I have 2 function component , one have input and button and its passing data to states. Now i want to get state data from first function conlmponent to second component and display text to my div in second component. Is it possible to share states data from 1st component to 2nd component?
The component are functions not classes
function Articles(){
return(<div>
<h1>{inputtext}</h1>
</div>)
}
function Inputform() {
const [inputtext, setInputtext] = useState('');
const [task_list,setTask_list] = useState([]);
function changer(event){
setInputtext(event.target.value);
}
function add_post(){
setTask_list(inputtext);
}
return (
<div>
<label>Post</label>
<input name="first" onChange={changer} />
<button onClick={add_post}>Dodaj</button>
</div>
)
}
trying to get states in Articles from Input but it doesnt work
what you would like to do, is to put this two components inside a third one and have them share whatever states/data you want.
function ThirdComponent() {
const [inputtext, setInputtext] = useState('');
const [task_list,setTask_list] = useState([]);
function Articles(){
return(<div>
<h1>{inputtext}</h1>
</div>)
}
function Inputform() {
function changer(event){
setInputtext(event.target.value);
}
function add_post(){
setTask_list(inputtext);
}
return (
<div>
<label>Post</label>
<input name="first" onChange={changer} />
<button onClick={add_post}>Dodaj</button>
</div>
)
}
return (
<>
</>
)
}
State belongs to a component. It does not create global variables.
If you want to pass data from a state to another component, then:
The recipient must be a child of the element holding the data
You can pass it as a prop
Since you don't have <Article propName={stateVariable} /> you can't do that.
If the destination isn't a child of the element holding the state then you need to Lift State Up.
Move the useState hook to component that is ancestor of both <Article> and <Inputform>
Pass the set function as a prop to <Inputform>
Pass the state value variable as a prop to <Article>.
For complex systems where the common ancestor is a long way from the components that need to work with the state, you might consider using Context or an external state management system like Redux.
Related
I have some variables that are set within a function in one component of my react application that I need to reuse in other components.
I set the variables in component 1 like so (this is a much simplified version but captures the structure)
export default function Example() {
const [market, setMarket] = useState('');
return (
<button onClick={setMarket('1')}>Click 1</button>
<button onClick={setMarket('2')}>Click 2</button>
<button onClick={setMarket('3')}>Click 3</button> )}
How can I export the 'market' variable specifically, so that I can import it into another component (in a separate jsx file) and render as necessary. I know that I can just import the whole component, or set a variable outside of this function in component 1 and export it but I do not know how I would then conditionally set it based on which button is clicked.
Thank you
Hey #Milo there are different ways to use state value in another component.
First is props-
Create a component that passes values like-
const passValue = () => {
const [ value, setValue ] = useState("")
return (
)
}
While in the second component we get the value like-
const SecondComponent = ({value})=>{
return(
<div>
{value}
</div>
)
}
While Second method is to pass value using state and get it by useLocation in another component-
First Component like-
const FirstComponent = () =>{
return(
<div>
<Link to="/secondpage" state={{value:yourValue/state}}>Click Here</Link>
</div>
)
}
Second Component Like-
const Second Component = () => {
const {state} = useLocation()
return(
<div>{state}</div>
)
}
Hope these solution helps to solve your problem. If you still facing issue lemme know, i will help you.
Thanks
Lets say for instance that I have three components in React, an App (the parent component), a button component and a component that is meant to display something, can be anything doesn't really matter. Lets say in the button component is activated, how would I pass the information (ie that the event actually happened) to the App parent component back down to the other child component to let it know a specific event happened to display some message?
this is how I would go about dong this using hooks :
const Parent=(props)=>{
[eventHappend,setEventHappend]=useState(false)
return (
<div>
<Child1 setEventHappend={setEventHappend} />
<Child2 eventHappend={eventHappend} />
</div>
)
}
const Child =({setEventHappend})=>{
return (
<div>
<button onClick={e=>setEventHappend(true)} > click me 1 </button>
</div>
)
}
const Child2 =({eventHappend})=>{
return (
<div>
<button onClick={e=>{/* some code*/ }} > {eventHappend?'event happend':'event didnt happen yet '} </button>
</div>
)
}
There are various ways you can achieve this pass state as props to the child elements (must know before other methods), context or use redux which has a store.
Generally speaking. React has one way data flow, uni directional. As in the parent will hold the state and will be passed to child elements.
Here App holds the state buttonClick which has the information about the event.
const App = () => {
const [ buttonClick, setButtonClick] = React.useState(false);
const messageToBeDispalyed = "The button has been clicked"
return (
<div>
<CustomButton setEventHappened={setButtonClick} />
<DisplayText value = {buttonClick ? messageToBeDispalyed : ""} />
</div>
)
}
const CustomButton = (props) =>{
return <button onClick={(e)=>props.setEventHappened(true)} > Click Me </button>
}
const DisplayText = (props) => {
return <h1> {props.value} </h1>
}
Similar answers to the others, but you would pass down a method to the child from the parent to update the state. But be aware that by doing this will cause a rerender for all of the parent's children.
const Parent = () => {
const [state, setState] = React.useState(false);
const handleClick = value => {
setState(value);
};
return (
<Child state={state} handleClick={handleClick} />
<OtherChild isTrue={state} /> // this component needs data changed by <Child />
)
};
const Child = props => {
const {state, handleClick} = props;
return (
<button onClick={() => handleClick(!state)} >click me</button>
);
};
This way the parent alone handles the state change and provides that method to the child.
as #Loveen Dyall and #Shruti B mentioned you can use RXJS for a more modular approach ,While RxJS is typically thought of as being used with Angular projects, it's a completely separate library that can be used with other JavaScript frameworks like React and Vue.
When using RxJS with React, the way to communicate between components is to use an Observable and a Subject (which is a type of observable), I won't go too much into the details about how observables work here since it's a big subject, but in a nutshell there are two methods that we're interested in: Observable.subscribe() and Subject.next().
learn more about RXJS and Observables : https://blog.logrocket.com/understanding-rxjs-observables/
Observable.subscribe()
The observable subscribe method is used by React components to subscribe to messages that are sent to an observable.
Subject.next()
The subject next method is used to send messages to an observable which are then sent to all React components that are subscribers (a.k.a. observers) of that observable.
here is how you implement it in this use case :
this is called a service and you would put this file in a services folder
import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
const subject = new Subject();
//here where sending { event: eventTitle } , that way you can listen to diffrent events , for example 'INCREMENTED' you could even send values
export const eventsService= {
sendEvent: eventTitle => subject.next({ title: eventTitle }),
getEventNotification: () => subject.asObservable()
};
in your Child 1 component you would subscribe to the observable in useEffect or compoentDidMount if your using class component:
import { eventsService} from '../services';
const Child1 =()=>{
const [child2EventFired,setChild2EventFired]=useState(false)
useEffect(()=>{
let subscription = eventsService.getEventNotification().subscribe(eventTitle =>
{
if (eventTitle=="CHILD2_BUTTON_CLICK" ) {
setChild2EventFired(true)
}else{
setChild2EventFired(false)
}
});
return ()=>{
subscription.unsubscribe();
}
},[])
return <div>
<button> {child2EventFired? 'child2 button event fired':'event not fired yet'} </button>
</div>
}
in your Child 2 component
import { eventsService} from '../services';
const Child2 =()=>{
Child2Click=(e)=>{
//some code,
//then send messages to the observable observable
eventsService.sendEvent('CHILD2_BUTTON_CLICK');
}
return <div>
<button onClick={Child2Click} >click me</button>
</div>
}
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Push method in React Hooks (useState)?
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Im working on a todo aplication in react using useState, im trying to save user input and then after they click submit push it to the listArray, later to display it...
I think im doing something wrong in the updateArray function, but I can seem to understand what.
import React, { useState } from "react";
function App() {
const listArray = [""];
const [list, updateList] = useState("");
function handleChange(event) {
const { name, value } = event.target;
updateList(value);
//console.log(list);
}
function updateArray() {
console.log(list);
listArray.push(list);
console.log(listArray);
}
return (
<div className="container">
<div className="heading">
<h1>To-Do List</h1>
</div>
<div className="form">
<input name="entry" onChange={handleChange} type="text" />
<button>
<span onSubmit={updateArray}>Add</span>
</button>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>{listArray[0]}</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export default App;
There are several issues with your current code and I will briefly describe and provide a solution to fix them.
Your functions are working fine and as expected, but in a React application there are few ways to re-render a page or component and changing the local variable is not one of them. So you need to use a local state instead of local listArray variable. Since there is one state already you should either define another state or make your current state an object and put your component related states into it in one place I will go with the second approach, because it's more elegant and cleaner one.
const [state, setState] = useState({ list: [], input: "" });
After you define your state, you need to change them properly without effecting unnecessary ones. You just need to send the previous state, save it in the new one and only change the related state in each function. So with ES6 syntax, updating input state will look like this:
setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, input: value })); // immediate return "({})" of an object with iterating through the previous values "...prev" and updating input "input: value"
NOTE: You can read more about spread operator (...) here.
So your handle and updateArray function will look like this:
function handleChange(event) {
const { value } = event.target;
setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, input: value }));
}
function updateArray() {
setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, list: [...state.list, state.input] }));
}
onSubmit event will only work on forms or submit buttons so you need to change it to onClick. Also, to make the whole button catch the onclick action you need to set it on the button itself, instead of span element.
<button onClick={updateArray}> <!-- It's better to assign onclick action to an element with a function or arrow function to prevent it from running in the first render "(event) => updateArray(event)" -->
<span>Add</span>
</button>
And finally you need to map through the updated array of todo items in your JSX.
<ul>
{state.list.map((item, index) => (
<li key={index}>{item}</li>
))}
</ul>
Working Demo:
Save the current value into the state, and keep the list as well into the state so that it isn't cleared each render cycle.
import React, { useState } from "react";
function App() {
const [list, updateList] = useState([]);
const [currentValue, setCurrentValue] = useState()
function handleChange(event) {
setCurrentValue(event.target.value)
}
function handleClick() {
updateList([...list, currentValue])
}
return (
<div className="container">
<div className="heading">
<h1>To-Do List</h1>
</div>
<div className="form">
<input name="entry" onChange={handleChange} type="text" />
<button type="button" onClick={handleClick}>
<span>Add</span>
</button>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
{list.map((res) => (
<li key={res}>{res}</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
);
}
export default App;
Also, moving the onClick to the button makes more sense semantically (and even for the UX) but it's up to you.
listArray is cleared with every rerender.
You should store your data in state. So
const [listArray, setListArray] = useState([])
And updateArray should look like:
function updateArray() {
setListArray([...listArray, list]);
}
I guess, in updateArray function should be some logic to clear list
Notice how listArray will always go back to the default value when your app component re-renders (using useState may re-render the component)
I would instead make the string the user inputs a normal const and use useState for the array so the values in the array will be saved across re-renders
I am trying to call PopupDialog.tsx inside Content.tsx as a sibling of Item.tsx.
Previously PopupDialog.tsx is called inside C.tsx file but due to z index issue i am trying to bring it out and call it in Content.tsx
Is it possible to somehow pass the whole component(popupDialog and its parameters) in Content.tsx so that i could avoid passing back and forth the parameters needed for popupdialog in content.tsx.
Code in C.tsx where PopupDialog component is called.
const C = (props: Props) => (
<>
{props.additionalInfo ? (
<div className="infoButton">
<PopupDialog // need to take this code out and want to add in Content.tsx
icon="info"
callback={props.callback}
position={Position.Right}
>
<div className="popuplist">{props.additionalInfo}</div>
</PopupDialog>
</div>
) : (
<Button className="iconbutton"/>
)}
</>
);
Content.tsx where i would like to call PopupDialog.tsx with its parameters
const Content = (props: Props) => {
const [componentToRender, docomponentToRender] = React.useState(null);
const [isAnimDone, doAnim] = React.useState(false);
return (
<div className="ContentItems">
<PWheel agent={props.agent} />
{isAnimDone && (
<>
<Item {props.agent} />
{componentToRender &&
<PopupDialog/> //want to call here with all its parameters to be passed
}
</>
)}
</div>
);
};
Folder Structure
App.tsx
->ViewPort.tsx
->Content.tsx
->PWheel.tsx
->Item.tsx
->A.tsx
->B.tsx
->C.tsx
{props.additionalinfo &&
->PopupDialog.tsx
->PopupDialog.tsx
So if I understand the question correctly you want to pass one component into another so that you can use the properties or data of the passed componenet in your current component.
So there are three ways to achieve this.
1)Sending the data or entire component as prop.This brings disadvantage that even though components which don't require knowledge
about the passed component will also have to ask as a prop.So this is bascially prop drilling.
2)The other is you can use context api.So context api is a way to maintain global state variale.so if you follow this approach you don't need to pass data or componenet as props.Wherever you need the data you can inport context object and use it in componenet.
3)Using Redux library.This is similar to context api but only disadavantage is that we will have to write lot of code to implement this.Redux is a javascript library.
Let me know if you need more info.
You need to :
<>
<Item {props.agent} />
{componentToRender &&
<PopupDialog abc={componentToRender} /> //you must call in this component, in this case i name it is abc , i pass componentToRender state to it
}
</>
and then PopupDialog will receive componentToRender as abc, in PopupDialog , you just need to call props.abc and done .
If you need to know more about prop and component you can see it here
I think what you want to use is Higher-Order-Components (HOC).
The basic usage is:
const EnhancedComponent = higherOrderComponent(WrappedComponent);
Below is such an implementation that takes a component (with all its props) as a parameter:
import React, { Component } from "react";
const Content = WrappedComponent => {
return class Content extends Component {
render() {
return (
<>
{/* Your Content component comes here */}
<WrappedComponent {...this.props} />
</>
);
}
};
};
export default Content;
Here is the link for higher-order-components on React docs: https://reactjs.org/docs/higher-order-components.html
Make use of
useContext()
Follow this for details:
React Use Context Hook
I have the following structure:
FormEditor - holds multiple instances of FieldEditor
FieldEditor - edits a field of the form and saving various values about it in its state
When a button is clicked within FormEditor, I want to be able to collect information about the fields from all FieldEditor components, information that's in their state, and have it all within FormEditor.
I considered storing the information about the fields outside of FieldEditor's state and put it in FormEditor's state instead. However, that would require FormEditor to listen to each of its FieldEditor components as they change and store their information in its state.
Can't I just access the children's state instead? Is it ideal?
Just before I go into detail about how you can access the state of a child component, please make sure to read Markus-ipse's answer regarding a better solution to handle this particular scenario.
If you do indeed wish to access the state of a component's children, you can assign a property called ref to each child. There are now two ways to implement references: Using React.createRef() and callback refs.
Using React.createRef()
This is currently the recommended way to use references as of React 16.3 (See the documentation for more information). If you're using an earlier version then see below regarding callback references.
You'll need to create a new reference in the constructor of your parent component and then assign it to a child via the ref attribute.
class FormEditor extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.FieldEditor1 = React.createRef();
}
render() {
return <FieldEditor ref={this.FieldEditor1} />;
}
}
In order to access this kind of ref, you'll need to use:
const currentFieldEditor1 = this.FieldEditor1.current;
This will return an instance of the mounted component so you can then use currentFieldEditor1.state to access the state.
Just a quick note to say that if you use these references on a DOM node instead of a component (e.g. <div ref={this.divRef} />) then this.divRef.current will return the underlying DOM element instead of a component instance.
Callback Refs
This property takes a callback function that is passed a reference to the attached component. This callback is executed immediately after the component is mounted or unmounted.
For example:
<FieldEditor
ref={(fieldEditor1) => {this.fieldEditor1 = fieldEditor1;}
{...props}
/>
In these examples the reference is stored on the parent component. To call this component in your code, you can use:
this.fieldEditor1
and then use this.fieldEditor1.state to get the state.
One thing to note, make sure your child component has rendered before you try to access it ^_^
As above, if you use these references on a DOM node instead of a component (e.g. <div ref={(divRef) => {this.myDiv = divRef;}} />) then this.divRef will return the underlying DOM element instead of a component instance.
Further Information
If you want to read more about React's ref property, check out this page from Facebook.
Make sure you read the "Don't Overuse Refs" section that says that you shouldn't use the child's state to "make things happen".
If you already have an onChange handler for the individual FieldEditors I don't see why you couldn't just move the state up to the FormEditor component and just pass down a callback from there to the FieldEditors that will update the parent state. That seems like a more React-y way to do it, to me.
Something along the line of this perhaps:
const FieldEditor = ({ value, onChange, id }) => {
const handleChange = event => {
const text = event.target.value;
onChange(id, text);
};
return (
<div className="field-editor">
<input onChange={handleChange} value={value} />
</div>
);
};
const FormEditor = props => {
const [values, setValues] = useState({});
const handleFieldChange = (fieldId, value) => {
setValues({ ...values, [fieldId]: value });
};
const fields = props.fields.map(field => (
<FieldEditor
key={field}
id={field}
onChange={handleFieldChange}
value={values[field]}
/>
));
return (
<div>
{fields}
<pre>{JSON.stringify(values, null, 2)}</pre>
</div>
);
};
// To add the ability to dynamically add/remove fields, keep the list in state
const App = () => {
const fields = ["field1", "field2", "anotherField"];
return <FormEditor fields={fields} />;
};
Original - pre-hooks version:
class FieldEditor extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
}
handleChange(event) {
const text = event.target.value;
this.props.onChange(this.props.id, text);
}
render() {
return (
<div className="field-editor">
<input onChange={this.handleChange} value={this.props.value} />
</div>
);
}
}
class FormEditor extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {};
this.handleFieldChange = this.handleFieldChange.bind(this);
}
handleFieldChange(fieldId, value) {
this.setState({ [fieldId]: value });
}
render() {
const fields = this.props.fields.map(field => (
<FieldEditor
key={field}
id={field}
onChange={this.handleFieldChange}
value={this.state[field]}
/>
));
return (
<div>
{fields}
<div>{JSON.stringify(this.state)}</div>
</div>
);
}
}
// Convert to a class component and add the ability to dynamically add/remove fields by having it in state
const App = () => {
const fields = ["field1", "field2", "anotherField"];
return <FormEditor fields={fields} />;
};
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.body);
As the previous answers said, try to move the state to a top component and modify the state through callbacks passed to its children.
In case that you really need to access to a child state that is declared as a functional component (hooks) you can declare a ref in the parent component, and then pass it as a ref attribute to the child, but you need to use React.forwardRef and then the hook useImperativeHandle to declare a function you can call in the parent component.
Take a look at the following example:
const Parent = () => {
const myRef = useRef();
return <Child ref={myRef} />;
}
const Child = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
const [myState, setMyState] = useState('This is my state!');
useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({getMyState: () => {return myState}}), [myState]);
})
Then you should be able to get myState in the Parent component by calling:
myRef.current.getMyState();
It's 2020 and lots of you will come here looking for a similar solution but with Hooks (they are great!) and with the latest approaches in terms of code cleanliness and syntax.
So as previous answers had stated, the best approach to this kind of problem is to hold the state outside of child component fieldEditor. You could do that in multiple ways.
The most "complex" is with a global context (state) that both parent and children could access and modify. It's a great solution when components are very deep in the tree hierarchy and so it's costly to send props in each level.
In this case I think it's not worth it, and a more simple approach will bring us the results we want, just using the powerful React.useState().
An approach with a React.useState() hook - way simpler than with Class components
As said, we will deal with changes and store the data of our child component fieldEditor in our parent fieldForm. To do that we will send a reference to the function that will deal and apply the changes to the fieldForm state, you could do that with:
function FieldForm({ fields }) {
const [fieldsValues, setFieldsValues] = React.useState({});
const handleChange = (event, fieldId) => {
let newFields = { ...fieldsValues };
newFields[fieldId] = event.target.value;
setFieldsValues(newFields);
};
return (
<div>
{fields.map(field => (
<FieldEditor
key={field}
id={field}
handleChange={handleChange}
value={fieldsValues[field]}
/>
))}
<div>{JSON.stringify(fieldsValues)}</div>
</div>
);
}
Note that React.useState({}) will return an array with position 0 being the value specified on call (Empty object in this case), and position 1 being the reference to the function
that modifies the value.
Now with the child component, FieldEditor, you don't even need to create a function with a return statement. A lean constant with an arrow function will do!
const FieldEditor = ({ id, value, handleChange }) => (
<div className="field-editor">
<input onChange={event => handleChange(event, id)} value={value} />
</div>
);
Aaaaand we are done, nothing more. With just these two slim functional components we have our end goal "access" our child FieldEditor value and show it off in our parent.
You could check the accepted answer from 5 years ago and see how Hooks made React code leaner (by a lot!).
Hope my answer helps you learn and understand more about Hooks, and if you want to check a working example here it is.
Now you can access the InputField's state which is the child of FormEditor.
Basically, whenever there is a change in the state of the input field (child), we are getting the value from the event object and then passing this value to the Parent where in the state in the Parent is set.
On a button click, we are just printing the state of the input fields.
The key point here is that we are using the props to get the input field's id/value and also to call the functions which are set as attributes on the input field while we generate the reusable child input fields.
class InputField extends React.Component{
handleChange = (event)=> {
const val = event.target.value;
this.props.onChange(this.props.id , val);
}
render() {
return(
<div>
<input type="text" onChange={this.handleChange} value={this.props.value}/>
<br/><br/>
</div>
);
}
}
class FormEditorParent extends React.Component {
state = {};
handleFieldChange = (inputFieldId , inputFieldValue) => {
this.setState({[inputFieldId]:inputFieldValue});
}
// On a button click, simply get the state of the input field
handleClick = ()=>{
console.log(JSON.stringify(this.state));
}
render() {
const fields = this.props.fields.map(field => (
<InputField
key={field}
id={field}
onChange={this.handleFieldChange}
value={this.state[field]}
/>
));
return (
<div>
<div>
<button onClick={this.handleClick}>Click Me</button>
</div>
<div>
{fields}
</div>
</div>
);
}
}
const App = () => {
const fields = ["field1", "field2", "anotherField"];
return <FormEditorParent fields={fields} />;
};
ReactDOM.render(<App/>, mountNode);
You may access the child state by passing a callback to the child component.
const Parent = () => {
return (
<Child onSubmit={(arg) => {
console.log('accessing child state from parent callback: ', arg)
}}
/>
)
}
const Child = ({onSubmit}) => {
const [text, setText] = useState('');
return (
<>
<input value={text} onChange={setText}>
<button onClick={() => onSubmit(text)} />
</>
)
}
Now if you click the button in the child component, you will execute the function passed from the parent and have access to the child component's state variables.