

React-dropzone provides some ready-made code snippets. Next, we’ll install react-dropzone into our application, as follows: // with npmĬreate the drag-and-drop component with react-dropzone

Open your terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to add your project and type the following: npx create-react-app react-dropzone This tutorial assumes that you have Node.js installed on your machine. The final result will look like this: Drag-and-drop component created with react-dropzone. To follow along with the code for the react-dropzone version of this project, go to GitHub. In order to showcase the simplicity of react-dropzone, we’ll also demonstrate the same tutorial using the HTML Drag and Drop API. With react-dropzone, we no longer have to rely on the HTML Drag and Drop API. Even though a user can drop multiple files onto the Zones, our examples use the default option where each file is handled by a separate execution of upload.php. react-dropzone provides the added functionality of restricting file types and also customizing the dropzone. React-dropzone uses React hooks to create HTML5-compliant React components for handling the dragging and dropping of files.

#DROPZONE EXAMPLE HOW TO#
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to create a drag-and-drop component for uploading images using react-dropzone. Build a drag-and-drop image uploader with react-dropzoneĮditor’s note: This post was updated on 24 March 2022 to include information on creating a drag-and-drop component using react-dropzone and comparing it to the HTML Drag and Drop API. Uzochukwu Eddie Odozi Follow Web and mobile app developer.
