I've created a React app for a school project that can add multiple types of input fields to a view by clicking a button (sort of like Wordpress Gutenberg).
Currently, I can add one of each type of item onto the view. However, if I click the button again, it erases the current text that was added. I'd like the ability to click the button to add as many fields as I'd like on click.
Also, the items are only added into the view in the order they were created meaning, even if I choose photo first and I click headline after, it (headline) will appear at the top of the list above the initial item.
I've had a look at these solutions (which were pretty good) but they didn't provide what I need.
Dynamically adding Input form field issue reactjs
and "update delete list elements using unique key": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJYBMSuOX3s which was closer to what I needed to do.
Apologies in advance for the length of the code,(there are two other related components for text input and an editform). I'm sure there is a much more simple way to do this. I haven't been able to find an npm package or solution to this specific problem online and am open to a simpler solution.
Edit.jsx
export default class Edit extends React.Component {
state = {
texts: {
hl: '',
shl: '',
txt: '',
photo: []
},
coms: {
hl: false,
shl: false,
txt: false,
photo: null
},
labels: {
// Replace with icons
hl: 'Headline',
shl: 'Sub',
txt: 'Text Area',
photo: 'Photo'
},
selectedItem: '',
}
componentDidMount() {
const saveData = localStorage.getItem('saveData') === 'true';
const user = saveData ? localStorage.getItem('user') : '';
this.setState({ user, saveData });
}
createPage = async () => {
await this.props.postPage(this.state.texts)
}
// add options
addOptions = (item) => {
const { coms } = this.state
coms[item] = !coms[item]
this.setState({ coms: coms })
}
// ADD TEXT
addTxt = () => {
this.setState({ texts: [...this.state.texts, ""] })
}
enableAllButtons = () => {
this.setState({ selectedItem: '' })
}
handleChange = (e, index) => {
this.state.texts[index] = e.target.value
//set the changed state.
this.setState({ texts: this.state.texts })
}
setDisable = (selectedItem) => {
this.setState({ selectedItem })
}
handleRemove = () => {
// this.state.texts.splice(index, 1)
this.setState({ texts: this.state.texts })
}
handleSubmit = (e) => {
console.log(this.state, 'all text')
}
handleChange = (e, item) => {
let { texts } = this.state
texts[item] = e.target.value
//set the changed state.
this.setState({ texts })
console.log(texts)
}
render() {
const { coms, labels, selectedItem, texts } = this.state
let buttons = Object.keys(coms)
let showItems = Object.keys(coms).filter(key => coms[key] === true)
return (
<div>
<InnerHeader />
{/* Make a route for edit here */}
<Route path='/edit/form' render={() => (
<EditForm
texts={texts}
coms={coms}
labels={labels}
addOptions={this.addOptions}
setDisable={this.setDisable}
selectedItem={selectedItem}
showItems={showItems}
handleChange={this.handleChange}
enableAllButtons={this.enableAllButtons}
/>
)} />
{/* Make route for preview */}
<Route path='/edit/preview' render={(props) => (
<Preview
{...props}
createPage={this.createPage}
/>
)}
/>
</div>
)
}
}
AddText.jsx:
export default class AddText extends Component {
state = {
}
// ADD TEXT
addTxt(item) {
const {
addOptions } = this.props
addOptions(item)
}
render() {
const { coms, labels } = this.props
const { selectedItem } = this.props
let buttons = Object.keys(coms)
console.log('here', selectedItem)
return (
<div>
<Card>
<Card.Body>
{
buttons.map((item, index) => <button
value={(selectedItem === "") ? false : (selectedItem === item) ? false : true} key={index} onClick={() => this.addTxt(item)}>
{labels[item]}
</button>
)
}
</Card.Body>
</Card>
</div>
)
}
}
EditForm.jsx
export default function EditForm(props) {
return (
<div>
<div className='some-page-wrapper-sm'>
<div className="dash-card-sm">
<button><Link to={{
pathname: '/edit/preview',
item: props.texts
}}>preview</Link></button>
<br />
<br />
<AddText
coms={props.coms}
labels={props.labels}
addOptions={props.addOptions}
setDisable={props.setDisable}
selectedItem={props.selectedItem}
/>
<div>
{
props.showItems.map((item, index) => {
return (
<InputFieldComponent
// setDisable={props.setDisable}
onChangeText={(e) => props.handleChange(e, item)}
enableAllButtons={props.enableAllButtons}
key={index}
item={item}
labels={props.labels}
texts={props.texts}
/>
)
})
}
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
}
InputFieldComponent.jsx
export default class InputFieldComponent extends React.Component {
setWrapperRef = (node) => {
this.wrapperRef = node;
}
render() {
const { labels, item, onChangeText, texts } = this.props
return (
<div>
<textarea
className="txt-box"
ref={this.setWrapperRef}
onChange={onChangeText}
placeholder={labels[item]}
value={texts[item]} />
</div>
)
}
}