I'm using React-popper to show a date picker element after clicking a button.
<Manager>
<Reference>
{({ ref }) => (
<button ref={ref} onClick={this.onDateRangeBtnClick}>click to show</button>
)}
</Reference>
{ReactDOM.createPortal(
<Popper placement="auto-end" >
{({ ref, style, placement, arrowProps, scheduleUpdate }) => (
<div className={`dayPickerOverlay ${this.state.showDatePicker ? "" : "hidden"}`} ref={ref} style={style} data-placement={placement}>
<DateRangePicker />
</div>
)}
</Popper>,
document.querySelector('#root')
)}
</Manager>
When onDateRangeBtnClick
is called after the button was clicked, I want to re-position the Popper element by calling scheduleUpdate
method, but I do not know how to approach this.
How can I expose that specific scheduleUpdate
to be called within the onDateRangeBtnClick
or alternatively how can I conditionally call a function (scheduleUpdate
for this matter) within JSX itself?
I would split the popper part into its own component and take advantage of the React lifecycle hooks.
Inside componentDidUpdate
you can check if the open
state changed, and trigger the scheduleUpdate
accordingly.
// PopperElement.js
export default class PopperElement extends React.Component {
componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
if (this.props.open && this.props.open !== prevProps.open) {
this.props.scheduleUpdate();
}
}
render() {
return (
<div className={`dayPickerOverlay ${this.state.showDatePicker ? "" : "hidden"}`} ref={ref} style={style} data-placement={placement}>
<DateRangePicker />
</div>
);
}
}
// App.js
<Manager>
<Reference>
{({ ref }) => (
<button ref={ref} onClick={this.onDateRangeBtnClick}>click to show</button>
)}
</Reference>
{ReactDOM.createPortal(
<Popper placement="auto-end">
{({ ref, style, placement, arrowProps, scheduleUpdate }) => (
<PopperElement open={this.state.open} scheduleUpdate={scheduleUpdate} />
)}
</Popper>,
document.querySelector('#root')
)}
</Manager>
If you prefer a more concise approach, I think I'd use react-powerplug
this way:
import { Manager, Popper, Reference } from 'react-popper';
import { State } from 'react-powerplug';
const App = () => (
<Manager>
<Popper>
{({ ref, style, scheduleUpdate }) => (
<State initial={{ open: false }} onChange={scheduleUpdate}>
{({ state, setState }) => (
<Fragment>
<Reference>
{({ ref }) => (
<button
ref={ref}
onClick={() => setState({ open: true }})
>click to show</button>
)}
</Reference>
{open && <YourContent ref={ref} style={style} />}
</Fragment>
)}
</State>
)}
</State>
</Manager>
);
I avoided to repeat the React.createPortal
part for conciseness, it should be in place of YourContent
.