Building the Compound Child Components

Now, let’s work on the Expandable component's child components and actually see some output!

We'll cover the following

Child Components of Expandable #

There are three child components for the Expandable component.

These child components need to consume values from the context object created in Expandable.js.

To make this possible, we’ll do a little refactoring as shown below:

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import React, { createContext, useState, useCallback, useRef, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react'
export const ExpandableContext = createContext()
const { Provider } = ExpandableContext
const Expandable = ({ children, onExpand }) => {
  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false)
  const toggle = useCallback(
    () => setExpanded(prevExpanded => !prevExpanded),
    []
  )
  const componentJustMounted = useRef(true)
  useEffect(
    () => {
    if (!componentJustMounted.current) {
        onExpand(expanded)
    }
     componentJustMounted.current = false
    },
    [expanded]
  )
  const value = useMemo(
   () => ({ expanded, toggle }), 
   [expanded, toggle]
  )
  return (
    <Provider value={value}>
        {children}
    </Provider>
  )
}
export default Expandable

We export the context object, ExpandableContext, from Expandable.js.

Now, we may use the useContext hook to consume the values from the Provider.

The Header Child #

Below is the Header child component fully implemented.

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Header.js
Expandable.js
//Header.js
import React, { useContext } from 'react'
import { ExpandableContext } from './Expandable'
const Header = ({children}) => {
  const { toggle } = useContext(ExpandableContext)
  return <div onClick={toggle}>{children}</div>
}
export default Header

Simple, right?

It renders a div whose onClick callback is the toggle function for toggling the expanded state within the Expandable parent component.

The Body Child #

Here’s the implementation for the Body child component:

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Body.js
Header.js
Expandable.js
// Body.js
import { useContext } from 'react'
import { ExpandableContext } from './Expandable'
const Body = ({ children }) => {
  const { expanded } = useContext(ExpandableContext)
  return expanded ? children : null
}
export default Body

Pretty simple as well.

The expanded value is retrieved from the context object and used within the rendered markup. Line 7 reads like this: expanded, render children, otherwise, render nothing.

The Icon Child #

The Icon component is just as simple.

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Icon.js
Body.js
Header.js
Expandable.js
// Icon.js
import { useContext } from 'react'
import { ExpandableContext } from './Expandable'
const Icon = () => {
  const { expanded } = useContext(ExpandableContext)
  return expanded ? '-' : '+'
}
export default Icon

It renders either + or - depending on the value of expanded retrieved from the context object.

With all child components built, we can set them as Expandable properties. See below:

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import Header from './Header'
import Icon from './Icon'
import Body from './Body'
...
const Expandable = ({ children, onExpand }) => {
	...
}
// Remember this is just a personal reference. It's not mandatory
Expandable.Header = Header
Expandable.Body = Body
Expandable.Icon = Icon

Using the Expandable Component #

Now, we can go ahead and use the Expandable component as designed:

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<Expandable>
    <Expandable.Header>React hooks</Expandable.Header>       
    <Expandable.Icon />
    <Expandable.Body>Hooks are awesome</Expandable.Body>
</Expandable>

Current Look #

Here is the Expandable component so far!

// Body.js
import { useContext } from 'react'
import { ExpandableContext } from './Expandable'

const Body = ({ children }) => {
  const { expanded } = useContext(ExpandableContext)
  return expanded ? children : null
}
export default Body

Quick Quiz! #

1

Select all that apply for this question.

Why do we export the ExpandableContext from Expandable.js?

A)

The child components of Expandable need to consume values from the context object created in Expandable.js.

B)

Because the user’s app needs to use the values in that context

C)

The context cannot be used elsewhere without the export

Question 1 of 50 attempted

This works but it has to be the ugliest component I’ve ever seen. We can do better. Let’s try in the next lesson!