Simplify addStep API

demo/index.html

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ <h3>Example</h3>
               }
             });
 
-            tour.addStep('creating', {
+            tour.addStep({
               title: 'Creating a Shepherd Tour',
               text: `Creating a Shepherd tour is easy. too!\
               Just create a \`Tour\` instance, and add as many steps as you want.`,
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ <h3>Example</h3>
                   action: shepherd.next,
                   text: 'Next'
                 }
-              ]
+              ],
+              id: 'creating'
             });
 
             tour.start();

demo/js/welcome.js

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       },
       useModalOverlay: true
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('welcome', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       text: '\n         <p>\n           Shepherd is a JavaScript library for guiding users through your app.\n           It uses <a href="https://atomiks.github.io/tippyjs//" data-test-tippy-link>Tippy.js</a>,\n           another open source library, to render dialogs for each tour "step".\n         </p>\n        \n         <p>\n           Among many things, Tippy makes sure your steps never end up off screen or cropped by an overflow.\n           (Try resizing your browser to see what we mean.)\n         </p>\n         <p>\n           It also offers a robust API for styling animations of steps\n           as they enter and exit the view.\n         </p>',
       attachTo: {
         element: '.hero-welcome',
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@
         {
           action: shepherd.next,
           text: 'Next'
-        }]
+        }
+      ],
+      id: 'welcome'
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('including', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       title: 'Including',
       text: 'Including Shepherd is easy! Just include shepherd.js. The styles are bundled with the JS.',
       attachTo: {
@@ -58,13 +60,15 @@
           action: shepherd.back,
           secondary: true,
           text: 'Back'
-        }, {
+        },
+        {
           action: shepherd.next,
           text: 'Next'
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      id: 'including'
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('creating', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       title: 'Creating a Shepherd Tour',
       text: 'Creating a Shepherd tour is easy. too! ' + 'Just create a \`Tour\` instance, and add as many steps as you want.',
       attachTo: {
@@ -81,51 +85,64 @@
           action: shepherd.next,
           text: 'Next'
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      id: 'creating'
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('attaching', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       title: 'Attaching to Elements',
       text: 'Your tour steps can target and attach to elements in DOM (like this step).',
       attachTo: {
         element: '.hero-example',
         on: 'left'
       },
-      buttons: [{
-        action: shepherd.back,
-        secondary: true,
-        text: 'Back'
-      }, {
-        action: shepherd.next,
-        text: 'Next'
-      }]
+      buttons: [
+        {
+          action: shepherd.back,
+          secondary: true,
+          text: 'Back'
+        },
+        {
+          action: shepherd.next,
+          text: 'Next'
+        }
+      ],
+      id: 'attaching'
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('centered-example', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       title: 'Centered Shepherd Element',
       text: 'But attachment is totally optional!\n       Without a target, a tour step will create an element that\'s centered within the view.       Check out the <a href="https://shepherdjs.dev/docs/">documentation</a> to learn more.',
-      buttons: [{
-        action: shepherd.back,
-        secondary: true,
-        text: 'Back'
-      }, {
-        action: shepherd.next,
-        text: 'Next'
-      }]
+      buttons: [
+        {
+          action: shepherd.back,
+          secondary: true,
+          text: 'Back'
+        },
+        {
+          action: shepherd.next,
+          text: 'Next'
+        }
+      ],
+      id: 'centered-example'
     });
-    shepherd.addStep('followup', {
+    shepherd.addStep({
       title: 'Learn more',
       text: 'Star Shepherd on Github so you remember it for your next project',
       attachTo: {
         element: '.hero-followup',
         on: 'top'
       },
-      buttons: [{
-        action: shepherd.back,
-        secondary: true,
-        text: 'Back'
-      }, {
-        action: shepherd.next,
-        text: 'Done'
-      }],
+      buttons: [
+        {
+          action: shepherd.back,
+          secondary: true,
+          text: 'Back'
+        },
+        {
+          action: shepherd.next,
+          text: 'Done'
+        }
+      ],
+      id: 'followup',
       modalOverlayOpeningPadding: '10'
     });
     return shepherd;

docs-src/tutorials/02-usage.md

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ to all this tour's steps by default.
 Next, add your steps:
 
 ```javascript
-tour.addStep('example-step', {
+tour.addStep({
+  id: 'example-step',
   text: 'This step is attached to the bottom of the <code>.example-css-selector</code> element.',
   attachTo: { 
     element: '.example-css-selector', 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ dynamically generated `id` property -- which is also set on the `body` element a
 
 ##### Tour Methods
 
-- `addStep(id, options)`: Creates a new Step object with options, and returns the `Step` instance it created.  If you'd like you can also just pass an options hash which includes `id` as a key.
+- `addStep(options)`: Creates a new Step object with options, and returns the `Step` instance it created.
 If the options hash doesn't include an `id`, one will be generated.
 You can also pass an existing `Step` instance rather than `options`, but note that Shepherd does not support a Step being attached to multiple Tours.
 - `getById(id)`: Return a step with a specific id
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ You can also pass an existing `Step` instance rather than `options`, but note th
 - `show`: Triggered with a hash of the `step` and the `previous` step
 - `start`
 
-Steps are instances of the Step object.  They are generally created by the `Tour::addStep` method, which returns the `Step` instance it
+Steps are instances of the Step object. They are generally created by the `Tour::addStep` method, which returns the `Step` instance it
 created.
 
 #### Steps
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ the step will execute. For example:
 For example: `{selector: '.some-element', event: 'click'}`.  It doesn't have to be an event inside the tour, it can be any event fired on any element on the page.  
 You can also always manually advance the Tour by calling `myTour.next()`.
 - `highlightClass`: An extra class to apply to the `attachTo` element when it is highlighted (that is, when its step is active). You can then target that selector in your CSS.
+- `id`: The string to use as the `id` for the step. If an id is not passed one will be generated.
 - `showCancelLink`: Should a cancel "✕" be shown in the header of the step?
 - `showOn`: A function that, when it returns true, will show the step. If it returns false, the step will be skipped.
 - `scrollTo`: Should the element be scrolled to when this step is shown?
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ You can use the `advanceOn` option, or the Next button, to advance steps.  If yo
 complex user action, you can do the following:
 
 ```javascript
-const myStep = myTour.addStep('my-step', options);
+const myStep = myTour.addStep(options);
 
 yourApp.on('some-event', () => {
   if (myStep.isOpen()){
@@ -281,7 +283,8 @@ By default, Shepherd will generate and position an "arrow" element that points t
 of a step. This is done by setting [Tippy's `arrow` option](https://atomiks.github.io/tippyjs/#arrow-option) to `true` on each ``Step.options.tippyOptions` &mdash; but you can disable the arrow manually by setting it to false:
 
 ```js
-myTour.addStep('Step 1', {
+myTour.addStep({
+  id: 'Step 1', 
   tippyOptions: {
     arrow: false
   }

src/js/step.jsx

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export class Step extends Evented {
    * @param {string} options.classes A string of extra classes to add to the step's content element.
    * @param {string} options.highlightClass An extra class to apply to the `attachTo` element when it is
    * highlighted (that is, when its step is active). You can then target that selector in your CSS.
+   * @param {string} options.id The string to use as the `id` for the step.
    * @param {Object} options.tippyOptions Extra [options to pass to tippy.js]{@link https://atomiks.github.io/tippyjs/#all-options}
    * @param {boolean|Object} options.scrollTo Should the element be scrolled to when this step is shown? If true, uses the default `scrollIntoView`,
    * if an object, passes that object as the params to `scrollIntoView` i.e. `{behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center'}`

src/js/tour.jsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import tippy from 'tippy.js';
 import { Evented } from './evented.js';
 import { Step } from './step.jsx';
 import autoBind from './utils/auto-bind';
-import { isFunction, isNumber, isString, isUndefined } from './utils/type-check';
+import { isFunction, isString } from './utils/type-check';
 import { defaults as tooltipDefaults } from './utils/tooltip-defaults';
 import { cleanupSteps } from './utils/cleanup';
 import { normalizePrefix } from './utils/general';
@@ -81,25 +81,14 @@ export class Tour extends Evented {
 
   /**
    * Adds a new step to the tour
-   * @param {Object|Number|Step|String} arg1
-   * When arg2 is defined, arg1 can either be a string or number, to use for the `id` for the step
-   * When arg2 is undefined, arg1 is either an object containing step options or a Step instance
-   * @param {Object|Step} arg2 An object containing step options or a Step instance
+   * @param {Object|Step} options An object containing step options or a Step instance
    * @return {Step} The newly added step
    */
-  addStep(arg1, arg2) {
-    let name, step;
-
-    // If we just have one argument, we can assume it is an object of step options, with an id
-    if (isUndefined(arg2)) {
-      step = arg1;
-    } else {
-      name = arg1;
-      step = arg2;
-    }
+  addStep(options) {
+    let step = options;
 
     if (!(step instanceof Step)) {
-      step = this._setupStep(step, name);
+      step = this._setupStep(step);
     } else {
       step.tour = this;
     }
@@ -303,15 +292,10 @@ export class Tour extends Evented {
   /**
    * Setup a new step object
    * @param {Object} stepOptions The object describing the options for the step
-   * @param {String|Number} name The string or number to use as the `id` for the step
    * @return {Step} The step instance
    * @private
    */
-  _setupStep(stepOptions, name) {
-    if (isString(name) || isNumber(name)) {
-      stepOptions.id = name.toString();
-    }
-
+  _setupStep(stepOptions) {
     stepOptions = Object.assign({}, this.options.defaultStepOptions, stepOptions);
 
     return new Step(this, stepOptions);

src/types/tour.d.ts

@@ -42,13 +42,10 @@ declare class Tour extends Evented {
 
     /**
      * Adds a new step to the tour
-     * @param arg1
-     * When arg2 is defined, arg1 can either be a string or number, to use for the `id` for the step
-     * When arg2 is undefined, arg1 is either an object containing step options or a Step instance
-     * @param arg2 An object containing step options or a Step instance
+     * @param options An object containing step options or a Step instance
      * @return The newly added step
      */
-    addStep(arg1: Step | Step.StepOptions | number | string, arg2: Step | Step.StepOptions): Step;
+    addStep(options: Step | Step.StepOptions): Step;
 
     /**
      * Go to the previous step in the tour
@@ -130,4 +127,4 @@ declare class Tour extends Evented {
     start(): void;
 }
 
-export = Tour;
+export = Tour;

test/cypress/utils/default-steps.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 export default function(shepherd) {
   return [
     {
-      id: 'welcome',
       options: {
         text: `
          <p>
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ export default function(shepherd) {
             classes: 'shepherd-button-example-primary',
             text: 'Next'
           }
-        ]
+        ],
+        id: 'welcome'
       }
     },
     {
-      id: 'including',
       options: {
         title: 'Including',
         text: 'Including Shepherd is easy! Just include shepherd.js. The styles are bundled with the JS.',
@@ -56,11 +55,11 @@ export default function(shepherd) {
             text: 'Next'
           }
         ],
+        id: 'including',
         classes: 'shepherd-step-element second-step'
       }
     },
     {
-      id: 'example',
       options: {
         title: 'Example Shepherd',
         text: 'Creating a Shepherd is easy too! Just create Shepherd and add as many steps as you want. Check out the <a href="https://shepherdjs.dev/docs/">documentation</a> to learn more.',
@@ -79,11 +78,11 @@ export default function(shepherd) {
             text: 'Next'
           }
         ],
+        id: 'example',
         classes: 'shepherd-step-element third-step'
       }
     },
     {
-      id: 'followup',
       options: {
         title: 'Learn more',
         text: 'Star Shepherd on Github so you remember it for your next project',
@@ -102,6 +101,7 @@ export default function(shepherd) {
             text: 'Done'
           }
         ],
+        id: 'followup',
         classes: 'shepherd-step-element fourth-step'
       }
     }

test/cypress/utils/setup-tour.js

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ export default function(Shepherd, globalDefaults, customSteps, otherOptions) {
   const steps = typeof customSteps === 'function' ? customSteps(shepherd) : defaultSteps(shepherd);
 
   steps.forEach((step) => {
-    const { id, options } = step;
-    shepherd.addStep(id, options);
+    const { options } = step;
+    shepherd.addStep(options);
   });
 
   return shepherd;

test/dummy/index.html

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ <h3>Example</h3>
               }
             });
 
-            tour.addStep('example', {
+            tour.addStep({
               title: 'Example Shepherd',
               text: 'Creating a Shepherd is easy too! Just create ...',
               attachTo: {
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ <h3>Example</h3>
               advanceOn: {
                 selector: '.docs-link',
                 event: 'click'
-              }
+              },
+              id: 'example'
             });
 
             tour.start();