Create React Portals Typed Safe
Ernesto Jara Olveda
Posted on March 14, 2022
today I will show you how to create a react portals with typescript the Propper way.
import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
import * as React from "react";
const defaultProps = {
tag: "section",
create:false,
className: "",
};
type Props = React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement> & typeof defaultProps &{
/**
* the html tag you would like to use as wrapper.
*
* @default "section"
*/
tag: keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements;
id: string;
/**
* if true a new node/htmlTag will be created, else the html tag already exists.
* @default false.
*/
create: boolean;
}
const Portal: React.FC<Props> = props => {
const { tag, create, id, className, children, ...rest } = props;
const el = create ? document.createElement(tag) : document.getElementById(id);
const wrapper = React.useRef<HTMLElement>(el);
React.useEffect(() => {
const current = wrapper.current as HTMLElement;
if (!current) return;
current.setAttribute("id", id);
current.setAttribute("class", className);
type K = keyof typeof rest;
Object.keys(rest).forEach(key => {
const val = rest[key as K] as K
current.setAttribute(key, val);
});
document.body.appendChild(current);
return () => {
if (create) {
document.body.removeChild(current);
}
};
}, [wrapper,id, create, className, rest]);
if (!wrapper.current) {
return <>{null}</>;
}
return ReactDOM.createPortal(children, wrapper.current);
};
export default Portal;
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Ernesto Jara Olveda
Posted on March 14, 2022
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