I have this example code from MUI Tabs (https://mui.com/material-ui/react-tabs/#BasicTabs.tsx). The full code is below.
My question is, what is the newValue in this code? Which value is it reading and where did it come from? It throws an error without event so it seems like it's linked but I can't get a full understanding of this part.
const handleChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: number) => {
setValue(newValue);
};
FULL CODE
import * as React from 'react';
import Tabs from '@mui/material/Tabs';
import Tab from '@mui/material/Tab';
import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
interface TabPanelProps {
children?: React.ReactNode;
index: number;
value: number;
}
function TabPanel(props: TabPanelProps) {
const { children, value, index, ...other } = props;
return (
<div
role="tabpanel"
hidden={value !== index}
id={`simple-tabpanel-${index}`}
aria-labelledby={`simple-tab-${index}`}
{...other}
>
{value === index && (
<Box sx={{ p: 3 }}>
<Typography>{children}</Typography>
</Box>
)}
</div>
);
}
function a11yProps(index: number) {
return {
id: `simple-tab-${index}`,
'aria-controls': `simple-tabpanel-${index}`,
};
}
export default function BasicTabs() {
const [value, setValue] = React.useState(0);
const handleChange = (event: React.SyntheticEvent, newValue: number) => {
setValue(newValue);
};
return (
<Box sx={{ width: '100%' }}>
<Box sx={{ borderBottom: 1, borderColor: 'divider' }}>
<Tabs value={value} onChange={handleChange} aria-label="basic tabs example">
<Tab label="Item One" {...a11yProps(0)} />
<Tab label="Item Two" {...a11yProps(1)} />
<Tab label="Item Three" {...a11yProps(2)} />
</Tabs>
</Box>
<TabPanel value={value} index={0}>
Item One
</TabPanel>
<TabPanel value={value} index={1}>
Item Two
</TabPanel>
<TabPanel value={value} index={2}>
Item Three
</TabPanel>
</Box>
);
}
Basically the newValue its related to the tab index.
So when user changes a tab, the MUI code internally handles the onChange event call passing the event itself and the newValue (with the tab index clicked). And with it MUI identifies wich tab user have clicked and change it to take effect into screen.
You can check the definition here.