React-router: Using <Link> as clickable data table row

Question

I'm new to using ReactJS and react-router. I want a clickable table row and something like the following setup:

<Link to=“#”>
<tr>
    <td>{this.props.whatever1}</td>
    <td>{this.props.whatever2}</td>
    <td>{this.props.whatever3}</td>
</tr>
</Link>

but I know you can't put <a> tags between the <tbody> and <tr> tags. How else can I accomplish this?

PS: I prefer not to use jQuery if possible.

Answer 1

onClick works, but sometimes you need an actual <a> tag for various reasons:

• Accessibility
• Progressive enhancement (if script is throwing an error, links still work)
• Ability to open a link in new tab
• Ability to copy the link

Here's an example of a Td component that accepts to prop:

import React from 'react';
import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';

export default function Td({ children, to }) {
  // Conditionally wrapping content into a link
  const ContentTag = to ? Link : 'div';

  return (
    <td>
      <ContentTag to={to}>{children}</ContentTag>
    </td>
  );
}

Then use the component like this:

const users = this.props.users.map((user) =>
      <tr key={user.id}>
        <Td to={`/users/${user.id}/edit`}>{user.name}</Td>
        <Td to={`/users/${user.id}/edit`}>{user.email}</Td>
        <Td to={`/users/${user.id}/edit`}>{user.username}</Td>
      </tr>
    );

Yes, you'll have to pass to prop multiple times, but at the same you have more control over the clickable areas and you may have other interactive elements in the table, like checkboxes.

Answer 2

This answers is based on @Igor Barbasin suggestion. This will add the link to the whole row instead of just the content and we also don't need to wrap all the individual 'td' element with 'Link'.

.table-row {
  display: table-row
}

export default function Table() {
  return (
    <table>
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Name</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            {/* treats the link element as a table row element */}
            <Link className="table-row">
                <td>Noname</td>
            </Link>
        </tbody>
    </table>
  )
}

Answer 3

You can use useHistory() hook:

Declare:

const history = useHistory();

and use it with <tr> or <td> tag:

<tr onClick={() => history.push("/yoururl")}>
    <td>{this.props.whatever1}</td>
    <td>{this.props.whatever2}</td>
    <td>{this.props.whatever3}</td>
</tr>

Answer 4

{shipment.assets.map((i, index) => (
                              <tr
                                style={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
                                onClick={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
                              >
                                <td>{index + 1}</td>
                                <td>{i._id}</td>
                                <td>{i.status}</td>
                                <td></td>
                              </tr>
                            ))}