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In this article, we’re going to create a Toggle Switch in React as a reusable component. The Toggle Switch Component will be a small reusable component that will be able to be reused in future projects. We’ll develop a simple demo toggle-switch-react app that uses this custom totoggle-switchgle switch component. We’ll use common HTML tags with some styling to create this reusable component. You can also create a switch using the Material UI

Prerequisites:

Approach:

To Create a Toggle Switch in React as a Reusable Component

  • Create a ToggleSwitch Component with a label prop.
  • Define an input of type checkbox inside the component.
  • Add a label for the input and style using CSS :before, :after to get the required output.

Steps to Create React Application:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command:

npx create-react-app toggle-switch

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. toggle-switch, move to it using the following command:

cd toggle-switch

Project Structure:

Example: This example creates a ToggelSwitch component using a checkbox input and css classes for styling.

JavaScript




// Filename: App.js
 
import React, { Component } from "react";
import ToggleSwitch from "./components/ToggleSwitch";
 
class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <React.Fragment>
        <ToggleSwitch label="Notifications" />
        <ToggleSwitch label="Subscribe" />
      </React.Fragment>
    );
  }
}
export default App;


Javascript




// Filename: ./components/ToggleSwitch.js
 
import React from "react";
import "./ToggleSwitch.css";
 
const ToggleSwitch = ({ label }) => {
  return (
    <div className="container">
      {label}{" "}
      <div className="toggle-switch">
        <input type="checkbox" className="checkbox"
               name={label} id={label} />
        <label className="label" htmlFor={label}>
          <span className="inner" />
          <span className="switch" />
        </label>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};
 
export default ToggleSwitch;


CSS




/*  Filename: ./components/ToggleSwitch.css*/
 
.container {
  text-align: center;
}
.toggle-switch {
  position: relative;
  width: 75px;
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: left;
  top: 8px;
}
.checkbox {
  display: none;
}
.label {
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: 0 solid #bbb;
  border-radius: 20px;
}
.inner {
  display: block;
  width: 200%;
  margin-left: -100%;
  transition: margin 0.3s ease-in 0s;
}
.inner:before,
.inner:after {
  float: left;
  width: 50%;
  height: 36px;
  padding: 0;
  line-height: 36px;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: bold;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.inner:before {
  content: "YES";
  padding-left: 10px;
  background-color: #060;
  color: #fff;
}
.inner:after {
  content: "NO";
  padding-right: 10px;
  background-color: #bbb;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: right;
}
.switch {
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  margin: 5px;
  background: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 40px;
  border: 0 solid #bbb;
  border-radius: 20px;
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in 0s;
}
.checkbox:checked + .label .inner {
  margin-left: 0;
}
.checkbox:checked + .label .switch {
  right: 0px;
}


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:



Last Updated : 06 Dec, 2023
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