const appRoot = document.getElementById('app-root');
const modalRoot = document.getElementById('modal-root');
class Modal extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.el = document.createElement('div');
}
componentDidMount() {
modalRoot.appendChild(this.el);
}
componentWillUnmount() {
modalRoot.removeChild(this.el);
}
render() {
return ReactDOM.createPortal(
this.props.children,
this.el,
);
}
}
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {clicks: 0};
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
}
handleClick() {
// This will fire when the button in Child is clicked,
// updating Parent's state, even though button
// is not direct descendant in the DOM.
this.setState(prevState => ({
clicks: prevState.clicks + 1
}));
}
render() {
return (
<div onClick={this.handleClick}>
<p>Number of clicks: {this.state.clicks}</p>
<p>
Open up the browser DevTools
to observe that the button
is not a child of the div
with the onClick handler.
</p>
<Modal>
<Child />
</Modal>
</div>
);
}
}
function Child() {
// The click event on this button will bubble up to parent,
// because there is no 'onClick' attribute defined
return (
<div className="modal">
<button>Click</button>
</div>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<Parent />, appRoot);