How to add multiple classes to a ReactJS Component?

I am new to ReactJS and JSX and I am having a little problem with the code below.

I am trying to add multiple classes to the className attribute on each li:

<li key={index} className={activeClass, data.class, "main-class"}></li>

My React component is:

var AccountMainMenu = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
    return { focused: 0 };
  },

  clicked: function(index) {
    this.setState({ focused: index });
  },

  render: function() {
    var self = this;
    var accountMenuData = [
      {
        name: "My Account",
        icon: "icon-account"
      },
      {
        name: "Messages",
        icon: "icon-message"
      },
      {
        name: "Settings",
        icon: "icon-settings"
      }
    /*{
        name:"Help &amp; Support &nbsp; <span class='font-awesome icon-support'></span>(888) 664.6261",
        listClass:"no-mobile last help-support last"
      }*/
    ];

    return (
      <div className="acc-header-wrapper clearfix">
        <ul className="acc-btns-container">
          {accountMenuData.map(function(data, index) {
            var activeClass = "";

            if (self.state.focused == index) {
              activeClass = "active";
            }

            return (
              <li
                key={index}
                className={activeClass}
                onClick={self.clicked.bind(self, index)}
              >
                <a href="#" className={data.icon}>
                  {data.name}
                </a>
              </li>
            );
          })}
        </ul>
      </div>
    );
  }
});

ReactDOM.render(<AccountMainMenu />, document.getElementById("app-container"));

Solution 1:

I use ES6 template literals. For example:

const error = this.state.valid ? '' : 'error'
const classes = `form-control round-lg ${error}`

And then just render it:

<input className={classes} />

One-liner version:

<input className={`form-control round-lg ${this.state.valid ? '' : 'error'}`} />

Solution 2:

I use classnames when there is a fair amount of logic required for deciding the classes to (not) use. An overly simple example:

...
    var liClasses = classNames({
      'main-class': true,
      'activeClass': self.state.focused === index
    });

    return (<li className={liClasses}>{data.name}</li>);
...

That said, if you don't want to include a dependency then there are better answers below.

Solution 3:

Just use JavaScript.

<li className={[activeClass, data.klass, "main-class"].join(' ')} />

If you want to add classes based keys and values in an object you can use the following:

function classNames(classes) {
  return Object.entries(classes)
    .filter(([key, value]) => value)
    .map(([key, value]) => key)
    .join(' ');
}

const classes = {
  'maybeClass': true,
  'otherClass': true,
  'probablyNotClass': false,
};

const myClassNames = classNames(classes);
// Output: "maybeClass otherClass"

<li className={myClassNames} />

Or even simpler:

const isEnabled = true;
const isChecked = false;

<li className={[isEnabled && 'enabled', isChecked && 'checked']
  .filter(e => !!e)
  .join(' ')
} />
// Output:
// <li className={'enabled'} />

Solution 4:

Concat

No need to be fancy I am using CSS modules and it's easy

import style from '/css/style.css';

<div className={style.style1+ ' ' + style.style2} />

This will result in:

<div class="src-client-css-pages-style1-selectionItem src-client-css-pages-style2">

In other words, both styles

Conditionals

It would be easy to use the same idea with if's

const class1 = doIHaveSomething ? style.style1 : 'backupClass';

<div className={class1 + ' ' + style.style2} />

ES6

For the last year or so I have been using the template literals, so I feel its worth mentioning, i find it very expressive and easy to read:

`${class1} anotherClass ${class1}`