position is based on computePosition's return value has the following fields:

- x and y are the positioning coords. Initial values are null.
- strategy is either absolute (default) or fixed. Refer to strategy option
- placement is refers to the placement options

Middlewares can also be used:

`js
import { useFloating } from 'solid-floating-ui';
import { offset, flip, shift } from '@floating-ui/dom';

const [reference, setReference] = createSignal();
const [floating, setFloating] = createSignal();

useFloating(reference, floating, {
placement: 'right',
strategy: 'fixed',
middleware: [offset(10), flip(), shift()],
});
`

Updating

useFloating() only calculates the position once on render, or when the reference/floating elements changed — for example, the floating element gets mounted via conditional rendering.

If the floating element lives in a different offsetParent context to the reference element, it will need to be updated while mounted to remain “anchored”. This includes scrolling and resizing the window or the elements themselves.

To do so, use the autoUpdate utility:

`js
import { useFloating } from 'solid-floating-ui';
import { autoUpdate } from '@floating-ui/dom';

function App() {
const [reference, setReference] = createSignal();
const [floating, setFloating] = createSignal();

useFloating(reference, floating, {
whileElementsMounted: autoUpdate,

// Or, pass options. Ensure the cleanup function is returned.
whileElementsMounted: (reference, floating, update) => (
autoUpdate(reference, floating, update, {
animationFrame: true,
}),
)
});
}
`

Alternatively (or additionally), you may want to update manually in some cases. The primitive returns an update() function to update the position at will:

`js

const position = useFloating();

position.update();
`

$3

See Virtual Elements for details.

`js
function App() {
const [floating, setFloating] = createSignal();

const position = useFloating(
() => ({
getBoundingClientRect() {
return {
// ...
};
},
}),
floating,
);

return (
ref={floating}
style={{
position: position.strategy,
top: position.y ?? 0,
left: position.x ?? 0,
}}
>
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