use-selection

usage

use useSelection to store selections

npm install @rkmodules/use-selection

import useSelection from "@rkmodules/use-selection";

behaviour

When the multiple flag is off, the items passed into select are selected. Everything else is deselected. So it disregards any existing selection

When the multiple flag is on, the bahaviour is twofold:

• when all items passed into select are already selected, they are subtracted from the existing selection
• otherwise, they are added to the existing selection

examples

use useSelection to handle an entire selection as a whole

const TableBody = () => {
    // "rows" is the key for the selection, to be able to have multiple selections
    let { selected, select, items, clear } = useSelection("rows");
    let rows = ["a", "b", "c"];

    return (
        <table>
            {rows.map((item) => {
                return (
                    <tr
                        key={item}
                        className={selected(item) ? "selected" : ""}
                        onClick={(e) => select([item], e.ctrlKey)}
                    >
                        <td>{item}</td>
                    </tr>
                );
            })}
        </table>
    );
};

use useSelectionItem in the context of a single item

const TableRow = ({ rowId }) => {
    // "rows" is the key for the selection, to be able to have multiple selections
    // rowId is the key for the item
    let { selected, select, clear } = useSelectionItem("rows", rowId);

    return (
        <tr
            className={selected ? "selected" : ""}
            onClick={(e) => select(e.ctrlKey)}
        >
            <td>{rowId}</td>
        </tr>
    );
};

use useSelect to only get select and clear methods, these do not update when the selection changes, preventing rerenders

project setup

followed https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/06/writing-a-node-module-in-typescript.html for project setup

development

tests: npm test publish: npm publish