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id: docs-jsx-is-not-html |
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title: JSX is not HTML |
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description: Differences between JSX and HTML. |
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layout: docs |
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prev: api.html |
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JSX looks like HTML but there are some important differences you may run into. |
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## Whitespace removal |
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JSX doesn't follow the same whitespace elimination rules as HTML. JSX removes all the whitespaces between two curly braces expressions. If you want to have a white space, a work-around is to add `{' '}`. |
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```javascript |
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<div>{this.props.name} {' '} {this.props.surname}</div> |
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This behavior is still being debated. Follow [Issue #65](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/65) to be updated on the situation. |
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## HTML Entities |
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You can insert HTML entities within literal text in JSX: |
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```javascript |
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<div>First · Second</div> |
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If you want to display an HTML entity within a dynamic content, you will run into double escaping issues as React escapes all the strings you are displaying in order to prevent a wide range of XSS attacks by default. |
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```javascript |
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// Bad: It displays "First · Second" |
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<div>{'First · Second'}</div> |
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``` |
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There are various ways to work-around this issue. The easiest one is to write unicode character directly in Javascript. You've got to make sure that the file is saved as UTF-8 and that the propers UTF-8 directives are set so the browser will display it correctly. |
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```javascript |
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<div>{'First · Second'}</div> |
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``` |
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A safer alternative is to find the <a href="http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/b7/index.htm">unicode number corresponding to the entity</a> and use it inside of a Javascript string. |
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```javascript |
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<div>{'First \u00b7 Second'}</div> |
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<div>{'First ' + String.fromCharCode(183) + ' Second'}</div> |
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You can use mixed arrays with strings and JSX elements. |
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```javascript |
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<div>{['First ', <span>·</span>, ' Second']}</div> |
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``` |
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In last resort, you always have the ability to insert raw HTML inside of the div. |
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```javascript |
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<div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{'{{'}}__html: 'First · Second'}} /> |
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``` |
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## Comments |
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JSX supports both single-line and multi-lines Javascript comments within a tag declaration: |
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```javascript |
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<div // This is a single line comment: |
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And a multiline |
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comment |
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*/ |
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/> |
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``` |
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As of React 0.3, there is no good way to insert comments within the children section. [Issue #82](https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/82) is tracking progress to enable the following way to write comments: |
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// Note: The following is not implemented yet! |
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<div> |
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{/* This is a comment */} |
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</div> |
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``` |
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## Custom HTML attributes |
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If you pass properties to native HTML elements that do not exist in the HTML specification, React will not render them. If you want to use a custom attribute, you should prefix it with `data-`. |
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```javascript |
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<div data-custom-attribute="foo" /> |
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[Web Accessibility](http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria) attributes starting with `aria-` will be rendered properly. |
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```javascript |
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<div aria-hidden={true} /> |
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