BlueprintJS is a React-based UI toolkit for the web. This library is very optimized and popular for building interfaces that are complex data-dense for desktop applications. HTMLSelect Component provides a way for users to given them the React alternative to the native HTML select component. It is a styled version of the HTML select component. We can use the following approach in ReactJS to use the ReactJS Blueprint HTMLSelect Component.
HTMLSelect Props:
- disabled: It is used to indicate whether this element is non-interactive.
- elementRef: It is used to denote a ref handler or a ref object that receives the native HTML element rendered by this component.
- fill: It is used to indicate whether this element should fill its container.
- iconProps: It is used to denote the props to spread to the <Icon> element.
- large: It is used to indicate whether to use large styles.
- minimal: It is used to indicate whether to use minimal styles.
- multiple: It is used to denote the multiple select is not supported.
- onChange: It is used to denote the change event handler.
- options: It is used to denote the Shorthand for supplying options.
- value: It is used to denote the controlled value of this component.
Creating React Application And Installing Module:
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Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:
npx create-react-app foldername
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Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command:
cd foldername
- Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, Install the required module using the following command:
npm install @blueprintjs/core
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Project Structure: It will look like the following.
Project Structure
Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.
App.js
import React from 'react'import '@blueprintjs/core/lib/css/blueprint.css'; import { HTMLSelect } from "@blueprintjs/core"; Â Â function App() { Â Â Â Â return ( Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <div style={{ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â display: 'block', width: 400, padding: 30 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â }}> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <h4>ReactJS Blueprint HTMLSelect Component</h4> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <div > Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <HTMLSelect> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option selected>Monday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Tuesday">Tuesday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Wednesday">Wednesday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Thursday">Thursday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Friday">Friday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Saturday">Saturday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â <option value="Sunday">Sunday</option> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â </HTMLSelect> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â </div> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â </div > Â Â Â Â ); } Â Â export default App; |
Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:
npm start
Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output:
Reference: https://blueprintjs.com/docs/#core/components/html-select
