A neat custom React Hook that I used in some of my React freelance projects which checks if an element's content has overflow (here: vertical overflow): If you want to detect a horizontal overflow instead, you can exchange the hasOverflow assignment to the following: In a function component , the custom React hook can be used this way: The…
A short React tutorial by example for beginners about using a radio button in React. First of all, a radio button is just an HTML input field with the type of radio which can be rendered in React's JSX: What may be missing is an associated label to signal the user what value is changed with this radio button: In your browser, this radio button can…
When using React Router in React, one can use the Navigate component to navigate a user away from a page in case of a certain condition. For example, the following example does not render a list if there is no data, but redirects a user to the home page instead: In this case the redirect is well placed. However, if there is much logic happening…
A brief tutorial on how to generate an image (JPG or PNG) from a React component . Use case: Sometimes when you have a React project, you want to give users the ability to download an area of your application as image. For example, when you display charts based on data, a user should be able to export the chart as image. In this React tutorial, I…
A brief tutorial on how to generate a PDF from a React component . Use case: Sometimes when you have a React project, you want to give users the ability to download an area of your application as PDF. For example, when you display charts based on data, a user should be able to export the chart as PDF. In this React tutorial, I want to show you how…
If we would be only using JavaScript, it would be possible to create a conditional React className attribute this way: Fortunately, there is one neat helper library for conditional classnames in React : clsx : It works perfectly with CSS modules too: And could also be used for optional classNames in Styled Components .
In this tutorial, I want to show you how to use React Table Library to create a Tree Table or Tree List . In the previous example, you installed React Table Library to create a table component. Now, we will enable users to expand and collapse rows in a React Tree View . First, import the useTree hook: And second, initialize it with the table…
In this tutorial, I want to show you how to use React Table Library with its useRowSelect plugin to implement a select feature. In the previous example, you installed React Table Library to create a table component. Now, we will enable users to select a row in the table by either clicking the row or clicking a checkbox. First, import the…
In this tutorial, I want to show you how to use React Table Library with double click on a row. In the previous example, you installed React Table Library to create a table component. A single click on a row is enabled in the following way: By contrast, a double click on a row can be achieved in this way: Keep in mind that enabling double click…
Can you use conditional React Hooks in React components? Technically: No. However, if you know about how React Hooks work internally, you can make conditional hooks work for you. Let's take the following example where we start without any conditional hook: In this example, we are conditionally rendering a list component . When the components…
