react-sidenav

Side Navigation Component for React

Requirements

react-sidenav are exported as an es module thus you would need a bundler to use it. It is also written in Typescript so it can be directly used with a typescript project as well.

Peer Dependencies

React 16.8

NavContext

As the current version of react-sidenav does not have any fixed rendering template, the user is free to render Nav items as they see fit. To render conditionally an item can get the context which contains the following attributes:

property	type	description
selected	boolean	if this Nav item is selected
id	string	the id of the Nav as per props.id
pathId	string	The path id, will be parentId
level	number	The level of the Nav, starts with 1
isLeaf	boolean	If true, then this Nav has no children

Below is an example on how to use it.

    const Item = () => {
      const context = React.useContext(NavContext);
      return (
        <div style={{ color: context.selected? 'pink': 'inherit'}}>{ props.children }</div>
      )
    }
  
    <SideNav>
      <Nav id="1">
        <Item>Link 1</Item>
      </Nav>
      <Nav id="2">
        <Item>Link 2</Item>
      </Nav>
      <Nav id="3">
        <Item>Link 3</Item>
      </Nav>
    </SideNav>
  

SideNav Properties

property	type	description	isRequired
onSelection	function: ({id, path, payload}) => void	a function that gets called when a navigation has been clicked	false
defaultSelectedPath	string	the default selection	false
mode	compact, normal	changes rendering style of children	false, defaults to normal
childrenToggleMode	hover, click	changes how children are expanded	false, defaults to hover
childrenToggleIndicator	React Component	the toggle indicator to render. The collapse, expand state is passed or you can use the NavGroupContext to get the collapse/expand state	false

Nav Properties

property	type	description	isRequired
id		a function that gets called when a navigation has been clicked	true
payload	any	passed to the listener when this nav is clicked	false

Development

Please checkout example on CodeSandbox and the src/playground directory for now while all the documentation/testing is being completed.

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