ec-europa / europa-component-library

ECL - Europa Component Library
https://ec.europa.eu/component-library
European Union Public License 1.1
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ECL v4 - Europa Component Library

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The Europa Component Library (ECL) is a library of components applicable to all European Commission and European Union websites. The library contains all available components which you can use to build your website.

All library elements are accompanied with

Requirements

ECL is currently using node 20.9.0 (LTS), we recommend using this version (nvm use) to ensure the compatibility with all the ECL dependencies or the ones defined by the ECL Builder.

Documentation

Read the technical documentation on GitHub.

Migrate from v3

Read the technical documentation on GitHub.

Quick start

The ECL is bundled in various presets in order to accomodate the different needs of everyone. Once you know which preset you want to use, you can:

:warning: pikaday

ECL uses Pikaday and this library is not bundled anymore by ECL. Therefore pikaday needs to be loaded or bundled by the application or website using ECL, depending on the needs, it is only required when a datepicker instance is present in a webpage. Additionally, when customising the date format used by the datepicker, in order to get a consistent output, moment.js is also needed. These scripts can be loaded from a CDN or fetched from the respective npm packages or websites for then hosting them locally. The order of the scripts should be:

Need help?

Please contact COMM Europa Management for support on using this resource for a European Commission website.

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