Kevin Powell - Community•4mo ago

how to add classes in react

<Link to="/" className={(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : ''} ><li>Home</li></Link>

<Link to="/" className={(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : ''} ><li>Home</li></Link>

i want to add classes to link tag but im not able to do it.. help

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reeeeOP•4mo ago

classname attribute is already occupied, thats why

glutonium•4mo ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34418254/how-do-i-add-an-active-class-to-a-link-from-react-router

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How do I add an active class to a Link from React Router?

I've created a bootstrap-style sidebar using Link. Here is a snippet of my code: <ul className="sidebar-menu"> <li className="header">MAIN NAVIGATION</li> <li><Link ...

prophile•4mo ago

Depending on what you want to do here, you might find the :local-link pseudo-class useful to be able to do styling directly in the CSS without needing to change the class name in React

Jochem•4mo ago

the part between {} is just a javascript expression. You can use a template string:

<Link to="/" className={`${(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : ''} yourClass`} ><li>Home</li></Link>

<Link to="/" className={`${(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : ''} yourClass`} ><li>Home</li></Link>

or an array if you don't like template strings:

<Link to="/" className={[(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : '', 'yourClass'].join(" ")} ><li>Home</li></Link>

<Link to="/" className={[(pathname === '/') ? 'active' : '', 'yourClass'].join(" ")} ><li>Home</li></Link>

missymae•4mo ago

In react you use className, with the camelCase. classname without the capital letter is html, so react uses className.

reeeeOP•4mo ago

thanks for the help guys:thumbup:

b1mind•4mo ago

Better method is to use the aria attribute vs using a class.

b1mind•4mo ago

https://benmyers.dev/blog/semantic-selectors/

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