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Passing Function parameter to another component in react

I a learning react and stuck at this place. I am creating an app In which user will see a list of product with different id and name. I have created another component in which the detail of the product will open . I am collection the id and value of the particular product in my addList component by onClick function. And now i want to send those value in DetailList component so that i can show the detail of that particular product.
A roadmap like
Add list -> (user click on a product) -> id and name of the product passes to the DetailList component -> Detail list component open by fetching the product detail.
Here is my code of Add list component
export default class Addlist extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
posts : []
}
}
passToDetailList(id) {
console.log( id)
}
async componentDidMount() {
axios.get('http://localhost:80/get_add_list.php')
.then(response => {
console.log(response);
this.setState({posts: response.data})
})
.catch(error => {
console.log(error);
})
}
render() {
const { posts } = this.state;
// JSON.parse(posts)
return (
<Fragment>
<div className="container" id="listOfAdd">
<ul className="addUl">
{
posts.map(post => {
return (
<li key={post.id}>
<div className="row">
<div className="col-md-4">
<img src={trialImage} alt=""></img>
</div> {/* min col end */}
<div className="col-md-8">
<b><h2>{post.add_title}</h2></b>
{/* This button is clicked by user to view detail of that particular product */}
<button onClick={() => this.passToDetailList(post.id)}>VIEW</button>
</div> {/* min col end */}
</div> {/* row end */}
</li>
);
})}
</ul>
</div>{/* container end */}
</Fragment>
)
}
}

You should pass the data through the routes -
<Route path="/details/:id" component={DetailList} /> // router config
passToDetailList(id) {
this.props.history.push('/details/'+id)
}
and then in the DetailList Component, you can access the value through -
console.log(this.props.match.params.id) - //here is the passed product Id

You need to elevate the state for id to a common parent between AddList and DetailList and then create a function in parent component to set the id and pass the id and setId function to your AddList Component through props , then just use setId function to set the id state in passToDetailList function.
finally you can use the id in your DetailList Component to fetch its details
so Here is how your AddList Component would look like:
export default class Addlist extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
posts: []
};
}
passToDetailList(id) {
this.props.setId(id);
}
// The rest of your code
}
and here is how your DetailList Component will look like:
export default class DetailList extends Component {
componentDidMount(){
// Use the id to fetch its details
console.log(this.props.id)
}
}
and finally here is your CommonParent Component:
export default class CommonParent extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
id: ''
};
this.setId = this.setId.bind(this);
}
setId(id){
this.setState({
id
})
}
render(){
return(
<>
<AddList setId={this.setId} />
<DetailList id={this.state.id} />
</>
)
}
}
if your Components are very far from each other in component tree you can use react context or redux for handling id state

Passing props to nested child component

Here's my structure :
Main.js (Parent)
MainContainer.js
|
|_ Article.js
|
|__ Comments.js
Now i want to set click handler on comment component (recursive component) and dispatch an action.
here's my code on comment.js
class Comment extends Component {
deleteComment = (id) => {
this.props.handleDelete(id)
}
render() {
var comment = this.props.comment
return (
<div className={styles.commentsWrapper}>
<ul>
<li>
<div className={styles.commentsName}>
<a onClick={() => this.deleteComment(comment.id)} className={styles.commentsNameRight}>
</a>
</div>
<p>{comment.body}</p>
{comment.children.length > 0 && comment.children.map(function(child) {
return <Comment comment={child} key={child.id}/>
})}
</li>
</ul>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Comment;
and Article.js :
class Article extends Component {
handleDeleteComment = (id) => {
this.props.deleteComment(id)
}
render() {
return (
<article className={styles.articleItem}>
{this.props.comments.map(item =>
<Comment handleDelete={this.handleDeleteComment} comment={item} key={item.id}/>)}
</article>
);
}
}
export default Article;
And the Main.js
class Main extends Component {
deleteComment = (id) => {
this.props.deleteCommentRequest(id)
}
render() {
return (
<div className="">
<Header />
<section className="container">
<div>
{
!this.props.articles.loading && this.props.articles.articles? (
<div>
{this.props.articles.articles.map(item =>
<Article
bodytext={item.selftext}
key={item.id}
comments={item.finalComments}
deleteComment={this.deleteComment}
/>)}
</div>
) : (
<div className={styles.loading}> <Spin /> </div>
)
}
</div>
</section>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Main;
so what i did here is: pass deleteComment as props from main to article and pass again handleDelete from article to comment.
not sure if it's a good way of doing this ?
Thanks in advance

Nothing wrong with this pattern for 2 - 3 depth of components, as that is how data should flow from children to ancestors. But if your application is getting heavier with several layers, consider a different state management such as redux where a global state is maintained and any component can subscribe to it and dispatch actions. More on that here.
Alternatively you can also achieve the same with React Hooks with useContext where you can set the context and any child component can subscribe to it. Example:
const MyContext = React.createContext();
export default function App({ children }) {
const [items, setItems] = React.useState([]);
return (
<MyContext.Provider value={{ items, setItems }}>
{children}
</MyContext.Provider>
);
}
export { MyContext };
Now in any child at any level of depth as long as it is within App component's children, you can do this:
import {MyContext} from './filename';
function TodoItem() {
const { items, setItems } = React.useContext(MyContext);
return (
<div onClick={() => setItems(1)}>
</div>
);
}

you can use context API to have the props in the wrapper and easily accessible from child component.
there is a great tutorial from wesbos on youtube
class App extends Component {
render() {
return (
<MyProvider>
<div>
<p>I am the app</p>
<Family />
</div>
</MyProvider>
);
}
}
class MyProvider extends Component {
state = {
name: 'Wes',
age: 100,
cool: true
}
render() {
return (
<MyContext.Provider value={{
state: this.state,
growAYearOlder: () => this.setState({
age: this.state.age + 1
})
}}>
{this.props.children}
</MyContext.Provider>
)
}
}

React sibling communication with ONLY access to parent

I am trying to create something similar to React Bootstrap's dropdown component. My starting skeleton is something like the following:
import React from 'react';
const DropDown = props => {
return <div className="dropdown-container">{props.children}</div>;
};
const DropDownToggle = props => {
return <div className="dropdown-toggle">{props.children}</div>;
};
const DropDownContent = props => {
return <div className="dropdown-content">{props.children}</div>;
};
export { DropDown, DropDownToggle, DropDownContent };
These components would be used like this:
<DropDown>
<DropDownToggle>
{/*
The content inside here should be customizable so the user of
these components can specify whatever they want for the toggle
*/}
<button type="button">
my button
</button>
</DropDownToggle>
<DropDownContent>
{/*
The content inside here should be customizable so the user of
these components can specify whatever they want for the content of
the dropdown
*/}
<ContentComponent/>
</DropDownContent>
</DropDown>
Is there a way I can communicate between the two children components (DropDownContent and DropDownToggle)? I have access to the parent component and it just receives and displays the children so far, but I would like to somehow communicate between the children so that the user can click on the toggle to open/close the content. I don't want to use redux.
Thank you in advance!
EDIT
I ended up going with the method that #Train suggested in his/her comment below. I was originally hoping for the ability to nest components manually, but what was most important to me was having the state be self-contained in the parent component. Being able to define the toggle button's HTML as well as the content's HTML was also a requirement. My final implementation allows for both of these things and looks something like this:
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
export class Dropdown extends React.Component {
state = {
isOpen: false,
};
onDropDownToggleClick = () => {
this.setState({ isOpen: !this.state.isOpen });
};
render() {
let contentClasses = 'dropdown-content';
if (this.state.isOpen) {
contentClasses += ' show';
}
return (
<div className="dropdown-container">
<div className="dropdown-toggle" onClick={this.onDropDownToggleClick}>
{this.props.toggle}
</div>
<div className={contentClasses}>{this.props.content}</div>
</div>
);
}
}
Dropdown.propTypes = {
toggle: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.element]).isRequired,
content: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.string, PropTypes.element])
.isRequired,
};
export default Dropdown;
to use it:
const dropDownToggle = (
<button type="button">
Dropdown
</button>
);
const dropDownContent = 'content';
<DropDown
toggle={dropDownToggle}
content={dropDownContent}
/>

For something like toggling content you can use composition instead of inheritance to pass data around.
From the example of Facebook
This is done with props.children property.
function Dialog(props) {
return (
<FancyBorder color="blue">
<h1 className="Dialog-title">
{props.title}
</h1>
<p className="Dialog-message">
{props.message}
</p>
{props.children}
</FancyBorder>
);
}
class SignUpDialog extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
this.handleSignUp = this.handleSignUp.bind(this);
this.state = {login: ''};
}
render() {
return (
<Dialog title="Mars Exploration Program"
message="How should we refer to you?">
<input value={this.state.login}
onChange={this.handleChange} />
<button onClick={this.handleSignUp}>
Sign Me Up!
</button>
</Dialog>
);
}
handleChange(e) {
this.setState({login: e.target.value});
}
handleSignUp() {
alert(`Welcome aboard, ${this.state.login}!`);
}
}
In the render() I am rendering the Dialog component and passing in the props.
the props are .children and the custom props title, message
This lets us pass child elements directly into the output we can even add components from other classes as I did with the SignUpDialog.

Did you have something like this in mind?
const actionTypes = {
TOGGLE: "TOGGLE"
};
const notRedux = {
actionHandlers: Object.keys(actionTypes).reduce(
(acc, val) => ({ [val]: [], ...acc }),
{}
),
dispatchAction(actionType, data) {
this.actionHandlers[actionType].forEach(handler => handler(data));
},
onAction(actionType, actionHandler) {
this.actionHandlers[actionType].push(actionHandler);
}
};
const DropDown = ({ children }) => {
return <div className="dropdown-container">{children}</div>;
};
const DropDownToggle = () => {
const onClick = () =>
notRedux.dispatchAction(actionTypes.TOGGLE, "oh hi Mark");
return (
<div className="dropdown-toggle">
<button type="button" onClick={onClick}>
my button
</button>
</div>
);
};
const DropDownContent = props => {
notRedux.onAction(actionTypes.TOGGLE, data =>
alert(`DropDownToggle said ${data} //DropDownContent`)
);
return <div className="dropdown-content">{props.children}</div>;
};
const App = () => (
<DropDown>
<DropDownToggle></DropDownToggle>
<DropDownContent>
<span>Content goes here</span>
</DropDownContent>
</DropDown>
);
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("app"));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="app"></app>

rendering multiple elements after onClick event in React

I'm having problems trying to render two react elements inside a react component after a onClick event. Wondering if that's even possible? I'm sure I'm messing up the ternary operator, but I cannot think on another way to do what I'm trying to do ?
TL;DR: "When I click a button I see elementA and elementB"
Here is a snippet of the code:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
class MyComponent extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = { showElement: true };
this.onHandleClick = this.onHandleClick.bind(this);
}
onHandleClick() {
console.log(`current state: ${this.state.showElement} and prevState: ${this.prevState}`);
this.setState(prevState => ({ showElement: !this.state.showElement }) );
};
elementA() {
<div>
<h1>
some data
</h1>
</div>
}
elementB() {
<div>
<h1>
some data
</h1>
</div>
}
render() {
return (
<section>
<button onClick={ this.onHandleClick } showElement={this.state.showElement === true}>
</button>
{ this.state.showElement
?
null
:
this.elementA() && this.elementB()
}
</section>
)
}
}
export default MyComponent;

You just inattentive.
elementA() {
return ( // You forget
<div>
<h1>
some data
</h1>
</div>
)
}
And the same in element B.
And if You want to see both components you should change Your ternary to
{ this.state.showElement
?
<div> {this.elementA()} {this.elementB()}</div>
:
null
}
Another "and", for toggling showElement in state just enough
this.setState({showElement: !this.state.showElement });

Try this instead, (I will add comments into the code trying to explain what's going on):
function SomeComponentName() { // use props if you want to pass some data to this component. Meaning that if you can keep it stateless do so.
return (
<div>
<h1>
some data
</h1>
</div>
);
}
class MyComponent extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = { showElement: false }; // you say that initially you don't want to show it, right? So let's set it to false :)
this.onHandleClick = this.onHandleClick.bind(this);
}
onHandleClick() {
this.setState(prevState => ({ showElement: !prevState.showElement }) );
// As I pointed out in the comment: when using the "reducer" version of `setState` you should use the parameter that's provided to you with the previous state, try never using the word `this` inside a "reducer" `setState` function
};
render() {
return (
<section>
<button onClick={ this.onHandleClick } showElement={this.state.showElement === false}>
</button>
{ this.state.showElement
? [<SomeComponentName key="firstOne" />, <SomeComponentName key="secondOne" />]
: null
}
</section>
)
}
}
export default MyComponent;

Show or hide element in React

I am messing around with React.js for the first time and cannot find a way to show or hide something on a page via click event. I am not loading any other library to the page, so I am looking for some native way using the React library. This is what I have so far. I would like to show the results div when the click event fires.
var Search= React.createClass({
handleClick: function (event) {
console.log(this.prop);
},
render: function () {
return (
<div className="date-range">
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={this.handleClick} />
</div>
);
}
});
var Results = React.createClass({
render: function () {
return (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>
);
}
});
React.renderComponent(<Search /> , document.body);

React circa 2020
In the onClick callback, call the state hook's setter function to update the state and re-render:
const Search = () => {
const [showResults, setShowResults] = React.useState(false)
const onClick = () => setShowResults(true)
return (
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={onClick} />
{ showResults ? <Results /> : null }
</div>
)
}
const Results = () => (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>
)
ReactDOM.render(<Search />, document.querySelector("#container"))
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.13.1/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.13.1/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<!-- This element's contents will be replaced with your component. -->
</div>
JSFiddle
React circa 2014
The key is to update the state of the component in the click handler using setState. When the state changes get applied, the render method gets called again with the new state:
var Search = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return { showResults: false };
},
onClick: function() {
this.setState({ showResults: true });
},
render: function() {
return (
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={this.onClick} />
{ this.state.showResults ? <Results /> : null }
</div>
);
}
});
var Results = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>
);
}
});
ReactDOM.render( <Search /> , document.getElementById('container'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.6.2/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/15.6.2/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<!-- This element's contents will be replaced with your component. -->
</div>
JSFiddle

<style type="text/css">
.hidden { display:none; }
</style>
const Example = props =>
<div className={props.shouldHide? 'hidden' : undefined}>Hello</div>

Here is an alternative syntax for the ternary operator:
{ this.state.showMyComponent ? <MyComponent /> : null }
is equivalent to:
{ this.state.showMyComponent && <MyComponent /> }
Learn why
Also alternative syntax with display: 'none';
<MyComponent style={this.state.showMyComponent ? {} : { display: 'none' }} />
However, if you overuse display: 'none', this leads to DOM pollution and ultimately slows down your application.

Here is my approach.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
function ToggleBox({ title, children }) {
const [isOpened, setIsOpened] = useState(false);
function toggle() {
setIsOpened(wasOpened => !wasOpened);
}
return (
<div className="box">
<div className="boxTitle" onClick={toggle}>
{title}
</div>
{isOpened && (
<div className="boxContent">
{children}
</div>
)}
</div>
);
}
In code above, to achieve this, I'm using code like:
{opened && <SomeElement />}
That will render SomeElement only if opened is true. It works because of the way how JavaScript resolve logical conditions:
true && true && 2; // will output 2
true && false && 2; // will output false
true && 'some string'; // will output 'some string'
opened && <SomeElement />; // will output SomeElement if `opened` is true, will output false otherwise (and false will be ignored by react during rendering)
// be careful with 'falsy' values eg
const someValue = [];
someValue.length && <SomeElement /> // will output 0, which will be rednered by react
// it'll be better to:
someValue.length > 0 && <SomeElement /> // will render nothing as we cast the value to boolean
Reasons for using this approach instead of CSS 'display: none';
While it might be 'cheaper' to hide an element with CSS - in such case 'hidden' element is still 'alive' in react world (which might make it actually way more expensive)
it means that if props of the parent element (eg. <TabView>) will change - even if you see only one tab, all 5 tabs will get re-rendered
the hidden element might still have some lifecycle methods running - eg. it might fetch some data from the server after every update even tho it's not visible
the hidden element might crash the app if it'll receive incorrect data. It might happen as you can 'forget' about invisible nodes when updating the state
you might by mistake set wrong 'display' style when making element visible - eg. some div is 'display: flex' by default, but you'll set 'display: block' by mistake with display: invisible ? 'block' : 'none' which might break the layout
using someBoolean && <SomeNode /> is very simple to understand and reason about, especially if your logic related to displaying something or not gets complex
in many cases, you want to 'reset' element state when it re-appears. eg. you might have a slider that you want to set to initial position every time it's shown. (if that's desired behavior to keep previous element state, even if it's hidden, which IMO is rare - I'd indeed consider using CSS if remembering this state in a different way would be complicated)

with the newest version react 0.11 you can also just return null to have no content rendered.
Rendering to null

This is a nice way to make use of the virtual DOM:
class Toggle extends React.Component {
state = {
show: true,
}
toggle = () => this.setState((currentState) => ({show: !currentState.show}));
render() {
return (
<div>
<button onClick={this.toggle}>
toggle: {this.state.show ? 'show' : 'hide'}
</button>
{this.state.show && <div>Hi there</div>}
</div>
);
}
}
Example here
Using React hooks:
const Toggle = () => {
const [show, toggleShow] = React.useState(true);
return (
<div>
<button
onClick={() => toggleShow(!show)}
>
toggle: {show ? 'show' : 'hide'}
</button>
{show && <div>Hi there</div>}
</div>
)
}
Example here

I created a small component that handles this for you: react-toggle-display
It sets the style attribute to display: none !important based on the hide or show props.
Example usage:
var ToggleDisplay = require('react-toggle-display');
var Search = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return { showResults: false };
},
onClick: function() {
this.setState({ showResults: true });
},
render: function() {
return (
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={this.onClick} />
<ToggleDisplay show={this.state.showResults}>
<Results />
</ToggleDisplay>
</div>
);
}
});
var Results = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>
);
}
});
React.renderComponent(<Search />, document.body);

There are several great answers already, but I don't think they've been explained very well and several of the methods given contain some gotchas that might trip people up. So I'm going to go over the three main ways (plus one off-topic option) to do this and explain the pros and cons. I'm mostly writing this because Option 1 was recommended a lot and there's a lot of potential issues with that option if not used correctly.
Option 1: Conditional Rendering in the parent.
I don't like this method unless you're only going to render the component one time and leave it there. The issue is it will cause react to create the component from scratch every time you toggle the visibility.
Here's the example. LogoutButton or LoginButton are being conditionally rendered in the parent LoginControl. If you run this you'll notice the constructor is getting called on each button click. https://codepen.io/Kelnor/pen/LzPdpN?editors=1111
class LoginControl extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.handleLoginClick = this.handleLoginClick.bind(this);
this.handleLogoutClick = this.handleLogoutClick.bind(this);
this.state = {isLoggedIn: false};
}
handleLoginClick() {
this.setState({isLoggedIn: true});
}
handleLogoutClick() {
this.setState({isLoggedIn: false});
}
render() {
const isLoggedIn = this.state.isLoggedIn;
let button = null;
if (isLoggedIn) {
button = <LogoutButton onClick={this.handleLogoutClick} />;
} else {
button = <LoginButton onClick={this.handleLoginClick} />;
}
return (
<div>
<Greeting isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} />
{button}
</div>
);
}
}
class LogoutButton extends React.Component{
constructor(props, context){
super(props, context)
console.log('created logout button');
}
render(){
return (
<button onClick={this.props.onClick}>
Logout
</button>
);
}
}
class LoginButton extends React.Component{
constructor(props, context){
super(props, context)
console.log('created login button');
}
render(){
return (
<button onClick={this.props.onClick}>
Login
</button>
);
}
}
function UserGreeting(props) {
return <h1>Welcome back!</h1>;
}
function GuestGreeting(props) {
return <h1>Please sign up.</h1>;
}
function Greeting(props) {
const isLoggedIn = props.isLoggedIn;
if (isLoggedIn) {
return <UserGreeting />;
}
return <GuestGreeting />;
}
ReactDOM.render(
<LoginControl />,
document.getElementById('root')
);
Now React is pretty quick at creating components from scratch. However, it still has to call your code when creating it. So if your constructor, componentDidMount, render, etc code is expensive, then it'll significantly slow down showing the component. It also means you cannot use this with stateful components where you want the state to be preserved when hidden (and restored when displayed.) The one advantage is that the hidden component isn't created at all until it's selected. So hidden components won't delay your initial page load. There may also be cases where you WANT a stateful component to reset when toggled. In which case this is your best option.
Option 2: Conditional Rendering in the child
This creates both components once. Then short circuits the rest of the render code if the component is hidden. You can also short circuit other logic in other methods using the visible prop. Notice the console.log in the codepen page. https://codepen.io/Kelnor/pen/YrKaWZ?editors=0011
class LoginControl extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.handleLoginClick = this.handleLoginClick.bind(this);
this.handleLogoutClick = this.handleLogoutClick.bind(this);
this.state = {isLoggedIn: false};
}
handleLoginClick() {
this.setState({isLoggedIn: true});
}
handleLogoutClick() {
this.setState({isLoggedIn: false});
}
render() {
const isLoggedIn = this.state.isLoggedIn;
return (
<div>
<Greeting isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} />
<LoginButton isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} onClick={this.handleLoginClick}/>
<LogoutButton isLoggedIn={isLoggedIn} onClick={this.handleLogoutClick}/>
</div>
);
}
}
class LogoutButton extends React.Component{
constructor(props, context){
super(props, context)
console.log('created logout button');
}
render(){
if(!this.props.isLoggedIn){
return null;
}
return (
<button onClick={this.props.onClick}>
Logout
</button>
);
}
}
class LoginButton extends React.Component{
constructor(props, context){
super(props, context)
console.log('created login button');
}
render(){
if(this.props.isLoggedIn){
return null;
}
return (
<button onClick={this.props.onClick}>
Login
</button>
);
}
}
function UserGreeting(props) {
return <h1>Welcome back!</h1>;
}
function GuestGreeting(props) {
return <h1>Please sign up.</h1>;
}
function Greeting(props) {
const isLoggedIn = props.isLoggedIn;
if (isLoggedIn) {
return <UserGreeting />;
}
return <GuestGreeting />;
}
ReactDOM.render(
<LoginControl />,
document.getElementById('root')
);
Now, if the initialization logic is quick and the children are stateless, then you won't see a difference in performance or functionality. However, why make React create a brand new component every toggle anyway? If the initialization is expensive however, Option 1 will run it every time you toggle a component which will slow the page down when switching. Option 2 will run all of the component's inits on first page load. Slowing down that first load. Should note again. If you're just showing the component one time based on a condition and not toggling it, or you want it to reset when toggledm, then Option 1 is fine and probably the best option.
If slow page load is a problem however, it means you've got expensive code in a lifecycle method and that's generally not a good idea. You can, and probably should, solve the slow page load by moving the expensive code out of the lifecycle methods. Move it to an async function that's kicked off by ComponentDidMount and have the callback put it in a state variable with setState(). If the state variable is null and the component is visible then have the render function return a placeholder. Otherwise render the data. That way the page will load quickly and populate the tabs as they load. You can also move the logic into the parent and push the results to the children as props. That way you can prioritize which tabs get loaded first. Or cache the results and only run the logic the first time a component is shown.
Option 3: Class Hiding
Class hiding is probably the easiest to implement. As mentioned you just create a CSS class with display: none and assign the class based on prop. The downside is the entire code of every hidden component is called and all hidden components are attached to the DOM. (Option 1 doesn't create the hidden components at all. And Option 2 short circuits unnecessary code when the component is hidden and removes the component from the DOM completely.) It appears this is faster at toggling visibility according some tests done by commenters on other answers but I can't speak to that.
Option 4: One component but change Props. Or maybe no component at all and cache HTML.
This one won't work for every application and it's off topic because it's not about hiding components, but it might be a better solution for some use cases than hiding. Let's say you have tabs. It might be possible to write one React Component and just use the props to change what's displayed in the tab. You could also save the JSX to state variables and use a prop to decide which JSX to return in the render function. If the JSX has to be generated then do it and cache it in the parent and send the correct one as a prop. Or generate in the child and cache it in the child's state and use props to select the active one.

You set a boolean value in the state (e.g. 'show)', and then do:
var style = {};
if (!this.state.show) {
style.display = 'none'
}
return <div style={style}>...</div>

A simple method to show/hide elements in React using Hooks
const [showText, setShowText] = useState(false);
Now, let's add some logic to our render method:
{showText && <div>This text will show!</div>}
And
onClick={() => setShowText(!showText)}
Good job.

I was able to use css property "hidden". Don't know about possible drawbacks.
export default function App() {
const [hidden, setHidden] = useState(false);
return (
<div>
<button onClick={() => setHidden(!hidden)}>HIDE</button>
<div hidden={hidden}>hidden component</div>
</div>
);
}

Best practice is below according to the documentation:
{this.state.showFooter && <Footer />}
Render the element only when the state is valid.

Simple hide/show example with React Hooks: (srry about no fiddle)
const Example = () => {
const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
return (
<div>
<p>Show state: {show}</p>
{show ? (
<p>You can see me!</p>
) : null}
<button onClick={() => setShow(!show)}>
</div>
);
};
export default Example;

class FormPage extends React.Component{
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
hidediv: false
}
}
handleClick = (){
this.setState({
hidediv: true
});
}
render(){
return(
<div>
<div className="date-range" hidden = {this.state.hidediv}>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={this.handleClick} />
</div>
<div id="results" className="search-results" hidden = {!this.state.hidediv}>
Some Results
</div>
</div>
);
}
}

I start with this statement from the React team:
In React, you can create distinct components that encapsulate behaviour
you need. Then, you can render only some of them, depending on the
state of your application.
Conditional rendering in React works the same way conditions work in
JavaScript. Use JavaScript operators like if or the conditional
operator to create elements representing the current state, and let
React update the UI to match them.
You basically need to show the component when the button gets clicked, you can do it two ways, using pure React or using CSS, using pure React way, you can do something like below code in your case, so in the first run, results are not showing as hideResults is true, but by clicking on the button, state gonna change and hideResults is false and the component get rendered again with the new value conditions, this is very common use of changing component view in React...
var Search = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return { hideResults: true };
},
handleClick: function() {
this.setState({ hideResults: false });
},
render: function() {
return (
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={this.handleClick} />
{ !this.state.hideResults && <Results /> }
</div> );
}
});
var Results = React.createClass({
render: function() {
return (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>);
}
});
ReactDOM.render(<Search />, document.body);
If you want to do further study in conditional rendering in React, have a look here.

class Toggle extends React.Component {
state = {
show: true,
}
render() {
const {show} = this.state;
return (
<div>
<button onClick={()=> this.setState({show: !show })}>
toggle: {show ? 'show' : 'hide'}
</button>
{show && <div>Hi there</div>}
</div>
);
}
}

If you would like to see how to TOGGLE the display of a component checkout this fiddle.
http://jsfiddle.net/mnoster/kb3gN/16387/
var Search = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return {
shouldHide:false
};
},
onClick: function() {
console.log("onclick");
if(!this.state.shouldHide){
this.setState({
shouldHide: true
})
}else{
this.setState({
shouldHide: false
})
}
},
render: function() {
return (
<div>
<button onClick={this.onClick}>click me</button>
<p className={this.state.shouldHide ? 'hidden' : ''} >yoyoyoyoyo</p>
</div>
);
}
});
ReactDOM.render( <Search /> , document.getElementById('container'));

Use ref and manipulate CSS
One way could be to use React's ref and manipulate CSS class using the browser's API. Its benefit is to avoid rerendering in React if the sole purpose is to hide/show some DOM element on the click of a button.
// Parent.jsx
import React, { Component } from 'react'
export default class Parent extends Component {
constructor () {
this.childContainer = React.createRef()
}
toggleChild = () => {
this.childContainer.current.classList.toggle('hidden')
}
render () {
return (
...
<button onClick={this.toggleChild}>Toggle Child</button>
<div ref={this.childContainer}>
<SomeChildComponent/>
</div>
...
);
}
}
// styles.css
.hidden {
display: none;
}
PS Correct me if I am wrong. :)

In some cases higher order component might be useful:
Create higher order component:
export var HidableComponent = (ComposedComponent) => class extends React.Component {
render() {
if ((this.props.shouldHide!=null && this.props.shouldHide()) || this.props.hidden)
return null;
return <ComposedComponent {...this.props} />;
}
};
Extend your own component:
export const MyComp= HidableComponent(MyCompBasic);
Then you can use it like this:
<MyComp hidden={true} ... />
<MyComp shouldHide={this.props.useSomeFunctionHere} ... />
This reduces a bit boilerplate and enforces sticking to naming conventions, however please be aware of that MyComp will still be instantiated - the way to omit is was mentioned earlier:
{ !hidden && <MyComp ... /> }

If you use bootstrap 4, you can hide element that way
className={this.state.hideElement ? "invisible" : "visible"}

Use rc-if-else module
npm install --save rc-if-else
import React from 'react';
import { If } from 'rc-if-else';
class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<If condition={this.props.showResult}>
Some Results
</If>
);
}
}

Use this lean and short syntax:
{ this.state.show && <MyCustomComponent /> }

Here comes the simple, effective and best solution with a Classless React Component for show/hide the elements. Use of React-Hooks which is available in the latest create-react-app project that uses React 16
import React, {useState} from 'react';
function RenderPara(){
const [showDetail,setShowDetail] = useState(false);
const handleToggle = () => setShowDetail(!showDetail);
return (
<React.Fragment>
<h3>
Hiding some stuffs
</h3>
<button onClick={handleToggle}>Toggle View</button>
{showDetail && <p>
There are lot of other stuffs too
</p>}
</React.Fragment>)
}
export default RenderPara;
Happy Coding :)

//use ternary condition
{ this.state.yourState ? <MyComponent /> : null }
{ this.state.yourState && <MyComponent /> }
{ this.state.yourState == 'string' ? <MyComponent /> : ''}
{ this.state.yourState == 'string' && <MyComponent /> }
//Normal condition
if(this.state.yourState){
return <MyComponent />
}else{
return null;
}
<button onClick={()=>this.setState({yourState: !this.props.yourState}>Toggle View</button>

Just figure out a new and magic way with using(useReducer) for functional components
const [state, handleChangeState] = useReducer((state) => !state, false);
change state

This can also be achieved like this (very easy way)
class app extends Component {
state = {
show: false
};
toggle= () => {
var res = this.state.show;
this.setState({ show: !res });
};
render() {
return(
<button onClick={ this.toggle }> Toggle </button>
{
this.state.show ? (<div> HELLO </div>) : null
}
);
}

this example shows how you can switch between components by using a toggle which switches after every 1sec
import React ,{Fragment,Component} from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import "./styles.css";
const Component1 = () =>(
<div>
<img
src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/58/df/1d/58df1d8bf372ade04781b8d4b2549ee6.jpg" />
</div>
)
const Component2 = () => {
return (
<div>
<img
src="http://www.chinabuddhismencyclopedia.com/en/images/thumb/2/2e/12ccse.jpg/250px-
12ccse.jpg" />
</div>
)
}
class App extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
toggleFlag:false
}
}
timer=()=> {
this.setState({toggleFlag:!this.state.toggleFlag})
}
componentDidMount() {
setInterval(this.timer, 1000);
}
render(){
let { toggleFlag} = this.state
return (
<Fragment>
{toggleFlag ? <Component1 /> : <Component2 />}
</Fragment>
)
}
}
const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
ReactDOM.render(<App />, rootElement);

The application of states and effects has and must be encapsulated in the same component, for this reason, there is nothing better than creating a custom component as a hook to solve in this case whether to make particular blocks or elements visible or invisible.
// hooks/useOnScreen.js
import { useState, useEffect } from "react"
const useOnScreen = (ref, rootMargin = "0px") => {
const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(false)
useEffect(() => {
const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
([entry]) => {
setIsVisible(entry.isIntersecting)
},
{
rootMargin
}
);
const currentElement = ref?.current
if (currentElement) {
observer.observe(currentElement)
}
return () => {
observer.unobserve(currentElement)
}
}, [])
return isVisible
}
export default useOnScreen
Then the custom hook is embedded inside the component
import React, { useRef } from "react";
import useOnScreen from "hooks/useOnScreen";
const MyPage = () => {
const ref = useRef(null)
const isVisible = useOnScreen(ref)
const onClick = () => {
console.log("isVisible", isVisible)
}
return (
<div ref={ref}>
<p isVisible={isVisible}>
Something is visible
</p>
<a
href="#"
onClick={(e) => {
e.preventDefault();
onClick(onClick)
}}
>
Review
</a>
</div>
)
}
export default MyPage
The ref variable, controlled by the useRef hook, allows us to capture the location in the DOM of the block that we want to control, then the isVisible variable, controlled by the useOnScreen hook, allows us to make the inside the block I signal by the useRef hook.
I believe that this implementation of the useState, useEfect, and useRef hooks allows you to avoid component rendering by separating them using custom hooks.
Hoping that this knowledge will be of use to you.

It is very simple to hide and show the elements in react.
There are multiple ways but I will show you two.
Way 1:
const [isVisible, setVisible] = useState(false)
let onHideShowClick = () =>{
setVisible(!isVisible)
}
return (<div>
<Button onClick={onHideShowClick} >Hide/Show</Button>
{(isVisible) ? <p>Hello World</p> : ""}
</div>)
Way 2:
const [isVisible, setVisible] = useState(false)
let onHideShowClick = () =>{
setVisible(!isVisible)
}
return (<div>
<Button onClick={onHideShowClick} >Hide/Show</Button>
<p style={{display: (isVisible) ? 'block' : 'none'}}>Hello World</p>
</div>)
It is just working like if and else.
In Way one, it will remove and re-render elements in Dom.
In the Second way you are just displaying elements as false or true.
Thank you.

You've to do the small change in the code for continuously hiding and showing
const onClick = () => {setShowResults(!showResults}
Problem will be solved
const Search = () => {
const [showResults, setShowResults] = React.useState(false)
const onClick = () => setShowResults(true)
const onClick = () => {setShowResults(!showResults}
return (
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Search" onClick={onClick} />
{ showResults ? <Results /> : null }
</div>
)
}
const Results = () => (
<div id="results" className="search-results">
Some Results
</div>
)
ReactDOM.render(<Search />, document.querySelector("#container"))
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.13.1/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.13.1/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
<!-- This element's contents will be replaced with your component. -->
</div>
```