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React Compound Component Typings

React Compound Component Typings

Define Composition Typings and Export Compound Components in React using TypeScript

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Cristiana Man
·Mar 24, 2021·

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Imagine you were building a compound component in React.

<Tabs>
    <Tabs.Title>Admin</Tabs.Title> 
    <Tabs.Item>Overview</Tabs.Item>
    <Tabs.Item>Settings</Tabs.Item>
</Tabs>

The type of Tabs is FunctionComponent<TabsProps> so how can we export the Title and Item components?

We can define a TabsComposition interface:

interface TabsComposition {
    Title: FunctionComponent<TitleProps>;
    Item: FunctionComponent<ItemProps>;
}

Then the declaration of Tabs becomes:

const Tabs: FunctionComponent<TabsProps> & TabsComposition = ({children, ...props}) => (
  <>{children}</>
);

We can then assign the Title and Item components like you would normally work with objects in JavaScript:

Tabs.Title = Title;
Tabs.Item = Item;

Finally, you can export the Tabs component:

export {Tabs};
 
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