I have a modal ponent with two methods that show/hide the modal. How can I call those methods from another ponent?

This is the code for the Modal:

// Dependencies
//==============================================================================
import React from 'react'
import Modal from 'boron/DropModal'

// Class definition
//==============================================================================
export default class RegistrationModal extends React.Component {
  showRegistrationModal() {
    this.refs.registrationModal.show()
  }

  hideRegistrationModal() {
    this.refs.registrationModal.hide()
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <Modal ref="registrationModal" className="modal">
        <h2>Meld je aan</h2>
        <button onClick={this.hideRegistrationModal.bind(this)}>Close</button>
      </Modal>
    )
  }
}

I have a modal ponent with two methods that show/hide the modal. How can I call those methods from another ponent?

This is the code for the Modal:

// Dependencies
//==============================================================================
import React from 'react'
import Modal from 'boron/DropModal'

// Class definition
//==============================================================================
export default class RegistrationModal extends React.Component {
  showRegistrationModal() {
    this.refs.registrationModal.show()
  }

  hideRegistrationModal() {
    this.refs.registrationModal.hide()
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <Modal ref="registrationModal" className="modal">
        <h2>Meld je aan</h2>
        <button onClick={this.hideRegistrationModal.bind(this)}>Close</button>
      </Modal>
    )
  }
}

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• reactjs

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You can call a ponents method from the outside as long as you keep a reference to the ponent. For example:

let myRegistrationModal = ReactDOM.render(<RegistrationModal />, approot );
    // now you can call the method:
    myRegistrationModal.showRegistrationModal() 

It's a bit cleaner if you pass a reference to the modal to another ponent, like a button:

let OpenModalButton = props => (
  <button onClick={ props.modal.showRegistrationModal }>{ props.children }</button>
);
let myRegistrationModal = ReactDOM.render(<RegistrationModal />, modalContainer );

ReactDOM.render(<OpenModalButton modal={ myRegistrationModal }>Click to open</OpenModalButton>, buttonContainer );

Working example: http://jsfiddle/69z2wepo/48169/

You cant call it from another ponent, because its a method belong to RegistrationModal ponent, but you can refactor your code so you can call it

export function hideRegistrationModal() {
  console.log("ok");
}

export default class RegistrationModal extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <Modal ref="registrationModal" className="modal">
        <h2>Meld je aan</h2>
        <button onClick={hideRegistrationModal}>Close</button>
      </Modal>
    )
  }
}

now you can call from anywhere but you need to import it first like this

import { RegistrationModal, hideRegistrationModal } from 'path to modal.js'
//       ^-- Component name  ^-- Method

What you want to do is create a parent ponent which will handle the munication between your modals.

A really great example and explanation can be found here: ReactJS Two ponents municating

This is a good approach because it keeps your ponents decoupled.