react-checkbox-tree

react-checkbox-tree

A simple and elegant checkbox tree for React.

Usage

Installation

Install the library using your favorite dependency manager:

yarn add react-checkbox-tree

Using npm:

npm install react-checkbox-tree --save

Note – This library makes use of Font Awesome styles and expects them to be loaded in the browser.

Include CSS

For your convenience, the library's styles can be consumed utilizing one of the following files:

• node_modules/react-checkbox-tree/lib/react-checkbox-tree.css
• node_modules/react-checkbox-tree/src/less/react-checkbox-tree.less
• node_modules/react-checkbox-tree/src/scss/react-checkbox-tree.scss

Either include one of these files in your stylesheets or utilize a CSS loader:

import 'react-checkbox-tree/lib/react-checkbox-tree.css';

Render Component

A quick usage example is included below. Note that the react-checkbox-tree component is controlled. In other words, it is stateless. You must update its checked and expanded properties whenever a change occurs.

import React from 'react';
import CheckboxTree from 'react-checkbox-tree';

const nodes = [{
    value: 'mars',
    label: 'Mars',
    children: [
        { value: 'phobos', label: 'Phobos' },
        { value: 'deimos', label: 'Deimos' },
    ],
}];

class Widget extends React.Component {
    constructor() {
        super();

        this.state = {
            checked: [],
            expanded: [],
        };
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <CheckboxTree
                nodes={nodes}
                checked={this.state.checked}
                expanded={this.state.expanded}
                onCheck={checked => this.setState({ checked })}
                onExpand={expanded => this.setState({ expanded })}
            />
        );
    }
}

All node objects must have a unique value. This value is serialized into the checked and expanded arrays and is also used for performance optimizations.

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Default
nodes	array	Required. Specifies the tree nodes and their children.
checked	array	An array of checked node values.	[]
expanded	array	An array of expanded node values.	[]
name	string	Optional name for the hidden <input> element.	undefined
nameAsArray	bool	If true, the hidden <input> will encode its values as an array rather than a joined string.	false
noCascade	bool	If true, the toggling a parent will not cascade its check state to its children.	false
optimisticToggle	bool	If true, toggling a partially-checked node will select all children. If false, it will deselect.	true
showNodeIcon	bool	If true, each node will show a parent or leaf icon.	true
onCheck	function	onCheck handler: function(checked) {}	() => {}
onExpand	function	onExpand handler: function(expanded) {}	() => {}

Node Properties

Individual nodes within the nodes property can have the following structure:

Property	Type	Description
label	string	Required. The node's label.
value	mixed	Required. The node's value.
children	array	An array of child nodes.
className	string	A className to add to the node.
icon	mixed	A custom icon for the node.

Changelog

v0.6.2 (2017-05-25)

New Features

• [#34]: Add noCascade option to decouple parent check state from children