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03.12 - State & Props - Send color change data to parent comp (function components)

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src/App.js

import './App.css';
import ParentComponent from './components/ParentComponent';


function App() {
  return (
    <div className="App">
        <p><b>App.js</b> |function|</p>
        <ParentComponent/>
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;
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src/App.js

.App{
  background-color: lightskyblue;
  padding: 10px 10px;
}

p{
  margin-top: 6px; 
  margin-bottom: 12px 
}
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src/components/ParentComponent.jsx

import React, { useState } from "react"
import ChildComponent from "./ChildComponent"
import "./ParentComponent.css"

function ParentComponent(){
    const[backgroundColor, setBackgroundColor] = useState('pink');

    const handleInputChange = (event) => {
        setBackgroundColor(event.target.value);
    }

    return(
        <div className="ParentComponent"  style={{backgroundColor: backgroundColor}}>
            <p><b>ParentComponent.jsx</b> |function|</p>
            <ChildComponent  handleInputChange={(event)=>{handleInputChange(event)}}  />
        </div>
    )
}

export default ParentComponent
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src/components/ParentComponent.css

.ParentComponent{
    background-color: lightsalmon;
    padding: 10px 10px;
    margin: 10px 10px;
}

h2{
    margin-top: 0px; 
    margin-bottom: 6px 
}
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src/components/ChildComponent.jsx

import React from "react";
import "./ChildComponent.css"

function ChildComponent(props){

    const handleChange = (event) => {
        props.handleInputChange(event);
    }

    return (
        <div className="ChildComponent">
            <p><b>ChildComponent.jsx</b> |function|</p>
            <input onChange={(event)=>{handleChange(event)}}></input>
        </div>
    );
}

export default ChildComponent;
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src/components/ChildComponent.css

.ChildComponent{
    background-color: lightgreen;
    padding: 10px 10px;
    margin: 10px 10px;
}

h3{
    margin-top: 0px; 
    margin-bottom: 6px 
}
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