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This guide is designed to help you style our default Universal Checkout UI. If you would like to build your own UI from scratch then check out our Headless Universal Checkout guide.

Localization and languages

Set the locale

Universal Checkout supports multiple languages out of the box, enabling you to adapt its UI to the relevant market. You can specify the language using the locale option. If not provided, the locale is automatically derived from the browser:

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other checkout options ... */

	locale: 'fr-FR', // Renders Universal Checkout in French
}

Universal Checkout automatically falls back to English if the provided locale is not supported.

Supported locales

Locale	Language	Minimum versions
ar	Arabic	v1.22.1
bg-BG	Bulgarian (Bulgaria)	v2.1.1, v1.37.0
cs-CZ	Czech (Czech Republic)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
da-DA	Danish	v1.22.1
de-DE	German	v1.22.0
el-GR	Greek (Greece)	v1.22.1
en-US	English (United States)	v1.0.0
es	Spanish	v1.22.0
es-AR	Spanish (Argentina)	v2.2.1
et-EE	Estonian (Estonia)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
fr-FR	French (France)	v1.19.0
hr-HR	Croatian (Croatia)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
hu-HU	Hungarian (Hungary)	v1.18.0
it-IT	Italian (Italy)	v2.1.1, v1.37.0
ja-JP	Japanese (Japan)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
lt-LT	Lithuanian (Lithuania)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
ms	Malay	v2.26.1
nb-NO	Norwegian (Norway)	v1.22.1
nl-NL	Dutch (Netherlands)	v1.22.1
pl-PL	Polish (Poland)	v1.22.1
pt-BR	Portuguese (Brazil)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
pt-PT	Portuguese (Portugal)	v1.22.0
ro-RO	Romanian (Romania)	v1.37.0
ru-RU	Russian (Russia)	v2.1.1, v1.37.0
sk-SK	Slovak (Slovakia)	v2.1.1, v1.37.0
sv-SE	Swedish (Sweden)	v1.22.1
th	Thai	v2.26.1
tr-TR	Turkish (Turkey)	v1.22.1
vi-VN	Vietnamese (Vietnam)	v2.3.0, v1.38.0
zh-CN	Chinese (Mainland China - Simplified characters)	v2.26.1
zh-HK	[BETA] Chinese (Hong-Kong - Traditional characters)	v2.26.1
zh-TW	[BETA] Chinese (Taiwan - Traditional characters)	v2.26.1

Right-to-left

Universal Checkout automatically switches to a right-to-left layout for the relevant languages. Make sure to pass the right locale to activate right-to-left:

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other checkout options ... */

	locale: 'ar-AR', // Renders Universal Checkout in Arabic with right-to-left layout
}

Styling Universal Checkout

For styling Universal Checkout, do not use custom CSS. Rather pass the style object as a checkout option when calling showUniversalCheckout.

You can use the general styling options to style specific UI elements such as form inputs, text labels and several other elements within Universal Checkout.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other checkout options ... */

	style: {
		/* Style options */
	},
}

Text Styling Options

Text elements within Universal Checkout can be styled using the following interface:

Typescript

interface TextStyle {
	color?: string
	fontFamily?: string
	fontWeight?: string
	fontSize?: string
	fontSmoothing?: string
	lineHeight?: string
	textTransform?: string
	letterSpacing?: string
}

Block Styling Options

Block elements within Universal Checkout can be styled using the following interface:

Typescript

interface BlockStyle {
	background?: string
	borderRadius?: number | string
	boxShadow?: string
	borderStyle?: string
	borderColor?: number | string
	borderWidth?: number | string
}

Both of the above mentioned interfaces will be referred to regularly in this guide when covering the styling of specific UI elements.

Styling Inputs

Styling Font Family (Card Input)

Universal Checkout style inherits from the style of its container as most of it is rendered directly within your page and not within an iframe. So any font-family that you have set in the CSS file will be used by the Universal Checkout. The example below uses MyFont as the preferred font family for card input.

CSS

#my-checkout {
	font-family: 'MyFont', sans-serif;
}

However, in order to be fully PCI-compliant, the card code field, the card expiry field and the CVV field are rendered in isolated iframe. This means that font-family declarations, and @font-face directives that load and define fonts are not passed to these specific fields. To forward font-family and @font-face to the card input fields, you can set style.input.base.fontFamily and style.fontFaces. Alternatively, to style.fontFaces, you can forward stylesheets to the iframe using the style.stylesheets option, which facilitates the integration of fonts coming from services such as Google Fonts.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		/* Forwarded to iframes */
		fontFaces: [
			{
				fontFamily: 'Open Sans',
				src: 'url("/fonts/OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff2") format("woff2"), url("/fonts/OpenSans-Regular-webfont.woff") format("woff")',
			},
		],

		/* Forwarded to iframes */
		stylesheets: [
			{
				href: '<https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@100&display=swap>',
			},
		],

		/* Unified across all inputs: inside and outside iframes */
		input: {
			base: {
				fontFamily: 'Open Sans',
			},
		},
	},
}

InputStyle Options

You can style all the inputs on Universal Checkout in all their different states. By default, the InputStyle defined in input:base will be used everywhere. You need to add value for InputStyle only if you wish to override this style for inputLabel, hover, placeholder etc.

Typescript

interface InputStyle {
	height?: number
	paddingHorizontal?: number

	background?: string
	borderRadius?: number | string
	boxShadow?: string

	borderStyle?: string
	borderColor?: string
	borderWidth?: number | string

	color?: string
	fontFamily?: string
	fontWeight?: string
	fontSize?: string
	fontSmoothing?: string
	lineHeight?: string
}

Typescript

interface CheckoutStyle {
	// Input styling
	input?: {
		// Base style
		base?: InputStyle & {
			hover?: InputStyle // :hover
			focus?: InputStyle // :focus
			placeholder?: InputStyle //  ::placeholder
			webkitAutofill?: InputStyle // :-webkit-autofill
			selection?: InputStyle // ::selection
		}

		// Style of the label displayed above the input fields
		inputLabel?: TextStyle
	}
}

Example

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		inputLabel: {
			fontFamily: 'courier new',
			color: '#000000',
		},
		input: {
			base: {
				borderStyle: 'none none solid none',
				borderColor: '#000000',
				boxShadow: '0px',
				background: '#ffffff',
				fontFamily: 'courier new',
				borderRadius: '0px',
				paddingHorizontal: '0px',
				lineHeight: '',
				color: '#000000',
				placeholder: {
					color: '#e1deda',
				},
			},
		},
	},
}

You can hide the default input labels using the inputLabelsVisible option.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	form: {
		inputLabelsVisible: false,
	},
}

Styling Input Errors

You can customize the style of Universal Checkout error state. By default, the InputStyle defined in input.base will be used everywhere. But you can override this where you need different error message styling by specifying the style for input.error and inputErrorText. inputErrorText also uses TextAlignmentStyle.

Typescript

interface TextAlignmentStyle {
	textAlign?: string
}

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		input: {
			error:
				InputStyle &
				{
					hover: InputStyle,
					focus: InputStyle,
					placeholder: InputStyle,
					webkitAutofill: InputStyle,
					selection: InputStyle,
				},
		},
		// Style of the error messages displayed below the input fields
		inputErrorText: TextStyle & TextAlignmentStyle,
	},
}

Example

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		inputErrorText: {
			fontFamily: 'courier new',
			textAlign: 'left',
			color: '#e70909',
		},
		inputLabel: {
			fontFamily: 'courier new',
			color: '#000000',
		},
		input: {
			base: {
				borderStyle: 'none none solid none',
				borderColor: '#000000',
				boxShadow: '0px',
				background: '#ffffff',
				fontFamily: 'courier new',
				borderRadius: '0px',
				paddingHorizontal: '0px',
				lineHeight: '',
				color: '#000000',
				placeholder: {
					color: '#e1deda',
				},
				error: {
					borderStyle: 'solid',
					borderColor: '#d0021b',
				},
			},
		},
	},
}

Styling Error Messages

You can also style the error message shown in the event of an unsuccessful payment using ErrorMessageStyle interface which extends Block Styling Options and Text Styling Options mentioned above.

Typescript

// Error Message Interface
interface ErrorMessageStyle extends BlockStyle, TextStyle {
	color?: string
}

// Example
const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		errorMessage: ErrorMessageStyle,
	},
}

Universal Checkout can display error messages, or you can create your own. Refer to Configuring Error Message Guide for details.

Styling Form Spacing

You can change the vertical spacing between inputs or the spacing between labels and inputs by using the formSpacings properties.

Typescript

// Form Spacings Interface
interface FormSpacings {
	betweenLabelAndInput?: string
	betweenInputs?: string
}

// Example
const options = {
	style: {
		formSpacings: {
			betweenLabelAndInput: '0px',
			betweenInputs: '10px',
		},
	},
}

Styling Submit Button

The default submit button in Universal Checkout can be styled to match your brand. The submitButton uses TextStyle and BlockStyle to define the style of the button. By default, the style defined in submitButton.base will be used everywhere. If you wish to override the default style for loading, disabled, hover or focus or other states, you will be required to add values for TextStyle and BlockStyle properties.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		submitButton: {
			base: {
				hover: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
				focus: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
			},

			disabled: {
				hover: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
				focus: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
			},

			loading: {
				hover: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
				focus: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
			},
		},
	},
}

Example

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		submitButton: {
			base: {
				color: '#ffffff',
				background: '#000000',
				borderRadius: '3px',
				fontFamily: 'courier new',
				fontWeight: 'bold',
				boxShadow: 'none',
			},
			disabled: {
				color: '#9b9b9b',
				background: '#e1deda',
			},
		},
	},
}

You can also use custom submit button instead of styling the Universal Checkout default submit button.

Styling Back Button

Some scenes in Universal Checkout will have a back button which allows the user to navigate back to the previous scene. You can style the back button as shown below:

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		backButton: {
			color: string,
		},
	},
}

Styling Transitions

When multiple scenes are present in Universal Checkout, you can override the default transitions to better match your website transitions.

Typescript

type SceneOptions = {
	// A callback for receiving the current scene that is entering
	onEntering?: (sceneId: string) => void

	// Specify options relating to scene transitions
	// Setting to false disables all scene transitions
	// Defaults to a 'SLIDE_UP' type transition with a duration of 700ms
	transition?: SceneTransitionOptions | false
}

type SceneTransitionOptions = {
	// The type of transition animation which will be used
	type: TransitionType
	// The duration of the transition animation
	duration: number
}

type TransitionType = 'SLIDE_UP' | 'SLIDE_DOWN' | 'SLIDE_HORIZONTAL'

Typescript

const handleOnSceneEntering = (sceneId: string) => {
	// perform action based on current scene being entered
}

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */

	// Example 1 - scene with custom transitions enabled
	scene: {
		onEntering: handleOnSceneEntering,
		transition: {
			type: 'SLIDE_DOWN',
			duration: 650, // duration in milliseconds
		},
	},

	// Example 2 - scene with all transitions disabled
	scene: {
		onEntering: handleOnSceneEntering,
		transition: false,
	},
}

Styling Loading indicator

While Universal Checkout loads, a loading screen indicator is displayed to the customers. You can customize the color of the loading screen indicator as shown below:

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		loadingScreen: {
			// Color of the loading screen indicator
			color: string,
		},
	},
}

Styling Vault

By default, any previously vaulted payment methods are shown to customers in Universal Checkout. This happens only when the customerId is included in the client session.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	vault: {
		// Fetch the vaulted payment methods for the customerId
		//of the current session and display them
		// Default to true
		visible: boolean,

		// Disable the option to delete a saved payment method.
		// Default to false
		deletionDisabled: boolean,
	},
}

Styling Vault Display

The vault display in Universal Checkout can be styled if you wish to change the defaults. showMorePaymentMethodsButton uses TextStyle to define the style of the button. By default, the style defined in showMorePaymentMethodsButton.base will be used everywhere. Add values for TextStyle only if you wish to override this style for the disabled state.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		showMorePaymentMethodsButton: {
			base: TextStyle,
			disabled: TextStyle,
		},
	},
}

You also have the option to style the edit icons and menu. The actionButton uses TextStyle to define the style of the button. The confirmButton uses both TextStyle and BlockStyle interfaces.

Typescript

// Pop-up menu to manage the vaulted payment methods
const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	// Pop-up menu to manage the vaulted payment methods
	vaultMenu: {
		// Pencil icon
		editButton: {
			// Backround of the pencil icon
			background: string,
			// Color of the pencil icon
			color: string,
		},

		item: {
			label: textStyle,
			// Delete & Cancel button
			actionButton: TextStyle,
			confirmButton: TextStyle & BlockStyle,
		},
	},
}

Displaying Custom Errors

Universal Checkout can display error messages, or you can create your own. Refer to the Configuring Error Message Guide for details.

In case of an error, Universal Checkout presents a default message to the customers. This error message can be disabled if you wish to display a custom error message.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	errorMessage: {
		// Disable the appearance of the
		//default error message
		// Default to false
		disabled: boolean,

		// A callback for when the error message
		//should be displayed
		onErrorMessageShow(message: string) {
			// Choose to use provided message for own purposes
		},

		// A callback for when the error message
		//should be hidden
		onErrorMessageHide() {
			// Update own UI accordingly
		},
	},
}

Displaying Pay by Card Button

By default, the card form is automatically displayed on the first scene of Universal Checkout. You can replace it and display a ‘Pay by Card’ button instead of the form. Clicking on the button will show the card form on another scene.

Typescript

type CardPreferredFlow = 'DEDICATED_SCENE' | 'EMBEDDED_IN_HOME'

// Example
Primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, {
	// ...
	card: {
		preferredFlow: 'DEDICATED_SCENE', // Show the card form on a separate scene
	},
})

You can assign the following values to card.preferredFlow field:

DEDICATED_SCENE
EMBEDDED_IN_HOME (default)

The style of the card form in the second dedicated scene remains defined by the style.input property. The pay with card button can also be styled, if you prefer not to use the default styling. See Styling Payment Method Button for details.

Styling Payment Method Button

The paymentMethodButton uses TextStyle to define the style of the button.

Typescript

const options = {
	/* Other options ... */
	style: {
		paymentMethodButton: {
			background: string,
			borderRadius: number | string,
			boxShadow: string,
			borderColor: string,
			height: number,
			primaryText: TextStyle,
			logoColor: logoColor,
			marginTop: string,
		},
	},
}

Displaying Custom Submit Button

The Universal Checkout now enables you to use your own custom submit button. Follow these three simple steps to replace default submit button with your own custom one:

Step 1. Hide the Built-in Submit Button

Typescript

const checkout = await primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, {
	submitButton: {
		useBuiltInButton: false, // Hide the built-in submit button
	},
})

Step 2. Forward clicks to checkout.submit()

Typescript

const checkout = await primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, options)
const handleMySubmitButtonClick = e => {
	checkout.submit()
}

Step 3. Dynamically Update Your Submit Button

The Universal Checkout expects the submit button to be visible and enabled in specific conditions. You don’t have to care about these conditions - the Universal Checkout will tell you when and how to display the Submit Button.

Typescript

const checkout = await primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, {
	/* Other options ... */
	submitButton: {
		useBuiltInButton: false, // Hide the built-in submit button
		// The Universal Checkout expects the button to be showed or hidden
		onVisible: (isVisible: boolean) => {
			// Show / Hide the submit button
		},
		// The Universal Checkout expects the button to be enabled or disabled
		onDisable: (isDisabled: boolean) => {
			// Enable / Disable the submit button
		},
		// The Universal Checkout expects the button to have a loading indicator
		// to indicate that it is processing/loading something
		// "isLoading: true" also means that the button is disabled
		onLoading: (isLoading: boolean) => {
			// Set the submit button to loading or not
		},
		// Set the content of your submit button
		onContentChange: (content: string) => {
			// Set the text content of the submit button
		},
	},
})

These callback functions are called every time the scene changes.

Handle Multiple Submit Buttons

Each callback has a second argument called context with the currentSceneId. This enables you to determine which submit button to show/hide, enable/disable, or modify the content. In addition, the onVisible callback also contains previousSceneId in the context object. This enables you to hide the button of the previous scene if necessary.

Typescript

const getSubmitButtonFromSceneId = (sceneId: string) => {
	if (sceneId === 'UniversalCheckout/Home') {
		return 'SideButton'
	} else if (sceneId === '...') {
		return 'TopButton'
	}
	return 'BottomButton'
}
const onVisible = (isVisible, context) => {
	const { prevousSceneId, currentSceneId } = context
	if (!isVisible) {
		hideAllSubmitButtons()
	} else {
		hideSubmitButton(getSubmitButtonFromSceneId(previousSceneId))
		showSubmitButton(getSubmitButtonFromSceneId(currentSceneId))
	}
}
const onContentChange = (content, context) => {
	const { currentSceneId } = context
	setSubmitButtonContent(getSubmitButtonFromSceneId(currentSceneId), content)
}

Success Screen

By default, what happens after onTokenizeSuccess depends on the payment method that the customer chooses. Some of them require the display of a screen that summarizes the order. It is recommended best practice to show a success screen once the payment is validated. You can use the successScreen options to determine whether to show a built-in success screen or a custom one. The available built-in success screen types are 'PAYMENT_METHOD' and 'CHECK'.

The default successScreen used when no type is defined is 'CHECK'.

Custom Title

When using 'CHECK' as a success screen type, it is also possible to specify a custom success title which will be displayed under the success check mark icon.

Typescript

await primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, {
	/* Other options ... */
	successScreen: {
		type: 'CHECK',
		title: 'My custom title',
	},
})

Setting successScreen to false overrides the default behavior so that you can show a custom success screen after onTokenizeSuccess is called:

Typescript

await primer.showUniversalCheckout(clientToken, {
	/* Other options ... */
	successScreen: false,
})

Further Information

To find out more, explore the full API in our npm docs. If there is anything beyond the styling options listed above that you’d like to modify or change, do get in touch with our support team.

​Localization and languages

​Set the locale

​Supported locales

​Right-to-left

​Styling Universal Checkout

​Text Styling Options

​Block Styling Options

​Styling Inputs

​Styling Font Family (Card Input)

​InputStyle Options

​Example

​Styling Input Errors

​Example

​Styling Error Messages

​Styling Form Spacing

​Styling Submit Button

​Example

​Styling Back Button

​Styling Transitions

​Styling Loading indicator

​Styling Vault

​Styling Vault Display

​Displaying Custom Errors

​Displaying Pay by Card Button

​Styling Payment Method Button

​Displaying Custom Submit Button

​Step 1. Hide the Built-in Submit Button

​Step 2. Forward clicks to checkout.submit()

​Step 3. Dynamically Update Your Submit Button

​Handle Multiple Submit Buttons

​Success Screen

​Custom Title

​Further Information

Localization and languages

Set the locale

Supported locales

Right-to-left

Styling Universal Checkout

Text Styling Options

Block Styling Options

Styling Inputs

Styling Font Family (Card Input)

InputStyle Options

Example

Styling Input Errors

Example

Styling Error Messages

Styling Form Spacing

Styling Submit Button

Example

Styling Back Button

Styling Transitions

Styling Loading indicator

Styling Vault

Styling Vault Display

Displaying Custom Errors

Displaying Pay by Card Button

Styling Payment Method Button

Displaying Custom Submit Button

Step 1. Hide the Built-in Submit Button

Step 2. Forward clicks to checkout.submit()

Step 3. Dynamically Update Your Submit Button

Handle Multiple Submit Buttons

Success Screen

Custom Title

Further Information