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ReactJS - How to make a simple navbar menu
var data = [
{
"text": "Link 1",
"url": "#"
},
{
"text": "Link 2",
"url": "#"
},
{
"text": "Link 3",
"url": "#",
"submenu": [
{
"text": "Sublink 1",
"url": "#",
"submenu": [
{
"text": "SubSublink 1",
"url": "#"
}
]
},
{
"text": "Sublink 2",
"url":"#",
"submenu": [
{
"text": "SubSublink 2",
"url": "#"
}
]
}
]
}
]
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.11.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.11.0/JSXTransformer.js"></script>
<script type="text/jsx" src="navbarLink.jsx"></script>
<script type="text/jsx" src="navbarItem.jsx"></script>
<script type="text/jsx" src="navbar.jsx"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="data.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<nav></nav>
<script type="text/jsx">
/** @jsx React.DOM */
window.onload = React.renderComponent(
<NavBar items={data} />,
document.querySelector('nav')
);
</script>
</body>
</html>
/** @jsx React.DOM */
var NavBar = React.createClass({
generateItem: function(item){
return <NavBarItem text={item.text} url={item.url} submenu={item.submenu} />
},
render: function() {
var items = this.props.items.map(this.generateItem);
return (
<ul className="menu">
{items}
</ul>
);
}
})
/** @jsx React.DOM */
var NavBarItem = React.createClass({
generateLink: function(){
//Right now we don't need our class but what if we wanted to change the text, add an arrow or something?
//Single responsibility principles tell us that it our "Item" should not handle this.
return <NavBarLink url={this.props.url} text={this.props.text} />;
},
generateSubmenu: function(){
//We generate a simple Navbar (the parent).
//Spoilers: it takes items as its argument.
return <NavBar items={this.props.submenu} />
},
generateContent: function(){
var content = [this.generateLink()];
if(this.props.submenu){
//If there is a submenu in our data for this item
//We add a generated Submenu to our content
content.push(this.generateSubmenu());
}
return content;
},
render: function() {
var content = this.generateContent();
return (
<li>
{content}
</li>
);
}
})
.menu {
list-style: none;
/* Important for sizing problems when you add/remove the submenus
Make it use 100% of the size of your container */
width: 100%;
/* This prevents a lot of problems with the submenus.
UL have basic padding, keep that in mind */
padding: 0;
}
.menu li {
/* I wanted mine horizontal. Feel free to change it to what you want */
display:inline-block;
/* Float the items to the left, to make sure the disposition does not change when it shows the subitems */
float:left;
/* The -1px on top and right make it so that our borders end up above one another
Not needed it you don't have borders... */
margin:-1px -1px 0 0;
}
.menu li a {
display:block;
/* My basic styling. I'm just giving them a black text, with a black border, and center the text in the box. */
text-decoration:none;
border: 1px solid black;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
/* Fixed size is also just me.
Not fixing it just make huge boxes when you have submenus */
width:100px;
height:50px;
line-height: 50px;
}
.menu li > ul {
/****** THE INTERESTING PART ******/
/* We hide the submenus by putting them somewhere on the left, with no opacity. */
left:-9999px;
opacity: 0;
/* We make transitions on opacity */
-webkit-transiton: opacity 0.3s;
-moz-transition: opacity 0.3s;
-ms-transition: opacity 0.3s;
-o-transition: opacity 0.3s;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
}
.menu li:hover > ul {
/* On hover, we get it back to its basic spot
left:0;
/* And change the opacity to a fully visible one */
opacity: 1;
};
@insin
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insin commented Jul 25, 2014

A more idiomatic version of NavBarItem might look like:

/** @jsx React.DOM */
var NavBarItem = React.createClass({
  render: function() {
    return (
      <li>
        <NavBarLink url={this.props.url} text={this.props.text}/>
        {this.props.submenu && <NavBar items={this.props.submenu}/>}
      </li>
    );
  }
})

@mishasaggi
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This is an excellent example. I'm new to the framework and after hopping from one tutorial to another for the past two days, React's modular design clicked for me because of this example.

@gilbertoquinteroA
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excellent code

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