Warning: Unknown DOM property class. Did you mean className?
JavascriptReactjsReact JsxJavascript Problem Overview
I've just started exploring React, by adding a component with a simple render function:
render() {
return <div class="myApp"></div>
}
When I run the app, I get the following error:
Warning: Unknown DOM property class. Did you mean className?
I can solve this by changing class to className.
The question is; does React enforce this convention? Also why do I need to use className instead of the conventional class? If this is a restriction then is it due to JSX syntax or somewhere else?
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Yes, its a React convention:
> Since JSX is JavaScript, identifiers such as class and for are
> discouraged as XML attribute names. Instead, React DOM components
> expect DOM property names like className and htmlFor, respectively.
Solution 2 - Javascript
In React.js there is no for and class properties available so we need to use
for --> htmlFor
class --> className
Solution 3 - Javascript
Meteor uses babel to transpile ES5 to ES6 (ES2015), so we can deal with it as a normal Node application with babel transpiler added.
You need to add .babelrc file to your project's root folder, and add the following items
{
"plugins": [
"react-html-attrs"
]
}
And of course, you need to install this plugin using npm:
> npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-react-html-attrs
Solution 4 - Javascript
In HTML we use
class="navbar"
but in React and ReactNative there is no HTML, we use JSX(Javascript XML) here we use
className="navbar"
Solution 5 - Javascript
You can't use class for any HTML tag attribute because JS has another meaning of class. That why you have to use className instead of class.
And also use htmlFor attribute instead of for.
Solution 6 - Javascript
In react 16.13.1 you can use class attribute. It throws a "warning" exception but it don'T stop the execution.
Solution 7 - Javascript
The JSX syntax when compiled using babel, underlying syntax it will use to create the HTML element will be
React.createElement('div', {attributes}, "Hello");
If we use the class instead of className, the react will infer it as javascript class instead of html class attribute. [Reason the variable name 'class' is already used in the file to create a javascript class and is reserved for the same purpose]. Which is wrong and compiler does throws the error, since javascript class is not a valid property for html DOM elements.
React.createElement("p", {"class": "header"}, "Hello");
Hence it is necessary to use className instead of class.
React.createElement("p", {"className": "header"}, "Hello")