Lab 13: More Component Communication

Objectives

  • In a child component, accept a function as a prop and invoke it
  • In a parent component, implement a function and pass it as a prop to a child component

Steps

In a child component, accept a function as a prop and invoke it

  1. Open the file src\projects\ProjectForm.js.

  2. In the ProjectFormProps interface, add an onCancel event handler that takes no parameters and returns void.

  3. Update the cancel button and add a click event to invoke the function passed into the onCancel prop.

    src\projects\ProjectForm.js

    import React from 'react';
    + import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
    - function ProjectForm() {
    + function ProjectForm({ onCancel }) {
    return (
    <form className="input-group vertical">
    <label htmlFor="name">Project Name</label>
    <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="enter name" />
    <label htmlFor="description">Project Description</label>
    <textarea name="description" placeholder="enter description" />
    <label htmlFor="budget">Project Budget</label>
    <input type="number" name="budget" placeholder="enter budget" />
    <label htmlFor="isActive">Active?</label>
    <input type="checkbox" name="isActive" />
    <div className="input-group">
    <button className="primary bordered medium">Save</button>
    <span />
    <button type="button" className="bordered medium"
    + onClick={onCancel}
    >
    cancel
    </button>
    </div>
    </form>
    );
    }
    + ProjectForm.propTypes = {
    + onCancel: PropTypes.func.isRequired
    + };
    export default ProjectForm;

In a parent component, implement a function and pass it as a prop to a child component

  1. In src\projects\ProjectList.js add a cancelEditingevent handler toProjectListthat sets the state of the component so that editingProject is an empty object {}.

  2. Wire up the onCancel event of the <ProjectForm /> component rendered in the ProjectList to the cancelEditing event handler.

    src\projects\ProjectList.js

...
function ProjectList({ projects }) {
const [projectBeingEdited, setProjectBeingEdited] = useState({});
const handleEdit = (project) => {
setProjectBeingEdited(project);
};
+ const cancelEditing = () => {
+ setProjectBeingEdited({});
+ };
return (
<div className="row">
{projects.map((project) => (
<div key={project.id} className="cols-sm">
{project === projectBeingEdited ? (
<ProjectForm
+ onCancel={cancelEditing}
/>
) : (
<ProjectCard project={project} onEdit={handleEdit} />
)}
</div>
))}
</div>
);
}
export default ProjectList;
  1. Verify the application is working by following these steps:
    1. Open the application in your browser and refresh the page.
    2. Click the edit button for a project.
    3. Verify the <ProjectCard /> is removed and replaced by the <ProjectForm/>.

      The <ProjectForm/> will be empty at this point. We will fill in the data in a future lab.

    4. Click the cancel button on the form.
    5. Verify the <ProjectForm/> is removed and replaced by the <ProjectCard />.

This lab is conceptually very similar to Lab 11 in that we are invoking a function on a parent component in a child component.

✔ You have completed Lab 13

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