React Gateway

Render React DOM into a new context (aka "Portal")

This project is a forked update from https://github.com/cloudflare/react-gateway. Simplified test builds and updated with react hooks.

Installation

$ npm install --save @chardskarth/react-gateway

Example

import React from 'react';
import {
  Gateway,
  GatewayDest,
  GatewayProvider
} from '@chardskarth/react-gateway';

export default class Application extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <GatewayProvider>
        <div>
          <h1>React Gateway Universal Example</h1>
          <div className="container">
            <Gateway into="one">
              <div className="item">Item 1</div>
            </Gateway>
            <Gateway into="two">
              <div className="item">Item 2</div>
            </Gateway>
            <div className="item">Item 3</div>
          </div>
          <GatewayDest name="one" component="section" className="hello"/>
          <GatewayDest name="two"/>
        </div>
      </GatewayProvider>
    );
  }
}

Will render as:

<div>
  <h1>React Gateway Universal Example</h1>
  <div className="container">
    <noscript></noscript>
    <noscript></noscript>
    <div className="item">Item 3</div>
  </div>
  <section className="hello">
    <div className="item">Item 1</div>
  </section>
  <div>
    <div className="item">Item 2</div>
  </div>
</div>

Usage

To get started with React Gateway, first wrap your application in the <GatewayProvider>.

  import React from 'react';
+ import {
+   GatewayProvider
+ } from 'react-gateway';

  export default class Application extends React.Component {
    render() {
      return (
+       <GatewayProvider>
          <div>
            {this.props.children}
          </div>
+       </GatewayProvider>
      );
    }
  }

Then insert a <GatewayDest> whereever you want it to render and give it a name.

  import React from 'react';
  import {
    GatewayProvider,
+   GatewayDest
  } from 'react-gateway';

  export default class Application extends React.Component {
    render() {
      return (
        <GatewayProvider>
          <div>
            {this.props.children}
+           <GatewayDest name="global"/>
          </div>
        </GatewayProvider>
      );
    }
  }

You could also add an unmountOnEmpty option to prevent a GatewayDest element from rendering if there are no <Gateway into> match for a <GatewayDest name>.

Then in any of your components (that get rendered inside of the <GatewayProvider>) add a <Gateway>.

  import React from 'react';
+ import {Gateway} from 'react-gateway';

  export default class MyComponent extends React.Component {
    render() {
      return (
        <div>
+         <Gateway into="global">
+           Will render into the "global" gateway.
+         </Gateway>
        </div>
      );
    }
  }

If you want to customize the <GatewayDest> element, you can pass any props, including component (which will allows you to specify a tagName or custom component), and they will be passed to the created element.

  export default class Application extends React.Component {
    render() {
      return (
        <GatewayProvider>
          <div>
            {this.props.children}
-           <GatewayDest name="global"/>
+           <GatewayDest name="global" component="section" className="global-gateway"/>
          </div>
        </GatewayProvider>
      );
    }
  }

GatewayDest props

Prop Name	Description
name	name of this container. Renders all Gateway that have the matching Gateway into prop value.
component	React component that renders. Defaults to div.
unmountOnEmpty	if true, the DOM container removes itself if there are no child Gateway to be rendered.

Gateway props

Prop Name	Description
into	name of the GatewayDest to render itself into.
sort	Number. Defines its sorting order among its sibling Gateway

How it works

React Gateway works very differently than most React "portals" in order to work in server-side rendered React applications.

It maintains an internal registry of "containers" and "children" which manages where things should be rendered.

This registry is created by <GatewayProvider> and passed to <Gateway> and <GatewayDest> invisibly via React's contextTypes.

Whenever a child or container is added or removed, React Gateway will update its internal registry and ensure things are properly rendered.