I have many components in a components folder. How can I import
them in one line?
For example I have this:
import FormField from "./../components/FormField";
import MultiSelect from "./../components/MultiSelect";
but I want to import it like this:
import {MultiSelect, FormField} from "./../components";
which is not working.
To do like this:
import { MultiSelect, FormField } from "./../components";
In your components folder, create new file: index.js with
export { default as FormField } from './FormField';
export { default as MultiSelect} from './MultiSelect';
Just make index.js in components folder
export * from './FormField';
export * from './MultiSelect';
After this you can easily access.
import {MultiSelect,FormField} from "./../components";
Add index.js in components folder having:
export { default as FormField } from './FormField';
export { default as MultiSelect } from './MultiSelect';
Then in the file where you want to use these components, import them using:
import { MultiSelect,FormField } from "./../components";
There is already an answer for your question. But let me add my 5 cents:
First:
you may import like this: from "../components"; instead of from "./../components";
Second:
I have some experience with imports and I have found out that import {MultiSelect, FormField} from "./../components"; has a lot of pitfalls. You need to create index.js fiels. When you will search MultiSelect uses within your IDE you will always have index.js and that isn't useful. Also if you'll decide to move your file you will have to change 3 files instead of 1 (old index.js new index.js and file that used your MultiSelect).
Is it worth it? It's up too you of course! But now you know what problems you may have :)
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how to use import statement to import functions from one component to other component.
Below is how the import statement is:
import Tool from '../Common';
import { ToolContextProvider } from '../Common';
This complaint of duplicate lines. So I have tried something like below,
import { ToolContextProvider, Tool} from '../Common';
But this doesn't seem to be correct. How can write this in one line.
Could someone help me with this? Thanks.
basically there are two different type of export in javascript modules (also react included):
default export
named export
default export would be like :
// someFile.js
export default SomeComponent
named export would be like
// someFile.js
export SomeOtherComponent
importing them in other components for using them should be like:
// useCase.js
import SomeComponent from './someFile' // for default export
import { SomeOtherComponent } from './someFile' // for named export
import SomeComponent, { SomeOtherComponent } from './someFile' // for using both
You can import like this. Just combine both of them.
import Tool, { ToolContextProvider } from '../Common';
My project looks something like this
/src
/components
/Homepage
Homepage.js.
App.js
index.css
index.js
I want to import Homepage.js to App.js. I did
import About from './Components/./Homepage/Homepage'; but it doesn't work. Any ideas on how I should import it correctly
So if you would like to import Homepage.js to App.js, correct your import statement as below
import About from './components/Homepage/Homepage'
There is a small typo in your import statement which is failing. :)
I would suggest using VSCode, it helps a lot.
Make sure you have export default About in your Homepage.js, then you can use import About from './components/Homepage/Homepage'; in App.js
If you just use export About, then you can use import { About } from './components/Homepage/Homepage'; in App.js.
Make sure you exported the object or function.
Use the correct import path
Hello i'm trying to export multiple classes in react so they can be all rendered in one page. My group makes each handled a component and now where tying to bring it all together. Problem is that when we try to combine the classes we get errors that they have already been declared. Its all a learning process and while looking for solutions we saw that you can import the components and have them rendered but even looking through documentation we were a bit confused.
import styles from './ViewJobsList.css';
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
import { compA, compB} from './App.js';
class compA extends React.Component {...};
class compB extends React.Component {...};
export default { compA, compB};
Now each class works on its own but together when put like this we get
Parsing error: Identifier 'compA' has already been declared
How can we export these two classes and 1 more in the future?
If you take out this line:
import { compA, compB} from './App.js';
It'll work.
The reason it's not working at the moment is because you're importing and declaring the functions in the same file. You only want to declare or import - not both.
You only want to use an import statement in files where you want the functions to be pulled across from a new file. Export is used on the file where the functions are declared.
Edit: So to import and export how you want, you need to phrase it like this:
In your app.js, you need to phrase it like:
export { compA, compB };
In your index.js, you then need to:
import { compA, compB } from "./app.js"
**Note!! If your app.js is in a different folder, i.e. a components folder, you will need to add the folder route before app.js, so it would be like:
./components/app.js**
That should be all OK - assuming you have the React and appropriate dependencies imported.
Try and delete line 3 in your snippet viz import { compA, compB} from './App.js';
I am receiving the following error when trying to run my React app:
./src/components/App/App.js
Attempted import error: 'combineReducers'
is not exported from '../../store/reducers/'.
Here's how I'm exporting combineReducers:
import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
import userReducers from './userReducers';
import articleReducers from './articleReducers';
export default combineReducers({
userReducers,
articleReducers
});
and here's how I'm importing it in App.js:
import { combineReducers } from '../../store/reducers';
What's incorrect in how I'm exporting combineReducers?
import { combineReducers } from '../../store/reducers';
should be
import combineReducers from '../../store/reducers';
since it's a default export, and not a named export.
There's a good breakdown of the differences between the two here.
i had the same issue, but I just typed export on top and erased the default one on the bottom. Scroll down and check the comments.
import React, { Component } from "react";
export class Counter extends Component { // type this
export default Counter; // this is eliminated
I guess I am coming late, but this info might be useful to anyone I found out something, which might be simple but important.
if you use export on a function directly i.e
export const addPost = (id) =>{
...
}
Note while importing you need to wrap it in curly braces
i.e. import {addPost} from '../URL';
But when using export default i.e
const addPost = (id) =>{
...
}
export default addPost,
Then you can import without curly braces i.e.
import addPost from '../url';
export default addPost
I hope this helps anyone who got confused as me. 🙂
This is another option:
export default function Counter() {
}
Take into consideration that if you are using a named export you don't need curly brackets:
export const Component
->
import {ComponentName}
Only the default exported component be imported with curly brackets:
export default
->
import ComponentName
Maybe i'm late too but i had a similar problem with folders inside of component folder. i changed the folder's name with Capital letter. it worked for me.
If changing the import doesn't help maybe you just need to run yarn install or npm install (or whatever you're using) and restart your server. Worked for me.
Be sure to Capitalize the name of the constant variable you're exporting inside the component. When you Import the component elsewhere you should also check that its first letter is capitalized since this is one of the ways React uses to identify its components.
inside component:
import React from 'react';
export const Component = (props) => (...)
And then, when importing:
import {Component} from '../location/file'
Consider checking for any file renamings that git hasn't been instructed to track with git mv
I want to do this
in src/modules/layout/nav.js
...
export default NavBar;
in src/modules/layout/side.js
...
export default sideBar;
in src/modules/layout/index.js
import NavBar from './nav';
import sideBar from './side';
export { NavBar, sideBar };
in src/modules/index.js
import * from './layout';
The last bit does not work. According to the tutorial I would then be able to go to src/App.js and use the navBar as so:
import {navBar} from './modules';
But the fact that * does not work I can't do that. Is there any alternative without having to go like this
in src/modules/index.js
import * as All from './layout';
export All;
Then in App.js, go All.navBar. That feels ugly
Well, I have gone through what you have; I feel what you actually needed is to understand the reason for doing that. I am pretty sure what you want to achieve is to have your components imported from a single file rather than from the files where the components were exported.
You don't want to do this:
import NavBar from 'src/modules/layout/NavBar';
import SideBar from 'src/modules/layout/SideBar';
But what you want is to import all your components from a single file wherever you would want to use them.
So, if that is the case, you don't need to add more complexities. All you just need to do is:
// export the components like this
export default NavBar;
export default SideBar;
// Then, in your src/modules/layout/index.js file, import // the components you exported just the way you did it
import NavBar from './NavBar';
import SideBar from './SideBar';
export {
NavBar,
SideBar
}
// Hence, wherever you need both components, you can easily do this:
import { NavBar, SideBar } from '../index.js'
// From the above, you are just importing both components from the index.js file.
So, I believe that answers your question.
Just to add to Onyekachi Samuel's answer and to answer the all part of the title:
After creating the src/modules/layout/index.js file as he described, you can import all by:
import * as All from './layout'
And use the exported components:
<All.NavBar/> <All.SideBar/>
For instance:
// Folder structure:
// |-App.js
// |-Layout
// |-NavBar.js
// |-SideBar.js
// |-index.js
// App.js in the same location as Layout folder
import React from 'react';
import * as All from './layout'
export default function App(props) {
return (<div>
<All.NavBar/>
<All.SideBar/>
</div>)
}
Hope this might clarify it for some.