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* feat(ui): add analytics types Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add useAnalytics hook with dev-mode swap guard Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add AnalyticsProvider, getNodeText, and analytics barrel exports Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): integrate analytics into defineComponent and useDefinition Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to Link component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to ButtonLink component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to Tab component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to MenuItem component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to Tag component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): add analytics tracking to Table Row component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(ui): widen getNodeText to accept render functions Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore(ui): update API reports Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: add changeset for BUI analytics Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * fix(ui): chain MenuItem onAction with user-provided handler instead of overwriting Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore(ui): address review feedback — changeset wording and types docs Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(core-app-api): wire AnalyticsProvider from @backstage/ui into app shell Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(plugin-app): add AnalyticsProvider wrapper extension for BUI components Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: update API reports Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: update API reports for core-components and scaffolder Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * docs(ui): add analytics documentation and noTrack prop to component docs Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: update yarn.lock Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * feat(plugin-app): move AnalyticsProvider into AppRoot directly Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: format installation docs Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * fix(ui): call user onPress before analytics in Tag component Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * refactor(ui): replace AnalyticsProvider with generic BUIProvider Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * chore: replace remaining AnalyticsProvider references with BUIProvider Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * fix(plugin-app): import useAnalytics from frontend-plugin-api Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> * docs(ui): improve noTrack prop description Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Johan Persson <johanopersson@gmail.com>
Backstage UI Docs
Backstage UI is our internal UI library built for Backstage. We built this website to document the library and its components. You can view this website here.
How to run locally
This website is built with Next.js and it is hosted on Github pages. To run it locally, you can run the following command:
yarn start
Deployment
Deployments are done automatically when a PR is merged into the master branch. We host the website using Github pages.
Maintaining Component Changelogs
After a @backstage/ui release, sync the component changelogs to keep documentation up-to-date:
yarn sync:changelog
This script:
- Parses
packages/ui/CHANGELOG.mdfor new versions - Extracts entries tagged with "Affected components: ..."
- Updates
src/utils/changelog.tswith new entries - Handles both component-specific and general package changes
After running, review the changes in src/utils/changelog.ts and commit them.
Preview changes before writing:
yarn sync:changelog:dry-run
Running this gives you a summary of what would be written, without actually adding or changing any files.