How to get the height and width of an Image using ReactJS?

In reacting whatever we write that looks like HTML is not pure HTML actually. All the HTML looking stuff are JSX, Behind the scene, they are converted to vanilla JavaScript using babel. These all work in this way to make the developers’ life easier. Since JSX are not HTML that’s why we do have any direct reference to the HTML elements and that’s why we can’t direct fetch properties of any HTML element. To fetch the elements’ property, React gives something called as ‘ref’. Using ref we can create a direct reference to any HTML elements and get controlled over HTML elements properties. Here we use the ‘ref’ system to fetch image height and width.

Example 1: This example illustrates how to fetch the current height and width of the image.

• index.js:

  Javascript

  import React from 'react'
  import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
  import App from './App'
  
  ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('#root'))

• App.js:

  
  
  
  Javascript

  import React, { Component } from 'react'
  class App extends Component{
    constructor(props){
      super(props)
  
      // Initialize count state
      this.state = {show : false}
      // Bind context of 'this'
      this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this)
      // Create reference of DOM object
      this.imgRef = React.createRef()
    }
  
    renderDetails() {
      return this.state.show ?
        // Accessing image details using imgRef
        <div>
  
  <p><strong>Height : </strong>
          {this.imgRef.current.clientHeight}px</p>
  
  
  <p><strong>Width : </strong>
          {this.imgRef.current.clientWidth}px</p>
  
        </div> : null
    }
  
    handleClick(){
  
      // Update state value
      this.setState({
        show : true
      })
    }
  
    render(){
      return(
        <div>
          <h3>GeeksforGeeks</h3>
          {/* Assign reference to DOM element     */}
          <img ref={this.imgRef} src=
  'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20200617121258/gfg-image2-300x177.png' alt='gfg' />
          <div>
            <button onClick={this.handleClick}>Get image details</button>
          </div>
          {this.renderDetails()}
        </div>
      )
    }
  }
  export default App

Output :

Example 2: 

• index.js:

  Javascript

  import React from 'react'
  import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
  import App from './App'
  
  ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('#root'))

• App.js:

  Javascript

  import React, { Component } from 'react'
  class App extends Component{
    constructor(props){
      super(props)
  
      // Initialize count state
      this.state = {height:null, width:null, isIncrease:false}
  
      // Bind context of 'this'
      this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this)
  
      // Create reference of DOM object
      this.imgRef = React.createRef()
    }
  
    handleClick(){
  
      // Fetching current height and width
      const height = this.imgRef.current.clientHeight
      const width = this.imgRef.current.clientWidth
      alert(`
        Height : ${height}
        Width : ${width}
      `)
    }
  
    render(){
      return(
        <div>
          <h3>GeeksforGeeks</h3>
          {/* Assign reference to DOM element     */}
          <img ref={this.imgRef} src=
  'https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20200819170816/colorfulbulmaheroelements-300x154.png' alt='gfg' />
          <div>
            <button onClick={this.handleClick}>
              Fetch dimension
            </button>
          </div>
        </div>
      )
    }
  }
  export default App

Output :