
            </TimelineComponent>
      </div>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
/* Represents the styles for loader */
#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion EJ2 React Timeline Sample</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/33.1.44/ej2-base/styles/tailwind3.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/33.1.44/ej2-layouts/styles/tailwind3.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id='element' style="margin-top: 50px;">
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>