Named slots

Advanced Svelte / Component composition

Part 2/ Component composition/Named slots

The previous example contained a default slot, which renders the direct children of a component. Sometimes you will need more control over placement. In those cases, we can use named slots.

Inside App.svelte, we're rendering a <Card> component that contains <span slot="telephone"> and others for company and address. Let's add the corresponding named slots in Card.svelte:

<div class="card">
	<header>
		<slot name="telephone" />
		<slot name="company" />
	</header>

	<slot />
		
	<footer>
		<slot name="address" />
	</footer>
</div>

We need to add some styles to the <small> element in App.svelte so that it occupies its own line. The contents of <Card> inherit styles from Card.svelte, such as font-family (the lettering is something called 'Silian Rail'), but normal scoping rules apply — we need to add the styles to App.svelte because that's where the element is:

<style>
	main {
		display: grid;
		place-items: center;
		height: 100%;
		background: url(./wood.svg);
	}

	small {
		display: block;
		font-size: 0.6em;
		text-align: right;
	}
</style>

Alternatively, we could use the :global modifier inside Card.svelte to target all small elements inside .card:

<style>
	/* ... */ 

	.card :global(small) {
		display: block;
		font-size: 0.6em;
		text-align: right;
	}
</style>