Components/Order Book

Order Book

Bids and asks book with depth visualization, spread indicator, recent-trades panel, and two layouts (stacked or split). Auto-sorts entries on each render, so you can pipe in unsorted snapshots from a WebSocket feed.


BTC/USD

Order book

Price (USD)Size (BTC)
Spread28.50 (0.04%)

Installation

npx ajaxui add order-book

Split layout

Side-by-side bids and asks (Binance-style). Drops the spread row.

ETH/USD

Order book

Price (USD)Size (ETH)
Price (USD)Size (ETH)

With recent trades

Append a recentTrades array to attach a scrollable trades panel below the book.

BTC/USD

Order book

Price (USD)Size (BTC)
Spread28.50 (0.04%)

Recent trades

  • 71,235.170.218304:53:46 AM
  • 71,263.160.025104:53:34 AM
  • 71,232.240.050704:53:22 AM
  • 71,252.600.393704:53:10 AM
  • 71,239.770.501804:52:58 AM
  • 71,240.790.202404:52:46 AM
  • 71,241.830.140604:52:34 AM
  • 71,263.260.211704:52:22 AM
  • 71,235.340.245904:52:10 AM
  • 71,242.220.484604:51:58 AM

Clickable rows

Pass onPriceClick to make rows act as quick-fill triggers for an order form. Receives the price and the side.

BTC/USD

Order book

Price (USD)Size (BTC)
Spread28.50 (0.04%)

Entry shapes

interface OrderBookEntry {
  price: number
  size:  number
}

interface RecentTrade {
  price: number
  size:  number
  side:  "buy" | "sell"
  time:  Date
}

Props

PropTypeDefaultDescription
bidsOrderBookEntry[]Buy orders. Auto-sorted high→low.
asksOrderBookEntry[]Sell orders. Auto-sorted low→high.
baseAssetstring"BTC"Header label for size column.
quoteAssetstring"USD"Header label for price column.
pricePrecisionnumber2Decimal places for price.
sizePrecisionnumber4Decimal places for size.
depthnumber12Rows per side.
variant"stacked" | "split""stacked"Layout — asks-on-top or side-by-side.
localestring"en-US"Locale for number + time formatting.
showSpreadbooleantrueShow spread row (stacked variant).
recentTradesRecentTrade[]Attaches a recent-trades panel.
onPriceClick(price, side) => voidMakes price cells clickable.