I want to use the following css property in the Navlink component. In CSS file , the property can be written as given below which uses gradient.
.ele {
background-image:
linear-gradient(45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
linear-gradient(-45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%),
linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%);
background-size:20px 20px;
background-position:0 0, 10px 0, 10px -10px, 0px 10px;
}
While using in react taking them as a variable tabStyle as shown below, I know that:
background-size changes to backgroundSizebackground-image changes to backgroundImagebackground-position changes to backgroundPositionbut how can we use linear-gradient?
NavbarJs Code:
import React from "react";
import { NavLink, useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
const NavbarComponent = () => {
let location = useLocation();
let tabStyle = {
backgroundImage:
linearGradient('45deg', '#808080 25%', 'transparent 25%'),
linearGradient('-45deg', '#808080 25%', 'transparent 25%'),
linearGradient('45deg', 'transparent 75%', '#808080 75%'),
linearGradient('-45deg', 'transparent 75%', '#808080 75%');
}
return (
<>
<nav variant="pills" className="navbar" style={{ borderBottom: "1px solid white" }}>
<ul className="nav nav-pills">
<li>
<NavLink style={location.pathname === "/" ? tabStyle:{}} to="/">Home</NavLink>
</li>
<li>
<NavLink style={location.pathname === "/about" ? tabStyle:{}} to="/about">About</NavLink>
</li>
<li>
<NavLink style={location.pathname === "/articles-list" ? tabStyle:{}} to="/articles-list">Articles</NavLink>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
</>
);
};
export default NavbarComponent;
no you don't need to use Camelcase syntax for css functions like linear-gradient just use a simple string
let tabStyle = {
backgroundImage:
"linear-gradient(45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%)",
"linear-gradient(-45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%)",
"linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%)",
"linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%)";
}
It should be just "linear-gradient()" as a string value of backgroundImage:
Having a quick look, it looks like there is a syntax error with the styles object you are passing in. Try something like
export default function App() {
const styles = {
background: `
linear-gradient(45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
linear-gradient(-45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%),
linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%)
`
};
return (
<div className="App" style={true ? styles : {}}>
<h1>Hello CodeSandbox</h1>
<h2>Start editing to see some magic happen!</h2>
</div>
);
}
Works in my codesandbox: https://codesandbox.io/s/optimistic-edison-nqynx?file=/src/App.js