javascript - Bootstrap modal in React.js

Question

I need to open a Bootstrap Modal from clicking on a button in a Bootstrap navbar and other places (to show data for a component instance, ie. providing "editing" functionality), but I don't know how to accomplish this. Here is my code:

EDIT: Code updated.

ApplicationContainer = React.createClass({
    render: function() {
        return (
            <div className="container-fluid">
            <NavBar />
                <div className="row">
                    <div className="col-md-2">
                        <ScheduleEntryList />
                    </div>
                    <div className="col-md-10">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <ScheduleEntryModal />
            </div>
        );
    }
});

NavBar = React.createClass({
    render: function() {
        return (
            <nav className="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
                <div className="container-fluid">
                    <div className="navbar-header">
                        <a className="navbar-brand" href="#">
                            <span className="glyphicon glyphicon-eye-open"></span>
                        </a>
                    </div>
                    <form className="navbar-form navbar-left">
                        <button className="btn btn-primary" type="button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#scheduleentry-modal">
                            <span className="glyphicon glyphicon-plus">
                            </span>
                        </button>
                    </form>
                    <ul className="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
                        <li><a href="#"><span className="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span> Username</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </nav>
        );
    }
});

ScheduleEntryList = React.createClass({
    getInitialState: function() {
        return {data: []}
    },

    loadData: function() {
        $.ajax({
            url: "/api/tasks",
            dataType: "json",

            success: function(data) {
                this.setState({data: data});
            }.bind(this),

            error: function(xhr, status, error) {
                console.error("/api/tasks", status, error.toString());
            }.bind(this)
        });
    },

    componentWillMount: function() {
        this.loadData();
        setInterval(this.loadData, 20000);
    },

    render: function() {
        items = this.state.data.map(function(item) {
            return <ScheduleEntryListItem item={item}></ScheduleEntryListItem>;
        });

        return (
            <div className="list-group">
                <a className="list-group-item active">
                    <h5 className="list-group-item-heading">Upcoming</h5>
                </a>
                {items}
            </div>
        );
    }
});

ScheduleEntryListItem = React.createClass({
    openModal: function() {
        $("#scheduleentry-modal").modal("show");
    },

    render: function() {
        deadline = moment(this.props.item.deadline).format("MMM Do YYYY, h:mm A");

        return (
            <a className="list-group-item" href="#" onClick={this.openModal}>
                <h5 className="list-group-item-heading">
                    {this.props.item.title}
                </h5>
                <small className="list-group-item-text">
                    {deadline}
                </small>
            </a>
        );
    }
});

Modal = React.createClass({
    componentDidMount: function() {
        $(this.getDOMNode())
            .modal({backdrop: "static", keyboard: true, show: false});
    },

    componentWillUnmount: function() {
        $(this.getDOMNode())
            .off("hidden", this.handleHidden);
    },

    open: function() {
        $(this.getDOMNode()).modal("show");
    },

    close: function() {
        $(this.getDOMNode()).modal("hide");
    },

    render: function() {
        return (
            <div id="scheduleentry-modal" className="modal fade" tabIndex="-1">
                <div className="modal-dialog">
                    <div className="modal-content">
                        <div className="modal-header">
                            <button type="button" className="close" data-dismiss="modal">
                                <span>&times;</span>
                            </button>
                            <h4 className="modal-title">{this.props.title}</h4>
                        </div>
                        <div className="modal-body">
                            {this.props.children}
                        </div>
                        <div className="modal-footer">
                            <button type="button" className="btn btn-danger pull-left" data-dismiss="modal">Delete</button>
                            <button type="button" className="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

        )
    }
});

ScheduleEntryModal = React.createClass({
    render: function() {
        var modal = null;
        modal = (
            <Modal title="Add Schedule Entry">
                    <form className="form-horizontal">
                        <div className="form-group">
                            <label htmlFor="title" className="col-sm-2 control-label">Title</label>
                            <div className="col-sm-10">
                                <input id="title" className="form-control" type="text" placeholder="Title" ref="title" name="title"/>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                        <div className="form-group">
                            <label htmlFor="deadline" className="col-sm-2 control-label">Deadline</label>
                            <div className="col-sm-10">
                                <input id="deadline" className="form-control" type="datetime-local" ref="deadline" name="deadline"/>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                        <div className="form-group">
                            <label htmlFor="completed" className="col-sm-2 control-label">Completed</label>
                            <div className="col-sm-10">
                                <input id="completed" className="form-control" type="checkbox" placeholder="completed" ref="completed" name="completed"/>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                        <div className="form-group">
                            <label htmlFor="description" className="col-sm-2 control-label">Description</label>
                            <div className="col-sm-10">
                                <textarea id="description" className="form-control" placeholder="Description" ref="description" name="description"/>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </form>
            </Modal>
        );

        return (
            <div className="scheduleentry-modal">
                {modal}
            </div>
        );
    }
});

Other comments and improvements to the code are appreciated.

Answer 1

I was recently looking for a nice solution to this without adding React-Bootstrap to my project (as Bootstrap 4 is about to be released).

This is my solution: https://jsfiddle.net/16j1se1q/1/

let Modal = React.createClass({
    componentDidMount(){
        $(this.getDOMNode()).modal('show');
        $(this.getDOMNode()).on('hidden.bs.modal', this.props.handleHideModal);
    },
    render(){
        return (
          <div className="modal fade">
            <div className="modal-dialog">
              <div className="modal-content">
                <div className="modal-header">
                  <button type="button" className="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
                  <h4 className="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
                </div>
                <div className="modal-body">
                  <p>One fine body&hellip;</p>
                </div>
                <div className="modal-footer">
                  <button type="button" className="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
                  <button type="button" className="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
                </div>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        )
    },
    propTypes:{
        handleHideModal: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
    }
});



let App = React.createClass({
    getInitialState(){
        return {view: {showModal: false}}
    },
    handleHideModal(){
        this.setState({view: {showModal: false}})
    },
    handleShowModal(){
        this.setState({view: {showModal: true}})
    },
    render(){
    return(
        <div className="row">
            <button className="btn btn-default btn-block" onClick={this.handleShowModal}>Open Modal</button>
            {this.state.view.showModal ? <Modal handleHideModal={this.handleHideModal}/> : null}
        </div>
    );
  }
});

React.render(
   <App />,
    document.getElementById('container')
);

The main idea is to only render the Modal component into the React DOM when it is to be shown (in the App components render function). I keep some 'view' state that indicates whether the Modal is currently shown or not.

The 'componentDidMount' and 'componentWillUnmount' callbacks either hide or show the modal (once it is rendered into the React DOM) via Bootstrap javascript functions.

I think this solution nicely follows the React ethos but suggestions are welcome!