Changing styles during clicking - css

Question

I have ReactJS project and I want to change colour of button during clicking. I know that it is a Ripple API but it's very incomprehensible to use it. Could someone advise me how can I do that?
I've tried to create two elements - parent and child - and changed background of child to transparent while clicking. Unfortunately I have also 'classes' object responsible for changing class if button is active and it is just not working.
My code below:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { withStyles } from '#material-ui/core/styles';
import Button from '#material-ui/core/Button';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import styles from './MydButton.style';
class MyButton extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
isClicked: false
};
}
handleClick = () => {
this.setState({ isClicked: !this.state.isClicked });
}
render() {
const {
classes,
children,
color,
disabled,
className,
onClick,
type,
border,
...props
} = this.props;
const myClass = this.state.isClicked ? 'auxClass' : 'buttonDefaultRoot';
return (
<div className={classes.parentRoot} >
<Button
classes={{
root: disabled
? classes.buttonDisabledRoot
: classes.buttonRoot,
label: disabled
? classes.buttonLabelDisabled
: classes.buttonLabel,
}}
{...props}
onClick={this.handleClick}
className={myClass}
disabled={disabled}
type={type === undefined ? 'button' : type}
>
{children}
</Button>
</div>
)
}
};
MyButton.propTypes = {
children: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
disabled: PropTypes.bool,
classes: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};
MyButton.defaultProps = {
disabled: false,
};
export default withStyles(styles)(MyButton);
and styles:
const buttonRoot = {
border: 0,
height: 48,
width: '100%',
}
export default theme => ({
buttonDefaultRoot: {
...buttonRoot,
transition: 'all 1s ease-in-out',
backgroundImage: 'linear-gradient(to right, #F59C81, #E65DA2, #E65DA2, #B13A97, #881E8E)',
boxShadow: '0px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16)',
backgroundSize: '300% 100%',
marginTop: 0,
'&:hover': {
backgroundPosition: '100% 0%',
transition: 'all 1s ease-in-out',
}
},
parentRoot: {
...buttonRoot,
backgroundColor: 'red',
backgroundSize: '300% 100%',
marginTop: 36,
},
auxClass: {
backgroundImage: 'none',
},

Answer 1

Material UI Core for ReactJS
The documentation is very good. I have updated my answer to accomodate the specific needs of this question. I have also included two general solutions for anyone who stumbles upon this question.
Tailored Solution:
Changes background color of button from classes.buttonDefaultRoot (a color defined by owner of question) to the gradient defined by the owner of this question.
First step, have a variable stored in state. You can call it whatever you want, but I'm calling bgButton. Set this to this.props.classes.buttonDefaultRoot like so:
state = {
bgButton: this.props.classes.buttonDefaultRoot,
}
Next, you want to define your function that will handle the click. Again, call it what you want. I will call it handleClick.
handleClick = () => {
const { classes } = this.props; //this grabs your css style theme
this.setState({ bgButton: classes.parentRoot.auxClass }); //accessing styles
};
A couple of things are happening here. First, I am destructuring props. So, I am creating a new const variable called classes that has the same value as this.props.classes. The classes contains a set of objects that defines your css styles for your buttons, margins, etc. You can access those styles just like you would if you were trying to get the value of a prop in an obj.
In this case you can access your button style by doing, classes.buttonDefaultRoot. That takes care of your handle click function.
Last step: render the button. In your render method you want to grab your bgButton from state like so:
render() {
const { bgButton } = this.state;
Then you want to assign your className of your button to bgButton and add the onClick functionality like this (this follows the Material UI Core documentation):
<Button variant="contained" color="primary" className={classNames(bgButton)} onClick={this.handleClick}>Button Name</Button>
Putting it all together you get this:
import React, { Component } from "react";
import Button from "#material-ui/core/Button";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
import classNames from "classnames";
import { withStyles } from "#material-ui/core/styles";
export default theme => ({ ... }) //not going to copy all of this
class MyButton extends Component {
state = {
bgButton: null
};
handleClick = () => {
const { classes } = this.props;
this.setState({ bgButton: classes.parentRoot.auxClass });
};
render() {
const { bgButton } = this.state;
return (
<div className={classes.container}>
<Button
variant="contained"
color="primary"
className={classNames(bgButton)}
onClick={this.handleClick}
>
Custom CSS
</Button>
</div>
);
}
}
MyButton.propTypes = {
classes: PropTypes.object.isRequired
};
export default withStyles(styles)(MyButton);
General Solution
This solution is for those who want to use the predefined colors, i.e. default, primary, secondary, inherit. This implementation does not need the PropTypes or className imports. This will change the color from the predefined blue to the predefined pink. That's it.
state = {
bgButton: "primary",
}
handleClick = () => {
this.setState({ bgButton: "secondary" });
}
render() {
const { bgButton } = this.state;
return(
...
<Button
onClick = {this.handleClick}
variant = "contained" //checked Material UI documentation
color={bgButton}
> ..etc.
General Solution 2
To accommodate your custom styles to the button, you would have to import PropTypes and classNames and take a similar approach as the tailored solution above. The only difference here will be my syntax and class name. I am closely following the documentation here so you can easily follow along and readjust where necessary.
import React, { Component } from "react";
import Button from "#material-ui/core/Button";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
import classNames from "classnames";
import { withStyles } from "#material-ui/core/styles";
import purple from "#material-ui/core/colors/purple";
const styles = theme => ({
container: {
display: "flex",
flexWrap: "wrap"
},
margin: {
margin: theme.spacing.unit
},
cssRoot: {
color: theme.palette.getContrastText(purple[500]),
backgroundColor: purple[500],
"&:hover": {
backgroundColor: purple[700]
}
},
bootstrapRoot: {
boxShadow: "none",
textTransform: "none",
fontSize: 16,
padding: "6px 12px",
border: "1px solid",
backgroundColor: "#007bff",
borderColor: "#007bff",
fontFamily: [
"-apple-system",
"BlinkMacSystemFont",
'"Segoe UI"',
"Roboto",
'"Helvetica Neue"',
"Arial",
"sans-serif",
'"Apple Color Emoji"',
'"Segoe UI Emoji"',
'"Segoe UI Symbol"'
].join(","),
"&:hover": {
backgroundColor: "#0069d9",
borderColor: "#0062cc"
},
"&:active": {
boxShadow: "none",
backgroundColor: "#0062cc",
borderColor: "#005cbf"
},
"&:focus": {
boxShadow: "0 0 0 0.2rem rgba(0,123,255,.5)"
}
}
});
class MyButton extends Component {
state = {
bgButton: null
};
handleClick = () => {
const { classes } = this.props;
this.setState({ bgButton: classes.cssRoot });
};
render() {
const { classes } = this.props; //this gives you access to all styles defined above, so in your className prop for your HTML tags you can put classes.container, classes.margin, classes.cssRoot, or classes.bootstrapRoot in this example.
const { bgButton } = this.state;
return (
<div className={classes.container}>
<Button
variant="contained"
color="primary"
className={classNames(bgButton)}
onClick={this.handleClick}
>
Custom CSS
</Button>
</div>
);
}
}
MyButton.propTypes = {
classes: PropTypes.object.isRequired
};
export default withStyles(styles)(MyButton);
A tip. You no longer need a constructor or to bind methods.
Hope this helps.