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Money

The core primitive. A monetary value, formatted correctly.
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Registry
@lopifi/money
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The four-layer spec

The core primitive. Every monetary value in the system renders through it.

<Money value={{ amount: 124056, currency: "USD" }} />        // $1,240.56
<Money value={{ amount: -124056, currency: "USD" }} accounting />  // ($1,240.56)
<Money value={null} />                                        // n/a
<Money value={{ amount: 0, currency: "USD" }} statement />    // —
interface MoneyProps extends React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"span"> {
  value: MoneyValue | null;
  /** parentheses for negatives (statements/tables) vs. a leading − (deltas) */
  accounting?: boolean;
  /** em dash for a true zero — statements only */
  statement?: boolean;
  size?: "xs" | "sm" | "md" | "lg" | "hero";
  /** subordinate the symbol; default true */
  showSymbol?: boolean;
  /** show the ISO code — required in mixed-currency contexts */
  showCode?: boolean;
  /** mark as converted: renders "≈" and requires a rate for the tooltip */
  approximate?: { rate: number; asOf: Date; from: string };
  redacted?: boolean;
  locale?: string;
}

Layer 3 — structure: [≈] [symbol] [integer] [.decimals] [code] — five slots, four optional. The paren column is reserved on both sides regardless of sign.

Layer 4 — type: one size, one weight. tnum + case always. Symbol and code at --text-tertiary; decimals at --text-tertiary only at lg/hero.

Motion: none, except the value flash when live and the crossfade when the value changes from a user action. Never interpolates.

Edge cases: JPY 0dp · KWD 3dp · bigint amounts · negative zero (renders as zero) · the widest-plausible-value width reservation · aria-label announcing the sign in words.

Why it matters: if this is wrong, everything is wrong. It also carries the whole case/tnum/paren-alignment craft that the rest of the library assumes.

Lifted verbatim from Primitives. The doc and this page are the same paragraphs, so they cannot disagree.

What lands in your repository

One component is never one file. Everything below is copied into your project, where you own it.

Files

components/ledger/money.tsx

Lopifi dependencies · 4
cnformat-moneymoney.typestooltip
npm packages
@base-ui-components/reactclass-variance-authorityclsxtailwind-merge
Registry entry
/r/money.json

The whole component

No compiled bundle, no black box. This is the file the registry copies, and the file you will edit.

components/ledger/money.tsx
import { cva, type VariantProps } from "class-variance-authority";
import * as React from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/ledger/cn";
import { formatMoneyParts, isNegative, isZero, moneyAriaLabel, rawMoney } from "@/lib/ledger/format-money";
import type { MoneyValue } from "@/lib/ledger/money.types";
import { Tooltip } from "@/components/ledger/tooltip";

/* Server-safe by design: a 400-row statement renders on the server. */

/* `relative` anchors the absolutely-positioned spoken label to the figure, so
   it can never widen a scroll container it sits in. */
const moneyVariants = cva("numeric relative inline-flex items-baseline whitespace-nowrap", {
  defaultVariants: { size: "sm", tone: "primary" },
  variants: {
    size: {
      hero: "text-figure-hero font-medium",
      lg: "text-figure-lg font-medium",
      md: "text-figure-md font-medium",
      sm: "text-figure-sm font-normal",
      xs: "text-figure-xs font-normal",
    },
    tone: {
      inherit: "text-inherit",
      negative: "text-negative",
      positive: "text-positive",
      primary: "text-text-primary",
      // Never --text-tertiary for a monetary value: money holds 7:1.
      secondary: "text-text-secondary",
    },
  },
});

export interface MoneyProps
  extends Omit<React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<"span">, "children">,
    VariantProps<typeof moneyVariants> {
  /** Parentheses for negatives — statements and tables. */
  accounting?: boolean;
  /** A converted value is a derived value: renders "≈" and states its basis. */
  approximate?: { rate: number; asOf: Date; from: string };
  /** Colour the figure by sign. Off by default; the glyphs carry the sign. */
  colorBySign?: boolean;
  /** Drop the cents. Display surfaces only — never a table or a statement. */
  dropCents?: boolean;
  locale?: string;
  redacted?: boolean;
  /** The ISO code — required in a mixed-currency context. */
  showCode?: boolean;
  /** Subordinate the symbol. Default true. */
  showSymbol?: boolean;
  /** Em dash for a true zero — statements only. */
  statement?: boolean;
  value: MoneyValue | null | undefined;
}

/**
 * The core primitive. Every monetary value in the system renders through it.
 *
 * Five slots, four optional: [≈] [symbol] [integer] [.decimals] [code].
 * The paren column is reserved on both sides regardless of sign, so a
 * right-aligned column of mixed-sign values keeps its decimal alignment.
 */
export const Money = React.forwardRef<HTMLSpanElement, MoneyProps>(
  (
    {
      className,
      value,
      size,
      tone,
      accounting = false,
      statement = false,
      showSymbol = true,
      showCode = false,
      approximate,
      redacted = false,
      dropCents = false,
      colorBySign = false,
      locale,
      ...props
    },
    ref,
  ) => {
    // Five distinct renders. Never `value ?? 0`.
    if (value == null) {
      return (
        <span
          className={cn(moneyVariants({ size, tone: "secondary" }), "text-text-tertiary", className)}
          ref={ref}
          {...props}
        >
          <span aria-hidden="true">n/a</span>
          <Spoken>not available</Spoken>
        </span>
      );
    }

    if (redacted) {
      return (
        <span
          className={cn(moneyVariants({ size, tone }), "text-text-tertiary", className)}
          ref={ref}
          {...props}
        >
          <span aria-hidden="true">••••</span>
          <Spoken>hidden</Spoken>
        </span>
      );
    }

    if (statement && isZero(value)) {
      return (
        <span className={cn(moneyVariants({ size, tone }), className)} ref={ref} {...props}>
          <span aria-hidden="true">—</span>
          <Spoken>zero</Spoken>
          <ParenSlot />
        </span>
      );
    }

    const negative = isNegative(value);
    const parts = formatMoneyParts(value, { dropCents, locale, showSymbol });
    const useParens = accounting && negative;
    const largeFigure = size === "lg" || size === "hero";
    const resolvedTone =
      colorBySign && negative ? "negative" : colorBySign && !isZero(value) ? "positive" : tone;

    const label = moneyAriaLabel(value, { locale });
    const spoken = approximate ? `approximately ${label}` : label;

    const body = (
      <span
        className={cn(moneyVariants({ size, tone: resolvedTone }), className)}
        data-raw={rawMoney(value, locale)}
        ref={ref}
        {...props}
      >
        {approximate ? (
          // The figure face has no ≈; the text face does, at the same weight.
          <span aria-hidden="true" className="mr-1 font-sans text-text-tertiary">
            ≈
          </span>
        ) : null}

        {/* Opening paren slot — reserved on both signs so digits never shift. */}
        <span aria-hidden="true" className={useParens ? undefined : "invisible"}>
          (
        </span>

        {!useParens && negative ? (
          // U+2212, not a hyphen: it aligns with the plus and sits on the
          // lining figures once `case` is on.
          <span aria-hidden="true">−</span>
        ) : null}

        {parts.symbol ? (
          <span aria-hidden="true" className="mr-[var(--numeric-symbol-gap)] font-normal text-text-tertiary">
            {parts.symbol}
          </span>
        ) : null}

        <span aria-hidden="true">{parts.integer}</span>

        {parts.fraction ? (
          <span aria-hidden="true" className={largeFigure ? "text-text-tertiary" : undefined}>
            {parts.fraction}
          </span>
        ) : null}

        {parts.symbolSuffix ? (
          <span aria-hidden="true" className="ml-1 font-normal text-text-tertiary">
            {parts.symbolSuffix}
          </span>
        ) : null}

        <span aria-hidden="true" className={useParens ? undefined : "invisible"}>
          )
        </span>

        {showCode ? (
          <span aria-hidden="true" className="ml-1 text-caption text-text-tertiary">
            {value.currency}
          </span>
        ) : null}

        <Spoken>{spoken}</Spoken>
      </span>
    );

    // A converted value is a derived value. The basis — source currency, rate,
    // and the instant it was struck — is the tooltip's whole job here.
    if (!approximate) return body;
    return <Tooltip content={approximateTitle(value, approximate, locale)}>{body}</Tooltip>;
  },
);
Money.displayName = "Money";

/**
 * What a screen reader says in place of the glyphs, which are all
 * `aria-hidden`. Text rather than `aria-label`: a label on a role-less span is
 * prohibited ARIA and ignored by some readers. `select-none` keeps it out of a
 * copied selection, so a figure pasted into a spreadsheet is still the figure.
 */
function Spoken({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return <span className="sr-only select-none">{children}</span>;
}

/** Keeps a `—` or `n/a` on the same decimal grid as its neighbours. */
function ParenSlot() {
  return (
    <span aria-hidden="true" className="invisible">
      )
    </span>
  );
}

function approximateTitle(
  value: MoneyValue,
  approximate: NonNullable<MoneyProps["approximate"]>,
  locale?: string,
): string {
  void value;
  void locale;
  const stamp = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB", {
    day: "numeric",
    hour: "2-digit",
    minute: "2-digit",
    month: "short",
    timeZone: "UTC",
    year: "numeric",
  }).format(approximate.asOf);
  return `Converted from ${approximate.from} @ ${approximate.rate} · ${stamp} UTC`;
}

The accounting it encodes

Concepts this component renders. Each one is defined once, in the lexicon, and used identically in the code and the copy.

Also in Primitives

See also

A component is specified in one place, defined in another, and running in a third. All three, from here.

Elsewhere in the system

Where Money sits in the rest of the system — the live section it renders in, the calculators that compute what it displays, and the ledger payloads it is fed from.

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