Using state to toggle content visibility

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Here is the code:

import React from 'react';

class Navigation extends React.Component {

    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {
            showNav: false,
        }

        this.toggleMenu = this.toggleMenu.bind(this);
    }

    toggleMenu() {
        this.setState(prevState => ({ showNav: !prevState.showNav }));
    }

    render() {

        return (
            <>
                <button onClick={this.toggleMenu}>menu</button>
                <div className={"nav" + (this.state.showNav ? "" : " hidden") }>
                /* nav links here */
                </div>
            </>
        )
    }
}

export default Navigation;

We set up the default state in the constructor and bind the on click function that toggles the state using the previous state. The bind makes “this” work in the function. Then the navigation’s class updates when the state changes.

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Mark Wong is a front end developer with 10+ years experience. Most of his knowledge of HTML5, CSS and Js is self taught.

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