Classnames

A simple javascript utility for conditionally joining classNames together.

Install with npm or Bower.

1npm install classnames --save

Use with node.js, browserify or webpack:

1var classNames = require('classnames');
2classNames('foo', 'bar'); // => 'foo bar'

Alternatively, you can simply include index.js on your page with a standalone <script> tag and it will export a global classNames method, or define the module if you are using RequireJS.

Project philosophy

We take the stability and performance of this package seriously, because it is run millions of times a day in browsers all around the world. Updates are thoroughly reviewed for performance impacts before being released, and we have a comprehensive test suite.

Classnames follows the SemVer standard for versioning.

There is also a Changelog.

Usage

The classNames function takes any number of arguments which can be a string or object. The argument 'foo' is short for { foo: true }. If the value of the key is falsy, it won't be included in the output.

1classNames('foo', 'bar'); // => 'foo bar'
2classNames('foo', { bar: true }); // => 'foo bar'
3classNames({ 'foo-bar': true }); // => 'foo-bar'
4classNames({ 'foo-bar': false }); // => ''
5classNames({ foo: true }, { bar: true }); // => 'foo bar'
6classNames({ foo: true, bar: true }); // => 'foo bar'
7
8// lots of arguments of various types
9classNames('foo', { bar: true, duck: false }, 'baz', { quux: true }); // => 'foo bar baz quux'
10
11// other falsy values are just ignored
12classNames(null, false, 'bar', undefined, 0, 1, { baz: null }, ''); // => 'bar 1'

Arrays will be recursively flattened as per the rules above:

1var arr = ['b', { c: true, d: false }];
2classNames('a', arr); // => 'a b c'

Dynamic class names with ES2015

If you're in an environment that supports computed keys (available in ES2015 and Babel) you can use dynamic class names:

1let buttonType = 'primary';
2classNames({ [`btn-${buttonType}`]: true });

Usage with React.js

This package is the official replacement for classSet, which was originally shipped in the React.js Addons bundle.

One of its primary use cases is to make dynamic and conditional className props simpler to work with (especially more so than conditional string manipulation). So where you may have the following code to generate a className prop for a <button> in React:

1var Button = React.createClass({
2  // ...
3  render () {
4    var btnClass = 'btn';
5    if (this.state.isPressed) btnClass += ' btn-pressed';
6    else if (this.state.isHovered) btnClass += ' btn-over';
7    return <button className={btnClass}>{this.props.label}</button>;
8  }
9});

You can express the conditional classes more simply as an object:

1var classNames = require('classnames');
2
3var Button = React.createClass({
4  // ...
5  render () {
6    var btnClass = classNames({
7      'btn': true,
8      'btn-pressed': this.state.isPressed,
9      'btn-over': !this.state.isPressed && this.state.isHovered
10    });
11    return <button className={btnClass}>{this.props.label}</button>;
12  }
13});

Because you can mix together object, array and string arguments, supporting optional className props is also simpler as only truthy arguments get included in the result:

1var btnClass = classNames('btn', this.props.className, {
2  'btn-pressed': this.state.isPressed,
3  'btn-over': !this.state.isPressed && this.state.isHovered
4});

Alternate dedupe version

There is an alternate version of classNames available which correctly dedupes classes and ensures that falsy classes specified in later arguments are excluded from the result set.

This version is slower (about 5x) so it is offered as an opt-in.

To use the dedupe version with node, browserify or webpack:

1var classNames = require('classnames/dedupe');
2
3classNames('foo', 'foo', 'bar'); // => 'foo bar'
4classNames('foo', { foo: false, bar: true }); // => 'bar'

For standalone (global / AMD) use, include dedupe.js in a <script> tag on your page.

Alternate bind version (for css-modules)

If you are using css-modules, or a similar approach to abstract class "names" and the real className values that are actually output to the DOM, you may want to use the bind variant.

Note that in ES2015 environments, it may be better to use the "dynamic class names" approach documented above.

1var classNames = require('classnames/bind');
2
3var styles = {
4  foo: 'abc',
5  bar: 'def',
6  baz: 'xyz'
7};
8
9var cx = classNames.bind(styles);
10
11var className = cx('foo', ['bar'], { baz: true }); // => "abc def xyz"

Real-world example:

1/* components/submit-button.js */
2import { Component } from 'react';
3import classNames from 'classnames/bind';
4import styles from './submit-button.css';
5
6let cx = classNames.bind(styles);
7
8export default class SubmitButton extends Component {
9  render () {
10    let text = this.props.store.submissionInProgress ? 'Processing...' : 'Submit';
11    let className = cx({
12      base: true,
13      inProgress: this.props.store.submissionInProgress,
14      error: this.props.store.errorOccurred,
15      disabled: this.props.form.valid,
16    });
17    return <button className={className}>{text}</button>;
18  }
19};
20

Polyfills needed to support older browsers

classNames >=2.0.0

Array.isArray: see MDN for details about unsupported older browsers (e.g. <= IE8) and a simple polyfill.

Object.keys: see MDN for details about unsupported older browsers (e.g. <= IE8) and a simple polyfill. This is only used in dedupe.js.

License

MIT. Copyright (c) 2016 Jed Watson.