I've made a dark mode function. There are using checkbox and getting current hour to change this mode. When I write a traditional If statement it cause an error of render limits (like stack overflow).
Here's my code:
const curTime = new Date();
let t = curTime.getHours().valueOf();
const [isNight, setDarkMode] = useState(false);
if (t >= 6 && t <= 19) {
document.documentElement.classList.remove("dark-mode");
setDarkMode(false);
} else {
document.documentElement.classList.add("dark-mode");
setDarkMode(true);
}
const handleChecked = e => {
if (e.target.checked === true) {
document.documentElement.classList.add("dark-mode");
setDarkMode(true);
} else {
document.documentElement.classList.remove("dark-mode");
setDarkMode(false);
}
};
<input id="myCheck" type="checkbox" onChange={handleChecked} defaultChecked={isNight} />
I can't find a solution from an Internet.
I think the answer would be using an UseEffect method but I don't really know how to use it in my situation. Or this checkbox could cause this infinite changing values?
Can you help me with this?
In React-style I would do it like this:
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
const App = () => {
const [isNight, setDarkMode] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
let t = new Date().getHours().valueOf();
setDarkMode(t < 6 || t > 19);
}, []);
return (
<div className={isNight ? "dark-mode" : "light-mode"}>
<div>{isNight ? "dark-mode" : "light-mode"}</div>
<input
type="checkbox"
onChange={(e) => setDarkMode(e.target.checked)}
checked={isNight}
name="darkModeInput"
/>
<label htmlFor="darkModeInput">Switch dark mode</label>
</div>
);
};
export default App;