@material-ui/lab

What is @material-ui/lab?

@material-ui/lab is a collection of advanced and experimental components for Material-UI, a popular React UI framework. It includes components that are not yet part of the core Material-UI library but are useful for building complex and feature-rich applications.

What are @material-ui/lab's main functionalities?

Autocomplete

The Autocomplete component provides a user-friendly way to select from a list of options. It supports features like filtering, multiple selections, and custom rendering.

import React from 'react';
import Autocomplete from '@material-ui/lab/Autocomplete';
import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';

const options = ['Option 1', 'Option 2', 'Option 3'];

function AutocompleteExample() {
  return (
    <Autocomplete
      options={options}
      renderInput={(params) => <TextField {...params} label="Choose an option" />}
    />
  );
}

export default AutocompleteExample;

Alert

The Alert component is used to display important messages to the user. It supports different severity levels like error, warning, info, and success.

import React from 'react';
import Alert from '@material-ui/lab/Alert';

function AlertExample() {
  return (
    <Alert severity="error">This is an error alert — check it out!</Alert>
  );
}

export default AlertExample;

Skeleton

The Skeleton component is used to display a placeholder preview of the content before the data is loaded. It helps improve the user experience by showing a loading state.

import React from 'react';
import Skeleton from '@material-ui/lab/Skeleton';

function SkeletonExample() {
  return (
    <div>
      <Skeleton variant="text" />
      <Skeleton variant="circle" width={40} height={40} />
      <Skeleton variant="rect" width={210} height={118} />
    </div>
  );
}

export default SkeletonExample;

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react-select is a flexible and customizable React component for creating dropdowns and autocompletes. It offers a wide range of features like multi-select, async options, and custom styling. Compared to @material-ui/lab's Autocomplete, react-select provides more customization options and is focused solely on dropdowns and autocompletes.

react-toastify

react-toastify is a popular library for displaying toast notifications in React applications. It offers a simple API and supports various customization options. Compared to @material-ui/lab's Alert component, react-toastify is more specialized for toast notifications and provides more features for managing and customizing toasts.

react-loading-skeleton

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README

@material-ui/lab

This package hosts the incubator components that are not yet ready to move to core.

Installation

Install the package in your project directory with:

// with npm
npm install @material-ui/lab

// with yarn
yarn add @material-ui/lab

If you are not already using Material-UI in your project, you can add it with:

// with npm
npm install @material-ui/core

// with yarn
yarn add @material-ui/core