Laravel Reading Spine Component
ProThe narrow column beside an article that follows the reader down.
A Reading Spine built for the TALL stack — Blade, Livewire 3 & 4, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS 4.
Server-rendered by default and dark-mode ready. Aura's solid-background and border colours are
contrast-tested against WCAG 2.1 AA/UI in CI, in both themes —
see what's covered.
Drop it in with a single Blade tag:
<x-aura::reading-spine>
Installation
composer require bluestarsystem/aura-uiThe Reading Spine is part of Aura Pro, installed via your private Composer (Satis) access after purchase. See pricing →
Usage
<x-aura::reading-spine>
<x-aura::reading-bookmark size="sm" />
<x-aura::reading-minimap :items="$headings" />
</x-aura::reading-spine>See the full API, props and live examples in the Reading Spine documentation.
Overview
<x-aura::reading-spine> holds the bookmark, the minimap and anything else that should
stay in view.
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
label |
string|null |
null |
Defaults to the translated "Reading tools". |
position |
string |
'left' |
left or right. |
See more examples and every variant in the Reading Spine documentation.