Opening a component changes overall style of the App- Mui - javascript

I am using Mui and Material kit theme to build a project..
I am using the theme provided by Material kit and i am also using custom css to modify some features of the default components provided by Material kit, but I am unable to overrride the styles.. So right now i am stuck with default theme provided by Material kit
But recently i added another component in my app, and i noticed that whenever i open that component the overall styling of the app changes, which to my surprise were the custom styles i provided, which were'nt working before..
My question is-
What might be the reason for this behaviour
Any help would be greatly appreciated
This is my App.js
import './App.css';
// #mui material components
import { ThemeProvider } from "#mui/material/styles";
import CssBaseline from "#mui/material/CssBaseline";
// Material Kit 2 React themes
import theme from "assets/theme";
import { BrowserRouter, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
import HomeSkeleton from 'components/Drawer/Drawer';
import SignInCover from 'components/sign-in/Signin';
import DSAManagement from 'components/DSAManagement/DSAManagement';
import LeadManagement from 'components/LeadManagement/LeadManagement';
import ResponsiveDrawer from 'components/Drawer/ResponsiveDrawer';
import NotificationsComp from 'components/notifications/NotificationsComp';
import Notifications from 'components/common/Notifications/Notifications';
function App() {
return (
<ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
<CssBaseline />
<BrowserRouter>
<Routes>
<Route exact path='/' element={<SignInCover/>} />
<Route exact path='/res' element={<ResponsiveDrawer/>}></Route>
<Route exact path='/home' element={<HomeSkeleton/>} >
<Route exact path='dsa-management' element={<DSAManagement />}/>
<Route exact path='lead-management' element={<LeadManagement />}/>
<Route exact path='payout-management' element={<DSAManagement />}/>
<Route exact path='product-management' element={<DSAManagement />}/>
<Route exact path='notifications' element={<NotificationsComp />}/>
<Route exact path='user-notifications' element={<Notifications />} />
</Route>
</Routes>
</BrowserRouter>
</ThemeProvider>
);
}
export default App;
And this is the troubling component
import React from 'react'
import { TextareaAutosize, Toolbar } from '#material-ui/core'
import { Box } from '#material-ui/core'
import { Icon } from '#material-ui/core'
import { IconButton } from '#material-ui/core'
import { AccessTime, Bookmark } from '#material-ui/icons'
import { Button, Grid } from '#mui/material'
import NotificationTabs from './NotificationTabs'
const NotificationsComp = () => {
return(
<>
<Grid container>
<Grid item md={12}>
<Toolbar disableGutters sx={{padding: 0}}>
<Box sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', md: 'flex' } }}>
<IconButton size="medium" aria-label="filter" color="inherit">
<Icon>filterList</Icon>
</IconButton>
<Button variant="text" color='black'
sx={{
display: 'inline-block',
fontSize: '0.8rem', p:0,
mr: '1rem',
letterSpacing: 0}}>
Filter
</Button>
<Button variant="text" color='black'
sx={{
display: 'inline-block',
fontSize: '0.8rem', p:0,
mr: '1rem',
letterSpacing: 0}}>
(500 DSA selected)
</Button>
</Box>
</Toolbar>
</Grid>
<Grid item md={12}>
<TextareaAutosize style={{height: '10rem',width: '100%', padding: '1rem'}} placeholder={'Write Notification Text here'}></TextareaAutosize>
<Toolbar disableGutters>
<Box sx={{ display: { xs: 'none', md: 'flex' }, px: 0 }} >
<IconButton size="medium" aria-label="show 4 new mails" color="inherit">
<Icon>send</Icon>
</IconButton>
<Button variant="text" color='black'
sx={{
display: 'inline-block',
fontSize: '0.8rem', p:0,
mr: '1rem',
letterSpacing: 0}}>
Send Notification
</Button>
<IconButton
size="medium"
aria-label="show 17 new notifications"
color="inherit"
>
<AccessTime/>
</IconButton>
<Button variant="text" color='black'
sx={{
display: 'inline-block',
fontSize: '0.8rem', p:0,
mr: '1rem',
letterSpacing: 0}}>
Schedule
</Button>
<IconButton
size="medium"
aria-label="save notifications"
color="inherit"
>
<Bookmark/>
</IconButton>
<Button variant="text" color='black'
sx={{
display: 'inline-block',
fontSize: '0.8rem', p:0,
mr: '1rem',
letterSpacing: 0}}>
Save
</Button>
</Box>
</Toolbar>
</Grid>
<Grid item md={12}>
<NotificationTabs/>
</Grid>
</Grid>
</>
)
}
export default NotificationsComp

Solution
Reason ->
The overall css was changing because the component in question had different import paths for mui components than the paths that were set in the rest of the components, app-wide.
Explaination ->
Take for example if ->
In rest of the components Box was imported from '#mui/material/Box, but in NotificationsComp component it was imported from '#material-ui/core. So when this component loaded it introduced some more css classes which overrided the existing css classes for these components and hence the change in css.
So setting the same paths for mui components in the <NotificationsComp/> as the rest of the app fixed the problem.

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App.JS file
import React from 'react';
import './App.css';
import {
BrowserRouter as Router,
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Route,
Link,
Switch,
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import SignIn from './pages/SignIn.jsx';
function App() {
return (
<Router>
<Routes>
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<Route path="/sign-up">
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</Routes>
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import Button from '#mui/material/Button';
import CssBaseline from '#mui/material/CssBaseline';
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md={7}
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Also as you can see in the previous link form reactrouter docs instead of childrens you should use the property element={...} from <Route
(so something like
<Route path="/sign-up" element={<Signup />} />
. Or to match your case something like <Route path="/sign-up" element={"Signup"} />)
There might be other issues as well (this were the ones that stood out). But without a minimal reproducible example is kind of hard to tell

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Students
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import React, { useState } from "react";
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Drawer,
Box,
IconButton,
List,
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TextField,
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import ShoppingBagOutlinedIcon from "#mui/icons-material/ShoppingBagOutlined";
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I am using react router dom v6 and want to implement a logic where the sidebar will be available across all the components in my. Currently whenever i try to click any in side bar the side bar is vanishing.
I want to keep the side bar across all the components in my app.
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import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
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List,
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Drawer,
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Box,
ListItemButton,
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import { makeStyles } from "#mui/styles";
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import WatchLaterIcon from "#mui/icons-material/WatchLater";
import GroupsIcon from "#mui/icons-material/Groups";
import AssignmentOutlinedIcon from "#mui/icons-material/AssignmentOutlined";
import AssessmentOutlinedIcon from "#mui/icons-material/AssessmentOutlined";
import LogoutOutlinedIcon from "#mui/icons-material/LogoutOutlined";
import MeetingRoomOutlinedIcon from "#mui/icons-material/MeetingRoomOutlined";
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import Homepage from "../homepage/HomePage";
import Scheduler from "../scheduler/Scheduler";
import Classroom from "../classroom/Classroom";
import Assignment from "../assignment/Assignment";
import ReportCard from "../reportcard/ReportCard";
import Meeting from "../meetings/Meetings";
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drawerPaper: {
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borderRadius: "2%",
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listitem: {
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background: "#f9f9f9",
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navlink: {
textDecoration: "inherit",
color: "inherit",
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<Box sx={{ display: "flex" }}>
<Divider />
<Drawer
className={classes.drawer}
variant="permanent"
classes={{ paper: classes.drawerPaper }}
anchor="left"
>
{/*App Logo */}
<Avatar
src={Logo}
alt="404"
sx={{ width: 100, height: 100, alignSelf: "center", margin: 1 }}
/>
{/*Menu Items */}
<List component="nav">
<Link to="/api/v1/app/userHome" className={classes.navlink}>
<ListItemButton
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"&:hover": {
fontWeight: "bold",
boxShadow: 1,
background: "#6D62DA",
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</ListItemIcon>
<ListItemText primary="Home" />
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<Divider />
<Link to="/api/v1/app/schedule" className={classes.navlink}>
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"&:hover": {
fontWeight: "bold",
boxShadow: 1,
background: "#6D62DA",
},
}}
>
<ListItemIcon>
<WatchLaterIcon />
</ListItemIcon>
<ListItemText primary="Scheduler" />
</ListItemButton>
</Link>
<Divider />
</List>
</Drawer>
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<Route path='/api/v1/app/schedule' element={<Scheduler />}></Route>
</Routes>
</Box>
);
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import React from 'react';
import { Grid } from "#mui/material";
import SideMenuBar from '../sidemenubar/SideMenuBar';
import HomePage from '../homepage/HomePage';
import Scheduler from '../scheduler/Scheduler';
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render(){
return (
<Grid container>
<Grid item md={4}>
<SideMenuBar />
</Grid>
<Grid item md={8}>
<HomePage />
</Grid>
</Grid>
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Using Layout Wrapper Component and Outlet
Create a layout container component that renders the Sidebar component and an Outlet into the respective grid columns. Render the page routes nested into the layout.
import { Outlet } from 'react-router-dom';
import SideMenuBar from '../sidemenubar/SideMenuBar';
const PageLayout = () => (
<Grid container>
<Grid item md={4}>
<SideMenuBar />
</Grid>
<Grid item md={8}>
<Outlet /> // <-- nested routes rendered here
</Grid>
</Grid>
);
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<Router>
<Routes>
<Route path="/" element={<PageLayout />} >
<Route index element={<Login />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/userHome" element={<UserHome />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/schedule" element={<Scheduler />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/myclassroom" element={<Classroom />} />
<Route
path="/api/v1/app/myassignments"
element={<Assignment />}
/>
<Route path="/api/v1/app/mymeetings" element={<Meeting />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/viewreports" element={<ReportCard />} />
</Route>
</Routes>
</Router>
Using Wrapper Component and children Prop
An alternative would be to have the PageLayout component render its children instead, and wrap the Routes component.
const PageLayout = ({ children }) => (
<Grid container>
<Grid item md={4}>
<SideMenuBar />
</Grid>
<Grid item md={8}>
{children}
</Grid>
</Grid>
);
index.js
<Router>
<PageLayout>
<Routes>
<Route path="/ element={<Login />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/userHome" element={<UserHome />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/schedule" element={<Scheduler />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/myclassroom" element={<Classroom />} />
<Route
path="/api/v1/app/myassignments"
element={<Assignment />}
/>
<Route path="/api/v1/app/mymeetings" element={<Meeting />} />
<Route path="/api/v1/app/viewreports" element={<ReportCard />} />
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What the component actually looks like:
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.App {
text-align: center;
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If what you mean is the dark background, you can achieve it by setting the theme mode to dark:
import { ThemeProvider, createTheme } from "#mui/material/styles";
const theme = createTheme({
palette: {
mode: "dark"
}
});
<ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
<Card sx={{ minWidth: 275 }}>
{...}
</Card>
</ThemeProvider>

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