How to hide and show elements in React

In this article, we will see how to use the React useState hook and how to show and hide an element when a button is clicked.

Project setup

Create a react app using the following command

1npx create-react-app react-hide-show-element

Adding the button and initializing the state

Update App.js with the following code:

App.js

1import React, { useState } from "react"
2
3function App() {
4  const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(true)
5
6  return (
7    <div>
8      <button>Toggle Visibility</button>
9      {isVisible && <div>This element is visible</div>}
10    </div>
11  )
12}
13
14export default App

Here, we have a button and a div element. The div element will be visible when the isVisible state is true.

Adding the onClick handler and hiding the element

We can add a click handler to the button and toggle the isVisible state.

App.js

1import React, { useState } from "react"
2
3function App() {
4  const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(true)
5
6  const toggleVisibility = () => {
7    setIsVisible(!isVisible)
8  }
9
10  return (
11    <div>
12      <button onClick={toggleVisibility}>Toggle Visibility</button>
13      {isVisible && <div>This element is visible</div>}
14    </div>
15  )
16}
17
18export default App

Now if you click on the button, the visibility will be toggled.

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How to hide and show elements in React

Table of Contents

Project setup

Adding the button and initializing the state

Adding the onClick handler and hiding the element

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