# inline

A placement modifier that improves positioning for inline
reference elements that span over multiple lines, such as
hyperlinks or range selections.

In the following examples, the `placement{:.objectKey}` is
`'top'{:js}`.

Without `inline(){:js}`:

<img
  width={692}
  height={256}
  alt="inline disabled"
  src="/inline-disabled.png"
  className="rounded-lg shadow"
  draggable={false}
/>

With `inline(){:js}`:

<img
  width={692}
  height={256}
  alt="inline enabled"
  src="/inline-enabled.png"
  className="rounded-lg shadow"
  draggable={false}
/>

This is useful as the default positioning using
`getBoundingClientRect(){:js}` may appear "detached" when
measuring over the bounding box.

## Usage

```js
import {computePosition, inline} from '@floating-ui/dom';

computePosition(referenceEl, floatingEl, {
  middleware: [inline()],
});
```

### Choosing a rect

By default, `inline(){:js}` infers which of the
`ClientRect{:.class}`s to choose based on the
`placement{:.objectKey}`. However, you may want a different rect
to be chosen.

For instance, if the user hovered over the last client rect, you
likely want the floating element to be placed there. This logic
is only applied when the reference element's rects are disjoined.

```js
function onMouseEnter({clientX, clientY}) {
  computePosition(referenceEl, floatingEl, {
    middleware: [
      inline({
        x: clientX,
        y: clientY,
      }),
    ],
  }).then(({x, y}) => {
    // ...
  });
}

referenceEl.addEventListener('mouseenter', onMouseEnter);
```

## Order

`inline(){:js}` should generally be placed toward the beginning
of your middleware array, before `flip(){:js}` (if used).

## Options

These are the options you can pass to `inline(){:js}`.

```ts
interface Options {
  x?: number;
  y?: number;
  padding?: number | SideObject;
}
```

### x

default: `undefined{:js}`

This is the viewport-relative (client) x-axis coordinate which
can be passed in to choose a rect.

### y

default: `undefined{:js}`

This is the viewport-relative (client) y-axis coordinate which
can be passed in to choose a rect.

### padding

default: `2{:js}`

This describes the padding around a disjoined rect when choosing
it.

### Deriving options from state

You can derive the options from the
[middleware lifecycle state](/docs/middleware#middlewarestate):

```js
inline((state) => ({
  padding: state.rects.reference.width,
}));
```