react-edit-list

Universal Editable List React Component

react-edit-list allows for easy creation of editable lists in React that can be interfaced with a database

• Fully customizable
• Zero-dependency
• Supports async callbacks for calling externals APIs
• Supports input validation
• Supports optional null fields
• Supports custom field types

Installation

npm i --save react-edit-layers

Usage

Refer to the examples

API

Table of Contents

• Element
• Schema
• Row
• Props
  • schema
  • onLoad
  • format
    • Examples
  • edit
    • Examples
  • editProps
  • headers
  • onChange
  • onInsert
  • onUpdate
  • onDelete
  • defaultValues
  • className
  • btnValidateClassName
  • btnDeleteClassName
  • btnCancelClassName
  • headClassName
  • bodyClassName
  • trClassName
  • thClassName
  • tdClassName
  • inputClassName
  • btnValidateElement
  • btnDeleteElement
  • btnCancelElement
  • disableUpdate
  • disableDelete
  • disableInsert
  • tableElement
  • tbodyElement
  • theadElement
  • thElement
  • trElement
  • tdElement
  • filler
  • rowClassName
  • insertClassName
• ReactEditList
  • Parameters

Element

Field type

id means a hidden field that will be carried on by react-edit-list without any processing

string and number have default rendering and input components

custom allows you to define your own rendering and input components

Passing an array of name/value pairs allows defining of an enum field

Type: ("id" | "string" | "number" | Array<{name: string, value: (string | undefined)}> | "custom")

Schema

Schema for the data

Type: Array<{name: string, type: Element}>

Row

A row of data

Type: Record<string, Value>

Props

ReactEditList properties

schema

The schema for the data

Type: Schema

onLoad

Will be called to load the data, can be asynchronous

Type: function (): (Array<Row> | Promise<Array<Row>>)

format

Custom field formatters

Each field formatter must be a React component

It will receive the value to be rendered in props.value

Type: Record<string, Formatter>

Examples

function DefaultFormatString(props: {value: Value}): JSX.Element {
  return <React.Fragment>{props.value as string}</React.Fragment>;
}

edit

Custom field editors

Each field editor must be a React component

It will receive the previous value in props.value and should call props.onChange to update it

Type: Record<string, Editor>

Examples

function DefaultEditString(props: {
  value: Value;
  opts?: unknown;
  className?: string;
  editProps?: Record<string, unknown>;
  onChange: (v: Value) => void;
}) {
  const onChange = React.useCallback(
    (e) => props.onChange(e.target.value != '' ? e.target.value : undefined),
    [props]
  );
  return (
    <input
      className={props.className}
      {...props.editProps}
      value={props.value as string}
      type='text'
      onChange={onChange}
    />
  );
}

editProps

Custom props to be passed to the field editors

Type: Record<string, Record<string, any>>

headers

Custom headers, set to null to completely disable headers

Type: (Record<string, JSX.Element> | null)

onChange

Called on every change with all the elements

Return false to deny the operation

Return true to trigger a refresh through onLoad

Return undefined for default behavior

Type: function (data: Array<Row>): (boolean | void | Promise<(boolean | void)>)

onInsert

Called after insertion of a new element

Return false to deny the operation

Return a new item to modify its contents

Type: function (item: Row): (boolean | void | Row | Promise<(boolean | void | Row)>)

onUpdate

Called after updating an existing element

Return false to deny the operation

Return a new item to modify its contents

Type: function (updated: Row, old: Row): (boolean | void | Row | Promise<(boolean | void | Row)>)

onDelete

Called after deleting an element

Return false to deny the operation

Type: function (item: Row): (boolean | void | Promise<(boolean | void)>)

defaultValues

Optional default values for new elements

Type: Row

className

Optional CSS class name

Type: string

btnValidateClassName

Optional validate button class name

Type: string

btnDeleteClassName

Optional delete button class name

Type: string

btnCancelClassName

Optional cancel button class name

Type: string

headClassName

Optional table head class name

Type: string

bodyClassName

Optional table body class name

Type: string

trClassName

Optional table TR class name

Type: string

thClassName

Optional table TH class name

Type: (string | Record<string, string>)

tdClassName

Optional table TD class name

Type: (string | Record<string, string>)

inputClassName

Optional table INPUT class name

Type: string

btnValidateElement

Optional custom button element

Type: JSX.Element

btnDeleteElement

Optional custom button element

Type: JSX.Element

btnCancelElement

Optional custom button element

Type: JSX.Element

disableUpdate

Disable updating

Type: boolean

disableDelete

Disable deleting

Type: boolean

disableInsert

Disable inserting

Type: boolean

tableElement

Element to use instead of

Type: string

tbodyElement

Element to use instead of

Type: (string | React.FunctionComponent<{className: string?}>)

theadElement

Element to use instead of

Type: (string | React.FunctionComponent<{className: string?}>)

thElement

Element to use instead of

Type: (string | React.FunctionComponent<{className: string?, dataid: number?}>)

tdElement

Element to use instead of