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# libraries
"meta",
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# book
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# Introduction
This book is intended as an introduction to the [Leptos](https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos) Web framework.
It will walk through the fundamental concepts you need to build applications,
beginning with a simple application rendered in the browser, and building toward a
full-stack application with server-side rendering and hydration.
The guide doesnt assume you know anything about fine-grained reactivity or the
details of modern Web frameworks. It does assume you are familiar with the Rust
programming language, HTML, CSS, and the DOM and basic Web APIs.
Leptos is most similar to frameworks like [Solid](https://www.solidjs.com) (JavaScript)
and [Sycamore](https://sycamore-rs.netlify.app/) (Rust). There are some similarities
to other frameworks like React (JavaScript), Svelte (JavaScript), Yew (Rust), and
Dioxus (Rust), so knowledge of one of those frameworks may also make it easier to
understand Leptos.
You can find more detailed docs for each part of the API at [Docs.rs](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/).
**The guide is a work in progress.**

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# Getting Started
There are two basic paths to getting started with Leptos:
1. Client-side rendering with [Trunk](https://trunkrs.dev/)
2. Full-stack rendering with [`cargo-leptos`](https://github.com/leptos-rs/cargo-leptos)
For the early examples, it will be easiest to begin with Trunk. Well introduce
`cargo-leptos` a little later in this series.
If you dont already have it installed, you can install Trunk by running
```bash
cargo install trunk
```
Create a basic Rust binary project
```bash
cargo init leptos-tutorial
```
`cd` into your new `leptos-tutorial` project and add `leptos` as a dependency
```bash
cargo add leptos
```
Create a simple `index.html` in the root of the `leptos-tutorial` directory
```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>
```
And add a simple “Hello, world!” to your `main.rs`
```rust
use leptos::*;
fn main() {
mount_to_body(|_cx| view! { cx, <p>"Hello, world!"</p> })
}
```
Now run `trunk serve --open`. Trunk should automatically compile your app and
open it in your default browser. If you make edits to `main.rs`, Trunk will
recompile your source code and live-reload the page.

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# Summary
- [Introduction](./01_introduction.md)
- [Getting Started](./02_getting_started.md)
- [Building User Interfaces](./view/README.md)
- [A Basic Component](./view/01_basic_component.md)
- [Dynamic Attributes](./view/02_dynamic_attributes.md)
- [Components and Props](./view/03_components.md)
- [Iteration](./view/04_iteration.md)
- [Forms and Inputs](./view/05_forms.md)
- [Control Flow](./view/06_control_flow.md)
- [Error Handling](./view/07_errors.md)
- [Parent-Child Communication](./view/08_parent_child.md)
- [Passing Children to Components]()
- [Interlude: Reactivity and Functions]()
- [Testing]()
- [Interlude: Styling — CSS, Tailwind, Style.rs, and more]()
- [Async]()
- [Resource]()
- [Suspense]()
- [Transition]()
- [State Management]()
- [Interlude: Advanced Reactivity]()
- [Router]()
- [Fundamentals]()
- [defining `<Routes/>`]()
- [`<A/>`]()
- [`<Form/>`]()
- [Metadata]()
- [SSR]()
- [Models of SSR]()
- [`cargo-leptos`]()
- [Hydration Footguns]()
- [Request/Response]()
- [Headers]()
- [Cookies]()
- [Server Functions]()
- [Actions]()
- [Forms]()
- [`<ActionForm/>`s]()
- [Turning off WebAssembly]()

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# A Basic Component
That “Hello, world!” was a *very* simple example. Lets move on to something a
little more like an ordinary app.
First, lets edit the `main` function so that, instead of rendering the whole
app, it just renders an `<App/>` component. Components are the basic unit of
composition and design in most web frameworks, and Leptos is no exception.
Conceptually, they are similar to HTML elements: they represent a section of the
DOM, with self-contained, defined behavior. Unlike HTML elements, they are in
`PascalCase`, so most Leptos applications will start with something like an
`<App/>` component.
```rust
fn main() {
leptos::mount_to_body(|cx| view! { cx, <App/> })
}
```
Now lets define our `<App/>` component itself. Because its relatively simple,
Ill give you the whole thing up front, then walk through it line by line.
```rust
#[component]
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
view! { cx,
<button
on:click=move |_| {
set_count.update(|n| *n += 1);
}
>
"Click me"
{move || count.get()}
</button>
}
}
```
## The Component Signature
```rust
#[component]
```
Like all component definitions, this begins with the [`#[component]`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/attr.component.html) macro. `#[component]` annotates a function so it can be
used as a component in your Leptos application. Well see some of the other features of
this macro in a couple chapters.
```rust
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView
```
Every component is a function with the following characteristics
1. It takes a reactive [`Scope`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.Scope.html)
as its first argument. This `Scope` is our entrypoint into the reactive system.
By convention, its usually named `cx`.
2. You can include other arguments, which will be available as component “props.”
3. Component functions return `impl IntoView`, which is an opaque type that includes
anything you could return from a Leptos `view`.
## The Component Body
The body of the component function is a set-up function that runs once, not a
render function that re-runs multiple times. Youll typically use it to create a
few reactive variables, define any side effects that run in response to those values
changing, and describe the user interface.
```rust
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
```
[`create_signal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.create_signal.html)
creates a signal, the basic unit of reactive change and state management in Leptos.
This returns a `(getter, setter)` tuple. To access the current value, youll
use `count.get()` (or, on `nightly` Rust, the shorthand `count()`). To set the
current value, youll call `set_count.set(...)` (or `set_count(...)`).
> `.get()` clones the value and `.set()` overwrites it. In many cases, its more
efficient to use `.with()` or `.update()`; check out the docs for [`ReadSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.ReadSignal.html) and [`WriteSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.WriteSignal.html) if youd like to learn more about those trade-offs at this point.
## The View
Leptos defines user interfaces using a JSX-like format via the [`view`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/macro.view.html) macro.
```rust
view! { cx,
<button
// define an event listener with on:
on:click=move |_| {
set_count.update(|n| *n += 1);
}
>
// text nodes are wrapped in quotation marks
"Click me: "
// blocks can include Rust code
{move || count.get()}
</button>
}
```
This should mostly be easy to understand: it looks like HTML, with a special
`on:click` to define a `click` event listener, a text node thats formatted like
a Rust string, and then...
```rust
{move || count.get()}
```
whatever that is.
People sometimes joke that they use more closures in their first Leptos application
than theyve ever used in their lives. And fair enough. Basically, passing a function
into the view tells the framework: “Hey, this is something that might change.”
When we click the button and call `set_count`, the `count` signal is updated. This
`move || count.get()` closure, whose value depends on the value of `count`, re-runs,
and the framework makes a targeted update to that one specific text node, touching
nothing else in your application. This is what allows for extremely efficient updates
to the DOM.
Now, if you have Clippy on—or if you have a particularly sharp eye—you might notice
that this closure is redundant, at least if youre in `nightly` Rust. If youre using
Leptos with `nightly` Rust, signals are already functions, so the closure is unnecessary.
As a result, you can write a simpler view:
```rust
view! { cx,
<button /* ... */>
"Click me: "
// identical to {move || count.get()}
{count}
</button>
}
```
Remember—and this is *very important*—only functions are reactive. This means that
`{count}` and `{count()}` do very different things in your view. `{count}` passes
in a function, telling the framework to update the view every time `count` changes.
`{count()}` access the value of `count` once, and passes an `i32` into the view,
rendering it once, unreactively. You can see the difference in the CodeSandbox below!
> Throughout this tutorial, well use CodeSandbox to show interactive examples. To
show the browser in the sandbox, you may need to click `Add DevTools >
Other Previews > 8080.` Hover over any of the variables to show Rust-Analyzer details
and docs for whats going on. Feel free to fork the examples to play with them yourself!
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# `view`: Dynamic Attributes and Classes
So far weve seen how to use the `view` macro to create event listeners and to
create dynamic text by passing a function (such as a signal) into the view.
But of course there are other things you might want to update in your user interface.
In this section, well look at how to update attributes and classes dynamically,
and well introduce the concept of a **derived signal**.
Lets start with a simple component that should be familiar: click a button to
increment a counter.
```rust
#[component]
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
view! { cx,
<button
on:click=move |_| {
set_count.update(|n| *n += 1);
}
```
So far, this is just the example from the last chapter.
## Dynamic Classes
Now lets say Id like to update the list of CSS classes on this element dynamically.
For example, lets say I want to add the class `red` when the count is odd. I can
do this using the `class:` syntax.
```rust
class:red=move || count() & 1 == 1
```
`class:` attributes take
1. the class name, following the colon (`red`)
2. a value, which can be a `bool` or a function that returns a `bool`
When the value is `true`, the class is added. When the value is `false`, the class
is removed. And if the value is a function that accesses a signal, the class will
reactively update when the signal changes.
Now every time I click the button, the text should toggle between red and black as
the number switches between even and odd.
## Dynamic Attributes
The same applies to plain attributes. Passing a plain string or primitive value to
an attribute gives it a static value. Passing a function (including a signal) to
an attribute causes it to update its value reactively. Lets add another element
to our view:
```rust
<progress
max="50"
// signals are functions, so this <=> `move || count.get()`
value=count
/>
```
Now every time we set the count, not only will the `class` of the `<button>` be
toggled, but the `value` of the `<progress>` bar will increase, which means that
our progress bar will move forward.
## Derived Signals
Lets go one layer deeper, just for fun.
You already know that we create reactive interfaces just by passing functions into
the `view`. This means that we can easily change our progress bar. For example,
suppose we want it to move twice as fast:
```rust
<progress
max="50"
value=move || count() * 2
/>
```
But imagine we want to reuse that calculation in more than one place. You can do this
using a **derived signal**: a closure that accesses a signal.
```rust
let double_count = move || count() * 2;
/* insert the rest of the view */
<progress
max="50"
// we use it once here
value=double_count
/>
<p>
"Double Count: "
// and again here
{double_count}
</p>
```
Derived signals let you create reactive computed values that can be used in multiple
places in your application with minimal overhead.
> Note: Using a derived signal like this means that the calculation runs once per
signal change per place we access `double_count`; in other words, twice. This is a
very cheap calculation, so thats fine. Well look at memos in a later chapter, which
are designed to solve this problem for expensive calculations.
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# Components and Props
So far, weve been building our whole application in a single component. This
is fine for really tiny examples, but in any real application youll need to
break the user interface out into multiple components, so you can break your
interface down into smaller, reusable, composable chunks.
Lets take our progress bar example. Imagine that you want two progress bars
instead of one: one that advances one tick per click, one that advances two ticks
per click.
You _could_ do this by just creating two `<progress>` elements:
```rust
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
let double_count = move || count() * 2;
view! {
<progress
max="50"
value=progress
/>
<progress
max="50"
value=double_count
/>
```
But of course, this doesnt scale very well. If you want to add a third progress
bar, you need to add this code another time. And if you want to edit anything
about it, you need to edit it in triplicate.
Instead, lets create a `<ProgressBar/>` component.
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope
) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<progress
max="50"
// hmm... where will we get this from?
value=progress
/>
}
}
```
Theres just one problem: `progress` is not defined. Where should it come from?
When we were defining everything manually, we just used the local variable names.
Now we need some way to pass an argument into the component.
## Component Props
We do this using component properties, or “props.” If youve used another frontend
framework, this is probably a familiar idea. Basically, properties are to components
as attributes are to HTML elements: they let you pass additional information into
the component.
In Leptos, you define props by giving additional arguments to the component function.
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope,
progress: ReadSignal<i32>
) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<progress
max="50"
// now this works
value=progress
/>
}
}
```
Now we can use our component in the main `<App/>` components view.
```rust
#[component]
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
view! { cx,
<button on:click=move |_| { set_count.update(|n| *n += 1); }>
"Click me"
</button>
// now we use our component!
<ProgressBar progress=count/>
}
}
```
Using a component in the view looks a lot like using an HTML element. Youll
notice that you can easily tell the difference between an element and a component
because components always have `PascalCase` names. You pass the `progress` prop
in as if it were an HTML element attribute. Simple.
> ### Important Note
> For every `Component`, Leptos generates a corresponding `ComponentProps` type. This
is what allows us to have named props, when Rust does not have named function parameters.
If youre defining a component in one module and importing it into another, make
sure you include this `ComponentProps` type:
>
> `use progress_bar::{ProgressBar, ProgressBarProps};`
### Reactive and Static Props
Youll notice that throughout this example, `progress` takes a reactive
`ReadSignal<i32>`, and not a plain `i32`. This is **very important**.
Component props have no special meaning attached to them. A component is simply
a function that runs once to set up the user interface. The only way to tell the
interface to respond to changing is to pass it a signal type. So if you have a
component property that will change over time, like our `progress`, it should
be a signal.
### `optional` Props
Right now the `max` setting is hard-coded. Lets take that as a prop too. But
lets add a catch: lets make this prop optional by annotating the particular
argument to the component function with `#[prop(optional)]`.
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope,
// mark this prop optional
// you can specify it or not when you use <ProgressBar/>
#[prop(optional)]
max: u16,
progress: ReadSignal<i32>
) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<progress
max=max
value=progress
/>
}
}
```
Now, we can use `<ProgressBar max=50 value=count/>`, or we can omit `max`
to use the default value (i.e., `<ProgressBar value=count/>`). The default value
on an `optional` is its `Default::default()` value, which for a `u16` is going to
be `0`. In the case of a progress bar, a max value of `0` is not very useful.
So lets give it a particular default value instead.
### `default` props
You can specify a default value other than `Default::default()` pretty simply
with `#[prop(default = ...)`.
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope,
#[prop(default = 100)]
max: u16,
progress: ReadSignal<i32>
) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<progress
max=max
value=progress
/>
}
}
```
### Generic Props
This is great. But we began with two counters, one driven by `count`, and one by
the derived signal `double_count`. Lets recreate that by using `double_count`
as the `progress` prop on another `<ProgressBar/>`.
```rust
#[component]
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
let double_count = move || count() * 2;
view! { cx,
<button on:click=move |_| { set_count.update(|n| *n += 1); }>
"Click me"
</button>
<ProgressBar progress=count/>
// add a second progress bar
<ProgressBar progress=double_count/>
}
}
```
Hm... this wont compile. It should be pretty easy to understand why: weve declared
that the `progress` prop takes `ReadSignal<i32>`, and `double_count` is not
`ReadSignal<i32>`. As rust-analyzer will tell you, its type is `|| -> i32`, i.e.,
its a closure that returns an `i32`.
There are a couple ways to handle this. One would be to say: “Well, I know that
a `ReadSignal` is a function, and I know that a closure is a function; maybe I
could just take any function?” If youre savvy, you may know that both these
implement the trait `Fn() -> i32`. So you could use a generic component:
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar<F>(
cx: Scope,
#[prop(default = 100)]
max: u16,
progress: F
) -> impl IntoView
where
F: Fn() -> i32
{
view! { cx,
<progress
max=max
value=progress
/>
}
}
```
This is a perfectly reasonable way to write this component: `progress` now takes
any value that implements this `Fn()` trait.
> Note that generic component props _cannot_ be specified inline (as `<F: Fn() -> i32>`)
or as `progress: impl Fn() -> i32`, in part because theyre actually used to generate
a `struct ProgressBarProps`, and struct fields cannot be `impl` types.
### `into` Props
Theres one more way we could implement this, and it would be to use `#[prop(into)]`.
This attribute automatically calls `.into()` on the values you pass as proprs,
which allows you to pass props of different values easily.
In this case, its helpful to know about the
[`Signal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.Signal.html) type. `Signal`
is a enumerated type that represents any kind of readable reactive signal. It can
be useful when defining APIs for components youll want to reuse while passing
different sorts of signals. The [`MaybeSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/enum.MaybeSignal.html) type is useful when you want to be able to take either a static or
reactive value.
```rust
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope,
#[prop(default = 100)]
max: u16,
#[prop(into)]
progress: Signal<i32>
) -> impl IntoView
{
view! { cx,
<progress
max=max
value=progress
/>
}
}
#[component]
fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (count, set_count) = create_signal(cx, 0);
let double_count = move || count() * 2;
view! { cx,
<button on:click=move |_| { set_count.update(|n| *n += 1); }>
"Click me"
</button>
// .into() converts `ReadSignal` to `Signal`
<ProgressBar progress=count/>
// use `Signal::derive()` to wrap a derived signal
<ProgressBar progress=Signal::derive(cx, double_count)/>
}
}
```
## Documenting Components
This is one of the least essential but most important sections of this book.
Its not strictly necessary to document your components and their props. It may
be very important, depending on the size of your team and your app. But its very
easy, and bears immediate fruit.
To document a component and its props, you can simply add doc comments on the
component function, and each one of the props:
```rust
/// Shows progress toward a goal.
#[component]
fn ProgressBar(
cx: Scope,
/// The maximum value of the progress bar.
#[prop(default = 100)]
max: u16,
/// How much progress should be displayed.
#[prop(into)]
progress: Signal<i32>,
) -> impl IntoView {
/* ... */
}
```
Thats all you need to do. These behave like ordinary Rust doc comments, except
that you can document individual component props, which cant be done with Rust
function arguments.
This will automatically generate documentation for your component, its `Props`
type, and each of the fields used to add props. It can be a little hard to
understand how powerful this is until you hover over the component name or props
and see the power of the `#[component]` macro combined with rust-analyzer here.
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# Iteration
Whether youre listing todos, displaying a table, or showing product images,
iterating over a list of items is a common task in web applications. Reconciling
the differences between changing sets of items can also be one of the trickiest
tasks for a framework to handle well.
Leptos supports to two different patterns for iterating over items:
1. For static views: `Vec<_>`
2. For dynamic lists: `<For/>`
## Static Views with `Vec<_>`
Sometimes you need to show an item repeatedly, but the list youre drawing from
does not often change. In this case, its important to know that you can insert
any `Vec<IV> where IV: IntoView` into your view. In other views, if you can render
`T`, you can render `Vec<T>`.
```rust
let values = vec![0, 1, 2];
view! { cx,
// this will just render "012"
<p>{values.clone()}</p>
// or we can wrap them in <li>
<ul>
{values.into_iter()
.map(|n| view! { cx, <li>{n}</li>})
.collect::<Vec<_>>()}
</ul>
}
```
The fact that the _list_ is static doesnt mean the interface needs to be static.
You can render dynamic items as part of a static list.
```rust
// create a list of N signals
let counters = (1..=length).map(|idx| create_signal(cx, idx));
// each item manages a reactive view
// but the list itself will never change
let counter_buttons = counters
.map(|(count, set_count)| {
view! { cx,
<li>
<button
on:click=move |_| set_count.update(|n| *n += 1)
>
{count}
</button>
</li>
}
})
.collect::<Vec<_>>();
view! { cx,
<ul>{counter_buttons}</ul>
}
```
You _can_ render a `Fn() -> Vec<_>` reactively as well. But note that every time
it changes, this will rerender every item in the list. This is quite inefficient!
Fortunately, theres a better way.
## Dynamic Rendering with the `<For/>` Component
The [`<For/>`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.For.html) component is a
keyed dynamic list. It takes three props:
- `each`: a function (such as a signal) that returns the items `T` to be iterated over
- `key`: a key function that takes `&T` and returns a stable, unique key or ID
- `view`: renders each `T` into a view
`key` is, well, the key. You can add, remove, and move items within the list. As
long as each items key is stable over time, the framework does not need to rerender
any of the items, unless they are new additions, and it can very efficiently add,
remove, and move items as they change. This allows for extremely efficient updates
to the list as it changes, with minimal additional work.
Creating a good `key` can be a little tricky. You generally do _not_ want to use
an index for this purpose, as it is not stable—if you remove or move items, their
indices change.
But its a great idea to do something like generating a unique ID for each row as
it is generated, and using that as an ID for the key function.
Check out the `<DynamicList/>` component below for an example.
<iframe src="https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/4-iteration-sglt1o?file=%2Fsrc%2Fmain.rs&selection=%5B%7B%22endColumn%22%3A6%2C%22endLineNumber%22%3A55%2C%22startColumn%22%3A5%2C%22startLineNumber%22%3A31%7D%5D" width="100%" height="100px"></iframe>

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# Forms and Inputs
Forms and form inputs are an important part of interactive apps. There are two
basic patterns for interacting with inputs in Leptos, which you may recognize
if youre familiar with React, SolidJS, or a similar framework: using **controlled**
or **uncontrolled** inputs.
## Controlled Inputs
In a "controlled input," the framework controls the state of the input
element. On every `input` event, it updates a local signal that holds the current
state, which in turn updates the `value` prop of the input.
There are two important things to remember:
1. The `input` event fires on (almost) every change to the element, while the
`change` event fires (more or less) when you unfocus the input. You probably
want `on:input`, but we give you the freedom to choose.
2. The `value` *attribute* only sets the initial value of the input, i.e., it
only updates the input up to the point that you begin typing. The `value`
*property* continues updating the input after that. You usually want to set
`prop:value` for this reason.
```rust
let (name, set_name) = create_signal(cx, "Controlled".to_string());
view! { cx,
<input type="text"
on:input=move |ev| {
// event_target_value is a Leptos helper function
// it functions the same way as event.target.value
// in JavaScript, but smooths out some of the typecasting
// necessary to make this work in Rust
set_name(event_target_value(&ev));
}
// the `prop:` syntax lets you update a DOM property,
// rather than an attribute.
prop:value=name
/>
<p>"Name is: " {name}</p>
}
```
## Uncontrolled Inputs
In an "uncontrolled input," the browser controls the state of the input element.
Rather than continuously updating a signal to hold its value, we use a
[`NodeRef`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.NodeRef.html) to access
the input once when we want to get its value.
In this example, we only notify the framework when the `<form>` fires a `submit`
event.
```rust
let (name, set_name) = create_signal(cx, "Uncontrolled".to_string());
let input_element: NodeRef<HtmlElement<Input>> = NodeRef::new(cx);
```
`NodeRef` is a kind of reactive smart pointer: we can use it to access the
underlying DOM node. Its value will be set when the element is rendered.
```rust
let on_submit = move |ev: SubmitEvent| {
// stop the page from reloading!
ev.prevent_default();
// here, we'll extract the value from the input
let value = input_element()
// event handlers can only fire after the view
// is mounted to the DOM, so the `NodeRef` will be `Some`
.expect("<input> to exist")
// `NodeRef` implements `Deref` for the DOM element type
// this means we can call`HtmlInputElement::value()`
// to get the current value of the input
.value();
set_name(value);
};
```
Our `on_submit` handler will access the inputs value and use it to call `set_name`.
To access the DOM node stored in the `NodeRef`, we can simply call it as a function
(or using `.get()`). This will return `Option<web_sys::HtmlInputElement>`, but we
know it will already have been filled when we rendered the view, so its safe to
unwrap here.
We can then call `.value()` to get the value out of the input, because `NodeRef`
gives us access to a correctly-typed HTML element.
```rust
view! { cx,
<form on:submit=on_submit>
<input type="text"
value=name
node_ref=input_element
/>
<input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
<p>"Name is: " {name}</p>
}
```
The view should be pretty self-explanatory by now. Note two things:
1. Unlike in the controlled input example, we use `value` (not `prop:value`).
This is because were just setting the initial value of the input, and letting
the browser control its state. (We could use `prop:value` instead.)
2. We use `node_ref` to fill the `NodeRef`. (Older examples sometimes use `_ref`.
They are the same thing, but `node_ref` has better rust-analyzer support.)
<iframe src="https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/5-form-inputs-ih9m62?file=%2Fsrc%2Fmain.rs&selection=%5B%7B%22endColumn%22%3A1%2C%22endLineNumber%22%3A12%2C%22startColumn%22%3A1%2C%22startLineNumber%22%3A12%7D%5D" width="100%" height="1000px"></iframe>

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# Control Flow
In most applications, you sometimes need to make a decision: Should I render this
part of the view, or not? Should I render `<ButtonA/>` or `<WidgetB/>`? This is
**control flow**.
## A Few Tips
When thinking about how to do this with Leptos, its important to remember a few
things:
1. Rust is an expression-oriented language: control-flow expressions like
`if x() { y } else { z }` and `match x() { ... }` return their values. This
makes them very useful for declarative user interfaces.
2. For any `T` that implements `IntoView`—in other words, for any type that Leptos
knows how to render—`Option<T>` and `Result<T, impl Error>` _also_ implement
`IntoView`. And just as `Fn() -> T` renders a reactive `T`, `Fn() -> Option<T>`
and `Fn() -> Result<T, impl Error>` are reactive.
3. Rust has lots of handy helpers like [Option::map](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.map),
[Option::and_then](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.and_then),
[Option::ok_or](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/option/enum.Option.html#method.ok_or),
[Result::map](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.map),
[Result::ok](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.ok), and
[bool::then](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.bool.html#method.then) that
allow you to convert, in a declarative way, between a few different standard types,
all of which can be rendered. Spending time in the `Option` and `Result` docs in particular
is one of the best ways to level up your Rust game.
4. And always remember: to be reactive, values must be functions. Youll see me constantly
wrap things in a `move ||` closure, below. This is to ensure that they actually re-run
when the signal they depend on changes, keeping the UI reactive.
## So What?
To connect the dots a little: this means that you can actually implement most of
your control flow with native Rust code, without any control-flow components or
special knowledge.
For example, lets start with a simple signal and derived signal:
```rust
let (value, set_value) = create_signal(cx, 0);
let is_odd = move || value() & 1 == 1;
```
> If you dont recognize whats going on with `is_odd`, dont worry about it
> too much. Its just a simple way to test whether an integer is odd by doing a
> bitwise `AND` with `1`.
We can use these signals and ordinary Rust to build most control flow.
### `if` statements
Lets say I want to render some text if the number is odd, and some other text
if its even. Well, how about this?
```rust
view! { cx,
<p>
{move || if is_odd() {
"Odd"
} else {
"Even"
}}
</p>
}
```
An `if` expression returns its value, and a `&str` implements `IntoView`, so a
`Fn() -> &str` implements `IntoView`, so this... just works!
### `Option<T>`
Lets say we want to render some text if its odd, and nothing if its even.
```rust
let message = move || {
if is_odd() {
Some("Ding ding ding!")
} else {
None
}
};
view! { cx,
<p>{message}</p>
}
```
This works fine. We can make it a little shorter if wed like, using `bool::then()`.
```rust
let message = move || is_odd().then(|| "Ding ding ding!");
view! { cx,
<p>{message}</p>
}
```
You could even inline this if youd like, although personally I sometimes like the
better `cargo fmt` and `rust-analyzer` support I get by pulling things out of the `view`.
### `match` statements
Were still just writing ordinary Rust code, right? So you have all the power of Rusts
pattern matching at your disposal.
```rust
let message = move || {
match value() {
0 => "Zero",
1 => "One",
n if is_odd() => "Odd",
_ => "Even"
}
};
view! { cx,
<p>{message}</p>
}
```
And why not? YOLO, right?
## Preventing Over-Rendering
Not so YOLO.
Everything weve just done is basically fine. But theres one thing you should remember
and try to be careful with. Each one of the control-flow functions weve created so far
is basically a derived signal: it will rerun every time the value changes. In the examples
above, where the value switches from even to odd on every change, this is fine.
But consider the following example:
```rust
let (value, set_value) = create_signal(cx, 0);
let message = move || if value() > 5 {
"Big"
} else {
"Small"
};
view! { cx,
<p>{message}</p>
}
```
This _works_, for sure. But if you added a log, you might be surprised
```rust
let message = move || if value() > 5 {
log!("{}: rendering Big", value());
"Big"
} else {
log!("{}: rendering Small", value());
"Small"
};
```
As a user clicks a button, youd see something like this:
```
1: rendering Small
2: rendering Small
3: rendering Small
4: rendering Small
5: rendering Small
6: rendering Big
7: rendering Big
8: rendering Big
... ad infinitum
```
Every time `value` changes, it reruns the `if` statement. This makes sense, with
how reactivity works. But it has a downside. For a simple text node, rerunning
the `if` statement and rerendering isnt a big deal. But imagine it were
like this:
```rust
let message = move || if value() > 5 {
<Big/>
} else {
<Small/>
};
```
This rerenders `<Small/>` five times, then `<Big/>` infinitely. If theyre
loading resources, creating signals, or even just creating DOM nodes, this is
unnecessary work.
The [`<Show/>`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.Show.html) component is
the answer. You pass it a `when` condition function, a `fallback` to be shown if
the `when` function returns `false`, and children to be rendered if `when` is `true`.
```rust
let (value, set_value) = create_signal(cx, 0);
view! { cx,
<Show
when=move || value() > 5
fallback=|cx| view! { cx, <Small/> }
>
<Big/>
</Show>
}
```
`<Show/>` memoizes the `when` condition, so it only renders its `<Small/>` once,
continuing to show the same component until `value` is greater than five;
then it renders `<Big/>` once, continuing to show it indefinitely.
This is a helpful tool to avoid rerendering when using dynamic `if` expressions.
As always, there's some overhead: for a very simple node (like updating a single
text node, or updating a class or attribute), a `move || if ...` will be more
efficient. But if its at all expensive to render either branch, reach for
`<Show/>`.
## Note: Type Conversions
Theres one final thing its important to say in this section.
The `view` macro doesnt return the most-generic wrapping type
[`View`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/enum.View.html).
Instead, it returns things with types like `Fragment` or `HtmlElement<Input>`. This
can be a little annoying if youre returning different HTML elements from
different branches of a conditional:
```rust,compile_error
view! { cx,
<main>
{move || match is_odd() {
true if value() == 1 => {
// returns HtmlElement<Pre>
view! { cx, <pre>"One"</pre> }
},
false if value() == 2 => {
// returns HtmlElement<P>
view! { cx, <p>"Two"</p> }
}
// returns HtmlElement<Textarea>
_ => view! { cx, <textarea>{value()}</textarea> }
}}
</main>
}
```
This strong typing is actually very powerful, because
[`HtmlElement`](https://docs.rs/leptos/0.1.3/leptos/struct.HtmlElement.html) is,
among other things, a smart pointer: each `HtmlElement<T>` type implements
`Deref` for the appropriate underlying `web_sys` type. In other words, in the browser
your `view` returns real DOM elements, and you can access native DOM methods on
them.
But it can be a little annoying in conditional logic like this, because you cant
return different types from different branches of a condition in Rust. There are two ways
to get yourself out of this situation:
1. If you have multiple `HtmlElement` types, convert them to `HtmlElement<AnyElement>`
with [`.into_any()`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.HtmlElement.html#method.into_any)
2. If you have a variety of view types that are not all `HtmlElement`, convert them to
`View`s with [`.into_view(cx)`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/trait.IntoView.html#tymethod.into_view).
Heres the same example, with the conversion added:
```rust,compile_error
view! { cx,
<main>
{move || match is_odd() {
true if value() == 1 => {
// returns HtmlElement<Pre>
view! { cx, <pre>"One"</pre> }.into_any()
},
false if value() == 2 => {
// returns HtmlElement<P>
view! { cx, <p>"Two"</p> }.into_any()
}
// returns HtmlElement<Textarea>
_ => view! { cx, <textarea>{value()}</textarea> }.into_any()
}}
</main>
}
```
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# Error Handling
[In the last chapter](./06_control_flow.md), we saw that you can render `Option<T>`:
in the `None` case, it will render nothing, and in the `T` case, it will render `T`
(that is, if `T` implements `IntoView`). You can actually do something very similar
with a `Result<T, E>`. In the `Err(_)` case, it will render nothing. In the `Ok(T)`
case, it will render the `T`.
Lets start with a simple component to capture a number input.
```rust
#[component]
fn NumericInput(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (value, set_value) = create_signal(cx, Ok(0));
// when input changes, try to parse a number from the input
let on_input = move |ev| set_value(event_target_value(&ev).parse::<i32>());
view! { cx,
<label>
"Type a number (or not!)"
<input type="number" on:input=on_input/>
<p>
"You entered "
<strong>{value}</strong>
</p>
</label>
}
}
```
Every time you change the input, `on_input` will attempt to parse its value into a 32-bit
integer (`i32`), and store it in our `value` signal, which is a `Result<i32, _>`. If you
type the number `42`, the UI will display
```
You entered 42
```
But if you type the string`foo`, it will display
```
You entered
```
This is not great. It saves us using `.unwrap_or_default()` or something, but it would be
much nicer if we could catch the error and do something with it.
You can do that, with the [`<ErrorBoundary/>`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.ErrorBoundary.html)
component.
## `<ErrorBoundary/>`
An `<ErrorBoundary/>` is a little like the `<Show/>` component we saw in the last chapter.
If everythings okay—which is to say, if everything is `Ok(_)`—it renders its children.
But if theres an `Err(_)` rendered among those children, it will trigger the
`<ErrorBoundary/>`s `fallback`.
Lets add an `<ErrorBoundary/>` to this example.
```rust
#[component]
fn NumericInput(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (value, set_value) = create_signal(cx, Ok(0));
let on_input = move |ev| set_value(event_target_value(&ev).parse::<i32>());
view! { cx,
<h1>"Error Handling"</h1>
<label>
"Type a number (or something that's not a number!)"
<input type="number" on:input=on_input/>
<ErrorBoundary
// the fallback receives a signal containing current errors
fallback=|cx, errors| view! { cx,
<div class="error">
<p>"Not a number! Errors: "</p>
// we can render a list of errors as strings, if we'd like
<ul>
{move || errors.unwrap()
.get()
.0
.into_iter()
.map(|(_, e)| view! { cx, <li>{e.to_string()}</li>})
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
}
</ul>
</div>
}
>
<p>"You entered " <strong>{value}</strong></p>
</ErrorBoundary>
</label>
}
}
```
Now, if you type `42`, `value` is `Ok(42)` and youll see
```
You entered 42
```
If you type `foo`, value is `Err(_)` and the `fallback` will render. Weve chosen to render
the list of errors as a `String`, so youll see something like
```
Not a number! Errors:
- cannot parse integer from empty string
```
If you fix the error, the error message will disappear and the content youre wrapping in
an `<ErrorBoundary/>` will appear again.
<iframe src="https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/7-error-handling-and-error-boundaries-sroncx?file=%2Fsrc%2Fmain.rs&selection=%5B%7B%22endColumn%22%3A1%2C%22endLineNumber%22%3A2%2C%22startColumn%22%3A1%2C%22startLineNumber%22%3A2%7D%5D" width="100%" height="1000px"></iframe>

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# Parent-Child Communication
You can think of your application as a nested tree of components. Each component
handles its own local state and manages a section of the user interface, so
components tend to be relatively self-contained.
Sometimes, though, youll want to communicate between a parent component and its
child. For example, imagine youve defined a `<FancyButton/>` component that adds
some styling, logging, or something else to a `<button/>`. You want to use a
`<FancyButton/>` in your `<App/>` component. But how can you communicate between
the two?
Its easy to communicate state from a parent component to a child component. We
covered some of this in the material on [components and props](./03_components.md).
Basically if you want the parent to communicate to the child, you can pass a
[`ReadSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.ReadSignal.html), a
[`Signal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.Signal.html), or even a
[`MaybeSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.MaybeSignal.html) as a prop.
But what about the other direction? How can a child send notifications about events
or state changes back up to the parent?
There are four basic patterns of parent-child communication in Leptos.
## 1. Pass a [`WriteSignal`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/struct.WriteSignal.html)
One approach is simply to pass a `WriteSignal` from the parent down to the child, and update
it in the child. This lets you manipulate the state of the parent from the child.
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
<ButtonA setter=set_toggled/>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn ButtonA(cx: Scope, setter: WriteSignal<bool>) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<button
on:click=move |_| setter.update(|value| *value = !*value)
>
"Toggle"
</button>
}
}
```
This pattern is simple, but you should be careful with it: passing around a `WriteSignal`
can make it hard to reason about your code. In this example, its pretty clear when you
read `<App/>` that you are handing off the ability to mutate `toggled`, but its not at
all clear when or how it will change. In this small, local example its easy to understand,
but if you find yourself passing around `WriteSignal`s like this throughout your code,
you should really consider whether this is making it too easy to write spaghetti code.
## 2. Use a Callback
Another approach would be to pass a callback to the child: say, `on_click`.
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
<ButtonB on_click=move |_| set_toggled.update(|value| *value = !*value)/>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn ButtonB<F>(
cx: Scope,
on_click: F,
) -> impl IntoView
where
F: Fn(MouseEvent) + 'static,
{
view! { cx,
<button on:click=on_click>
"Toggle"
</button>
}
}
```
Youll notice that whereas `<ButtonA/>` was given a `WriteSignal` and decided how to mutate it,
`<ButtonB/>` simply fires an event: the mutation happens back in `<App/>`. This has the advantage
of keeping local state local, preventing the problem of spaghetti mutation. But it also means
the logic to mutate that signal needs to exist up in `<App/>`, not down in `<ButtonB/>`. These
are real trade-offs, not a simple right-or-wrong choice.
> Note the way we declare the generic type `F` here for the callback. If youre
> confused, look back at the [generic props](./03_components.html#generic-props) section
> of the chapter on components.
## 3. Use an Event Listener
You can actually write Option 2 in a slightly different way. If the callback maps directly onto
a native DOM event, you can add an `on:` listener directly to the place you use the component
in your `view` macro in `<App/>`.
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
// note the on:click instead of on_click
// this is the same syntax as an HTML element event listener
<ButtonC on:click=move |_| set_toggled.update(|value| *value = !*value)/>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn ButtonC<F>(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<button>"Toggle"</button>
}
}
```
This lets you write way less code in `<ButtonC/>` than you did for `<ButtonB/>`,
and still gives a correctly-typed event to the listener. This works by adding an
`on:` event listener to each element that `<ButtonC/>` returns: in this case, just
the one `<button>`.
Of course, this only works for actual DOM events that youre passing directly through
to the elements youre rendering in the component. For more complex logic that
doesnt map directly onto an element (say you create `<ValidatedForm/>` and want an
`on_valid_form_submit` callback) you should use Option 2.
## 4. Providing a Context
This version is actually a variant on Option 1. Say you have a deeply-nested component
tree:
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
<Layout/>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn Layout(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<header>
<h1>"My Page"</h1>
<main>
<Content/>
</main>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn Content(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<div class="content">
<ButtonD/>
</div>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn ButtonD<F>(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
todo!()
}
```
Now `<ButtonD/>` is no longer a direct child of `<App/>`, so you cant simply
pass your `WriteSignal` to its props. You could do whats sometimes called
“prop drilling,” adding a prop to each layer between the two:
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
<Layout set_toggled/>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn Layout(cx: Scope, set_toggled: WriteSignal<bool>) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<header>
<h1>"My Page"</h1>
<main>
<Content set_toggled/>
</main>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn Content(cx: Scope, set_toggled: WriteSignal<bool>) -> impl IntoView {
view! { cx,
<div class="content">
<ButtonD set_toggled/>
</div>
}
}
#[component]
pub fn ButtonD<F>(cx: Scope, set_toggled: WriteSignal<bool>) -> impl IntoView {
todo!()
}
```
This is a mess. `<Layout/>` and `<Content/>` dont need `set_toggled`; they just
pass it through to `<ButtonD/>`. But I need to declare the prop in triplicate.
This is not only annoying but hard to maintain: imagine we add a “half-toggled”
option and the type of `set_toggled` needs to change to an `enum`. We have to change
it in three places!
Isnt there some way to skip levels?
There is!
### The Context API
You can provide data that skips levels by using [`provide_context`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.provide_context.html)
and [`use_context`](https://docs.rs/leptos/latest/leptos/fn.use_context.html). Contexts are identified
by the type of the data you provide (in this example, `WriteSignal<bool>`), and they exist in a top-down
tree that follows the contours of your UI tree. In this example, we can use context to skip the
unnecessary prop drilling.
```rust
#[component]
pub fn App(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
let (toggled, set_toggled) = create_signal(cx, false);
// share `set_toggled` with all children of this component
provide_context(cx, set_toggled);
view! { cx,
<p>"Toggled? " {toggled}</p>
<Layout/>
}
}
// <Layout/> and <Content/> omitted
#[component]
pub fn ButtonD(cx: Scope) -> impl IntoView {
// use_context searches up the context tree, hoping to
// find a `WriteSignal<bool>`
// in this case, I .expect() because I know I provided it
let setter = use_context::<WriteSignal<bool>>(cx)
.expect("to have found the setter provided");
view! { cx,
<button
on:click=move |_| setter.update(|value| *value = !*value)
>
"Toggle"
</button>
}
}
```
The same caveats apply to this as to `<ButtonA/>`: passing a `WriteSignal`
around should be done with caution, as it allows you to mutate state from
arbitrary parts of your code. But when done carefully, this can be one of
the most effective techniques for global state management in Leptos: simply
provide the state at the highest level youll need it, and use it wherever
you need it lower down.
Note that there are no performance downsides to this approach. Because you
are passing a fine-grained reactive signal, _nothing happens_ in the intervening
components (`<Layout/>` and `<Content/>`) when you update it. You are communicating
directly between `<ButtonD/>` and `<App/>`. In fact—and this is the power of
fine-grained reactivity—you are communicating directly between a button click
in `<ButtonD/>` and a single text node in `<App/>`. Its as if the components
themselves dont exist at all. And, well... at runtime, they dont. Its just
signals and effects, all the way down.
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# Building User Interfaces
This first section will introduce you to the basic tools you need to build a reactive
user interface using Leptos. By the end of this section, you should be able to
build a simple, synchronous application that is rendered in the browser.