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Passing the callback function

I have a Modelmenu that is nested in the parent component, it implements the function of opening a modal window by click. Also in this parent component there is a child component to which you need to bind the function of opening a modal window by one more element. I can do this if all the logic is in the parent component, but this is a bad practice, since I will have to duplicate the code on each page in this way. How can I do this? I'm sorry, I'm quite new, I can't understand the callback.
Parent:
const Home: NextPage = () => {
const handleCallback = (handleOpen: any) => {
}
return (
<>
<ModalMenu parentCallback={handleCallback}/>
<Slider handleCallback={handleCallback}/>
</>
)
}
Modal:
export const ModalMenu: FC = (props) => {
const [play, setPlay] = useState<boolean>(false)
const handleOpen = () => {
props.parentCallback(setPlay(!play))
};
const handleClose = () => {
setPlay(false)
setPlay(!play)
};
return
}
Child:
export const Slider: FC= (props) => {
return (
<>
<Image nClick={props.handleCallback}/>
</>

I did as advised in the comments using hook, it works fine, maybe it will be useful to someone. Custom hook is really convenient
export const useModal = () => {
const [play, setPlay] = useState<boolean>(false)
const handleOpen = () => {
setPlay(!play)
};
const handleClose = () => {
setPlay(false)
setPlay(!play)
};
return {
play, handleOpen, handleClose
}
}

If you're looking to pass down values and/or functions from a parent to two or more children, I think it's better to just have the values and functions in the parent
Parent :
const Home: NextPage = () => {
const [play, setPlay] = useState<boolean>(false)
const handleOpen = () => {
setPlay(prev => !prev)
};
const handleClose = () => {
setPlay(false)
setPlay(!play)
};
return (
<>
<ModalMenu handleOpen={handleOpen} handleClose={handleClose} play={play}/>
<MainSlider <ModalMenu handleOpen={handleOpen} handleClose={handleClose} play={play}/>
</>
)
}
if you want to pass an interface to the props in the children for typescript your interface will look something like this
interface iProps {
play : boolean;
handleOpen : () => void;
handleClose : () => void;
}
export const ModalMenu: FC = (props):iProps => {
// you can easily access all you want
const {handleClose, handleOpen, play} = props
return
}
export const Slider: FC= (props): iProps => {
const {handleClose, handleOpen, play} = props
return (
<>
<Image onClick={handleOpen}/>
</>

Is it possible to expose a function defined within a React function component to be called in other components?

I'm refactoring some old code for an alert widget and am abstracting it into its own component that uses DOM portals and conditional rendering. I want to keep as much of the work inside of this component as I possibly can, so ideally I'd love to be able to expose the Alert component itself as well as a function defined inside of that component triggers the render state and style animations so that no outside state management is required. Something like this is what I'm looking to do:
import Alert, { renderAlert } from '../Alert'
const CopyButton = () => (
<>
<Alert text="Text copied!" />
<button onClick={() => renderAlert()}>Copy Your Text</button>
</>
)
Here's what I currently have for the Alert component - right now it takes in a state variable from outside that just flips when the button is clicked and triggers the useEffect inside of the Alert to trigger the renderAlert function. I'd love to just expose renderAlert directly from the component so I can call it without the additional state variable like above.
const Alert = ({ label, color, stateTrigger }) => {
const { Alert__Container, Alert, open } = styles;
const [alertVisible, setAlertVisible] = useState<boolean>(false);
const [alertRendered, setAlertRendered] = useState<boolean>(false);
const portalElement = document.getElementById('portal');
const renderAlert = (): void => {
setAlertRendered(false);
setAlertVisible(false);
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertVisible(true);
}, 5);
setAlertRendered(true);
setTimeout(() => {
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertRendered(false);
}, 251);
setAlertVisible(false);
}, 3000);
};
useEffect(() => {
renderAlert();
}, [stateTrigger])
const ele = (
<div className={Alert__Container}>
{ alertRendered && (
<div className={`${Alert} ${alertVisible ? open : ''}`}>
<DesignLibAlert label={label} color={color}/>
</div>
)}
</div>
);
return portalElement
? ReactDOM.createPortal(ele, portalElement) : null;
};
export default Alert;

Though it's not common to "reach" into other components and invoke functions, React does allow a "backdoor" to do so.
useImperativeHandle
React.forwardRef
The idea is to expose out the renderAlert function imperatively via the React ref system.
Example:
import { forwardRef, useImperativeHandle } from 'react';
const Alert = forwardRef(({ label, color, stateTrigger }, ref) => {
const { Alert__Container, Alert, open } = styles;
const [alertVisible, setAlertVisible] = useState<boolean>(false);
const [alertRendered, setAlertRendered] = useState<boolean>(false);
const portalElement = document.getElementById('portal');
const renderAlert = (): void => {
setAlertRendered(false);
setAlertVisible(false);
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertVisible(true);
}, 5);
setAlertRendered(true);
setTimeout(() => {
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertRendered(false);
}, 251);
setAlertVisible(false);
}, 3000);
};
useEffect(() => {
renderAlert();
}, [stateTrigger]);
useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
renderAlert,
}));
const ele = (
<div className={Alert__Container}>
{ alertRendered && (
<div className={`${Alert} ${alertVisible ? open : ''}`}>
<DesignLibAlert label={label} color={color}/>
</div>
)}
</div>
);
return portalElement
? ReactDOM.createPortal(ele, portalElement) : null;
});
export default Alert;
...
import { useRef } from 'react';
import Alert from '../Alert'
const CopyButton = () => {
const ref = useRef();
const clickHandler = () => {
ref.current?.renderAlert();
};
return (
<>
<Alert ref={ref} text="Text copied!" />
<button onClick={clickHandler}>Copy Your Text</button>
</>
)
};
A more React-way to accomplish this might be to abstract the Alert state into an AlertProvider that renders the portal and handles the rendering of the alert and provides the renderAlert function via the context.
Example:
import { createContext, useContext, useState } from "react";
interface I_Alert {
renderAlert: (text: string) => void;
}
const AlertContext = createContext<I_Alert>({
renderAlert: () => {}
});
const useAlert = () => useContext(AlertContext);
const AlertProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactElement }) => {
const [text, setText] = useState<string>("");
const [alertVisible, setAlertVisible] = useState<boolean>(false);
const [alertRendered, setAlertRendered] = useState<boolean>(false);
...
const renderAlert = (text: string): void => {
setAlertRendered(false);
setAlertVisible(false);
setText(text);
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertVisible(true);
}, 5);
setAlertRendered(true);
setTimeout(() => {
setTimeout(() => {
setAlertRendered(false);
}, 251);
setAlertVisible(false);
}, 3000);
};
const ele = <div>{alertRendered && <div> ..... </div>}</div>;
return (
<AlertContext.Provider value={{ renderAlert }}>
{children}
// ... portal ...
</AlertContext.Provider>
);
};
...
const CopyButton = () => {
const { renderAlert } = useAlert();
const clickHandler = () => {
renderAlert("Text copied!");
};
return (
<>
<button onClick={clickHandler}>Copy Your Text</button>
</>
);
};
...
function App() {
return (
<AlertProvider>
...
<div className="App">
...
<CopyButton />
...
</div>
...
</AlertProvider>
);
}

How to get the number of checked checkboxes in React.js?

I started learning React not so long ago. Decided to make some kind of "life checklist" as one of my beginner projects. I have been using Functional Components in the core.
FYI:
I have data.js as an array of objects where "action", "emoji" and unique ID are stored.
I import it into my App.js.
const App = () => {
//Looping over data
const items = data.map((item) => {
return (
<ChecklistItem action={item.action} emoji={item.emoji} key={item.id} />
);
});
return (
<>
<GlobalStyle />
<StyledHeading>Life Checklist</StyledHeading>
<StyledApp>{items}</StyledApp>
<h2>Overall number: {data.length}</h2>
</>
);
};
export default App;
Here is my <ChecklistItem/> component:
const ChecklistItem = ({ action, emoji }) => {
//State
const [isActive, setIsActive] = useState(false);
//Event Handlers
const changeHandler = () => {
setIsActive(!isActive);
};
return (
<StyledChecklistItem isActive={isActive}>
<input type="checkbox" checked={isActive} onChange={changeHandler} />
<StyledEmoji role="img">{emoji}</StyledEmoji>
<StyledCaption>{action}</StyledCaption>
</StyledChecklistItem>
);
};
export default ChecklistItem;
I would be satisfied with the functionality so far, but I need to show how many "active" checklist items were chosen in the parent <App/> component like "You have chosen X items out of {data.length}. How can I achieve this?
I assume that I need to lift the state up, but cannot understand how to implement this properly yet.

You can do that by simply creating a state for storing this particular count of active items.
To do that, you would need to update your <App/> component to something like this
const App = () => {
const [activeItemsCount, setActiveItemsCount] = useState(0);
//Looping over data
const items = data.map((item, index) => {
return (
<ChecklistItem
key={index}
action={item.action}
emoji={item.emoji}
setActiveItemsCount={setActiveItemsCount}
/>
);
});
return (
<>
<h1>Life Checklist</h1>
<div>{items}</div>
<div>Active {activeItemsCount} </div>
<h2>Overall number: {data.length}</h2>
</>
);
};
export default App;
And then in your <ChecklistItem /> component, you would need to accept that setActiveItemsCount function so that you can change the state of the activeItemsCount.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
const ChecklistItem = ({ action, emoji, setActiveItemsCount }) => {
const [isActive, setIsActive] = useState(false);
const changeHandler = () => {
setIsActive(!isActive);
};
useEffect(() => {
if (!isActive) {
setActiveItemsCount((prevCount) => {
if (prevCount !== 0) {
return prevCount - 1;
}
return prevCount;
});
}
if (isActive) {
setActiveItemsCount((prevCount) => prevCount + 1);
}
}, [isActive, setActiveItemsCount]);
return <input type="checkbox" checked={isActive} onChange={changeHandler} />;
};
export default ChecklistItem;
By using the useEffect and the checks for isActive and 0 value, you can nicely increment or decrement the active count number by pressing the checkboxes.

How about this?
const data = [
{ action: '1', emoji: '1', id: 1 },
{ action: '2', emoji: '2', id: 2 },
{ action: '3', emoji: '3', id: 3 },
];
const ChecklistItem = ({ action, emoji, isActive, changeHandler }) => {
return (
<div isActive={isActive}>
<input type="checkbox" checked={isActive} onChange={changeHandler} />
<div>{emoji}</div>
<div>{action}</div>
</div>
);
};
const PageContainer = () => {
const [checkedItemIds, setCheckedItemIds] = useState([]);
function changeHandler(itemId) {
if (checkedItemIds.indexOf(itemId) > -1) {
setCheckedItemIds((prev) => prev.filter((i) => i !== itemId));
} else {
setCheckedItemIds((prev) => [...prev, itemId]);
}
}
const items = data.map((item) => {
const isActive = checkedItemIds.indexOf(item.id) > -1;
return (
<ChecklistItem
isActive={isActive}
changeHandler={() => changeHandler(item.id)}
action={item.action}
emoji={item.emoji}
key={item.id}
/>
);
});
return (
<div className="bg-gray-100">
<div>{items}</div>
<h2>
You have chosen {checkedItemIds.length} items out of {data.length}
</h2>
</div>
);
};

When data is used by a child component, but the parent needs to be aware of it for various reasons, that should be state in the parent component. That state is then handed to the child as props.
One way to do this would be to initialize your parent component with a piece of state that was an array of boolean values all initialized to false. Map that state into the checkbox components themselves and hand isActive as a prop based on that boolean value. You should then also hand the children a function of the parent that will change the state of the boolean value at a certain index of that array.
Here's a bit of a contrived example:
// Parent.tsx
const [checkBoxes, setCheckboxes] = useState(data.map(data => ({
id: data.id,
action: data.action,
emoji: data.emoji
isActive: false,
})));
const handleCheckedChange = (i) => {
setCheckboxes(checkBoxes => {
checkBoxes[i].isActive = !checkBoxes[i].isActive;
return checkBoxes;
})
}
return(
checkBoxes.map((item, i) =>
<ChecklistItem
action={item.action}
emoji={item.emoji}
key={item.id}
index={i}
isActive={item.isActive}
handleChange={handleCheckedChange}
/>
)
);
// CheckListItem.tsx
const CheckListItem = ({ action, emoji, index, isActive, handleChange }) => (
<StyledChecklistItem isActive={isActive}>
<input type="checkbox" checked={isActive} onChange={() => handleChange(index)} />
<StyledEmoji role="img">{emoji}</StyledEmoji>
<StyledCaption>{action}</StyledCaption>
</StyledChecklistItem>
)

"React" how to pass event to adjacent component

I need to make a click on the button in one component and on this click call a function in the adjacent one. What's the easiest way?
I implemented like this. https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-l5beyi But I think you can do it much easier. React is new to me, and this construction looks strange ...
const App = () => {
const [isAdded, setIsAdded] = useState(false);
function handleClick(status) {
setIsAdded(status)
}
return (
<div>
<ComponentFirst
HandleClick={handleClick}
/>
<ComponentSecond
isAdded={isAdded}
handleCreate={handleClick}
/>
</div>
);
}
const ComponentFirst = ({ HandleClick }) => {
return (
<button
onClick={HandleClick}
>button</button>
)
}
const ComponentSecond = (props) => {
let { isAdded, handleCreate } = props;
const result = () => {
alert('work')
console.log('work')
}
React.useEffect(() => {
if (isAdded) {
result()
handleCreate(false);
}
}, [isAdded, handleCreate]);
return (
<></>
)
}

In your (contrived, I suppose) example the second component doesn't render anything, so it doesn't exist. The work should be done by the parent component:
const App = () => {
const handleClick = React.useCallback((status) => {
alert(`work ${status}`);
// or maybe trigger some asynchronous work?
}, []);
return (
<div>
<ComponentFirst handleClick={handleClick} />
</div>
);
};
const ComponentFirst = ({ handleClick }) => {
return <button onClick={() => handleClick("First!")}>button</button>;
};

You can also use a CustomEvent to which any component can listen to.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import "./styles.css";
export default function App() {
return (
<div>
<ComponentFirst />
<ComponentSecond />
</div>
);
}
const ComponentFirst = () => {
const handleClick = (e) => {
// Create the event.
const event = new CustomEvent("myCustomEventName", {
detail: "Some information"
});
// target can be any Element or other EventTarget.
window.dispatchEvent(event);
};
return <button onClick={handleClick}>button</button>;
};
const ComponentSecond = (props) => {
function eventHandler(e) {
console.log("Dispatched Detail: " + e.detail);
}
//Listen for this event on the window object
useEffect(() => {
window.addEventListener("myCustomEventName", eventHandler);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener("myCustomEventName", eventHandler);
};
});
return <></>;
};

Can i set state in parent from child using useEffect hook in react

I have a set of buttons in a child component where when clicked set a corresponding state value true or false. I have a useEffect hook in this child component also with dependencies on all these state values so if a button is clicked, this hook then calls setFilter which is passed down as a prop from the parent...
const Filter = ({ setFilter }) => {
const [cycling, setCycling] = useState(true);
const [diy, setDiy] = useState(true);
useEffect(() => {
setFilter({
cycling: cycling,
diy: diy
});
}, [cycling, diy]);
return (
<Fragment>
<Row>
<Col>
<Button block onClick={() => setCycling(!cycling)}>cycling</Button>
</Col>
<Col>
<Button block onClick={() => setdIY(!DIY)}>DIY</Button>
</Col>
</Row>
</Fragment>
);
};
In the parent component I display a list of items. I have two effects in the parent, one which does an initial load of items and then one which fires whenever the filter is changed. I have removed most of the code for brevity but I think the ussue I am having boils down to the fact that on render of my ItemDashboard the filter is being called twice. How can I stop this happening or is there another way I should be looking at this.
const ItemDashboard = () => {
const [filter, setFilter] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
console.log('on mount');
}, []);
useEffect(() => {
console.log('filter');
}, [filter]);
return (
<Container>..
<Filter setFilter={setFilter} />
</Container>
);
}

I'm guessing, you're looking for the way to lift state up to common parent.
In order to do that, you may bind event handlers of child components (passed as props) to desired callbacks within their common parent.
The following live-demo demonstrates the concept:
const { render } = ReactDOM,
{ useState } = React
const hobbies = ['cycling', 'DIY', 'hiking']
const ChildList = ({list}) => (
<ul>
{list.map((li,key) => <li {...{key}}>{li}</li>)}
</ul>
)
const ChildFilter = ({onFilter, visibleLabels}) => (
<div>
{
hobbies.map((hobby,key) => (
<label {...{key}}>{hobby}
<input
type="checkbox"
value={hobby}
checked={visibleLabels.includes(hobby)}
onChange={({target:{value,checked}}) => onFilter(value, checked)}
/>
</label>))
}
</div>
)
const Parent = () => {
const [visibleHobbies, setVisibleHobbies] = useState(hobbies),
onChangeVisibility = (hobby,visible) => {
!visible ?
setVisibleHobbies(visibleHobbies.filter(h => h != hobby)) :
setVisibleHobbies([...visibleHobbies, hobby])
}
return (
<div>
<ChildList list={visibleHobbies} />
<ChildFilter onFilter={onChangeVisibility} visibleLabels={visibleHobbies} />
</div>
)
}
render (
<Parent />,
document.getElementById('root')
)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.12.0/umd/react.production.min.js"></script><script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.11.0/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script><div id="root"></div>

Yes, you can, useEffect in child component which depends on the state is also how you typically implement a component which is controlled & uncontrolled:
const NOOP = () => {};
// Filter
const Child = ({ onChange = NOOP }) => {
const [counter, setCounter] = useState(0);
useEffect(() => {
onChange(counter);
}, [counter, onChange]);
const onClick = () => setCounter(c => c + 1);
return (
<div>
<div>{counter}</div>
<button onClick={onClick}>Increase</button>
</div>
);
};
// ItemDashboard
const Parent = () => {
const [value, setState] = useState(null);
useEffect(() => {
console.log(value);
}, [value]);
return <Child onChange={setState} />;
};