conditional rendering in react
Here's an example of how to do conditional rendering in React:
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import React, { useState } from "react";
function App() {
const [isLoggedIn, setIsLoggedIn] = useState(false);
const handleLogin = () => {
setIsLoggedIn(true);
};
const handleLogout = () => {
setIsLoggedIn(false);
};
return (
<div>
{isLoggedIn ? (
<button onClick={handleLogout}>Logout</button>
) : (
<button onClick={handleLogin}>Login</button>
)}
</div>
);
}
export default App;
In this example, we're using the useState
hook to keep track of whether the user is logged in or not. We have two functions, handleLogin
and handleLogout
, which are called when the respective buttons are clicked.
The conditional rendering is done using a ternary operator to check if the user is logged in or not. If they are, we render a "Logout" button that will call the handleLogout
function when clicked. If they're not logged in, we render a "Login" button that will call the handleLogin
function when clicked.
This is just one example of how to do conditional rendering in React. There are many other ways to do it, depending on your specific use case.
I'm building a react app that allows users to use shortcuts to submit a form. I'd like to display shortcuts such as cmd+enter on Mac users and ctrl+enter on windows users. How would you do that?
To detect whether the user is accessing the app via a Mac or Windows system, you can check for the navigator.platform
property. This property contains information about the operating system of the client.
Here's an example of how to do it in JavaScript:
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const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().indexOf('MAC') >= 0;
if (isMac) {
// display cmd+enter shortcut
} else {
// display ctrl+enter shortcut
}
You can then display the appropriate shortcut based on the result of the check.
To add a listener to trigger the form's submission when the user presses the shortcut, you can use the addEventListener
method on the document object to listen for a keydown
event. The keydown
event provides information about which key was pressed.
Here's an example of how to do it in JavaScript:
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const form = document.getElementById('myForm');
document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
if ((isMac && event.metaKey && event.keyCode === 13) ||
(!isMac && event.ctrlKey && event.keyCode === 13)) {
form.submit();
}
});
This code listens for the keydown
event on the document, and when it detects the appropriate shortcut (cmd+enter for Mac or ctrl+enter for Windows), it submits the form. Note that event.metaKey
is used for Mac and event.ctrlKey
is used for Windows to check whether the command or control key was pressed. The keyCode
property contains the code for the key that was pressed, and 13
is the code for the Enter key.
Here's an example of how it can be used in ReactJS:
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import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
function MyForm() {
const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().indexOf('MAC') >= 0;
useEffect(() => {
const form = document.getElementById('myForm');
const handleKeyDown = (event) => {
if ((isMac && event.metaKey && event.keyCode === 13) ||
(!isMac && event.ctrlKey && event.keyCode === 13)) {
form.submit();
}
};
document.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
return () => {
document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
};
}, [isMac]);
return (
<form id="myForm">
{/* form fields and submit button here */}
</form>
);
}
In this example, the useEffect
hook is used to add and remove the keydown event listener, and the isMac
variable is passed as a dependency to the hook so that it will update if the user switches between Mac and Windows during the session.
👩💻 is there a library that can help with that?
Yes, there are several third-party libraries available that can make it easier to handle keyboard shortcuts on your React app. One popular library for this is called react-hotkeys-hook
.
Here's an example of how to handle the "cmd+enter" and "ctrl+enter" shortcuts using react-hotkeys-hook
:
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import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
function MyForm() {
const handleShortcut = useCallback(() => {
const form = document.getElementById('myForm');
form.submit();
}, []);
// bind cmd/ctrl + enter shortcut
useHotkeys('mod+enter', handleShortcut);
return (
<form id="myForm">
{/* form fields and submit button here */}
</form>
);
}
In this example, the useHotkeys
hook from react-hotkeys-hook
is used to bind the "mod+enter" shortcut to the handleShortcut
function. The library automatically detects whether the user is on a Mac or Windows system and uses the appropriate modifier key. The useCallback
hook is used to prevent unnecessary re-renders when the component re-renders.
Note that you will need to install the react-hotkeys-hook
library first using NPM or Yarn:
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npm install react-hotkeys-hook
# or
yarn add react-hotkeys-hook
This is just one example of how to use a library to handle keyboard shortcuts. There are many other libraries available that you can use as well, depending on your needs.
how play local audio in react js app component
To play a local audio file in a ReactJS app component, you can use the React Audio Player
package. Here is an example of how to use it:
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import React from 'react';
import AudioPlayer from 'react-audio-player';
export default class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<AudioPlayer
src="my-audio-file.mp3"
onPlay={(e) => console.log(e)}
/>
</div>
);
}
}
createRoot(...): Target container is not a DOM element.
The error message createRoot(...): Target container is not a DOM element
indicates that you either explicitly provided a container that is not a DOM element or that you are trying to render something that needs a DOM element as the container. Make sure that the first argument of ReactDOM.createRoot is a DOM element. See the ReactDOM reference for more information.
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