One of the hardest things to wrangle in the browser is loading. When images and other linked elements appear in the DOM, the browser makes decisions on when to load them that sometimes result in problems for a site and its users, such as FOUC, unexpected load ordering, and degraded performance when many loads are occurring.
This React component can improve the situation by allowing you to display content while waiting for the image to load, as well as by showing alternate content if the image fails to load.
import React from 'react';
import ImageLoader from 'react-imageloader';
function preloader() {
return <img src="spinner.gif" />;
}
React.render((
<ImageLoader
src="/path/to/image.jpg"
wrapper={React.DOM.div}
preloader={preloader}>
Image load failed!
</ImageLoader>
), document.body);
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
className |
string | An optional class name for the wrapper component. |
imgProps |
object | An optional object containing props for the underlying img component. |
onError |
function | An optional handler for the error event. |
onLoad |
function | An optional handler for the load event. |
preloader |
function | An optional function that returns a React element to be shown while the image loads. |
src |
string | The URL of the image to be loaded. |
style |
object | An optional object containing styles for the wrapper component. |
wrapper |
function | A function that takes a props argument and returns a React element to be used as the wrapper component. Defaults to React.DOM.span . |
Children passed to ImageLoader
will be rendered only if the image fails to load. Children are essentially alternate content to show when the image is missing or unavailable.
For example:
React.createClass({
// This will only show if "notgonnaload.jpg" doesn't load.
errorMessage() {
return (
<div>
<h2>Something went wrong!</h2>
<p>Not gonna load "notgonnaload.jpg". bummer.</p>
</div>
);
},
render() {
return (
<ImageLoader src="notgonnaload.jpg">
{this.errorMessage()}
</ImageLoader>
);
}
})
If you are upgrading to the 2.x version, there are a couple of changes you should be aware of:
- Since 2.0,
ImageLoader
requires React >= 0.13 - Loading is done 'off DOM' in a JavaScript
Image()
(instead of hidden in the DOM via a React<img />
), so values passed to theonLoad
andonError
callbacks will be the browser native values, not React's synthesized values. This should't be a problem for the vast majority of use cases, but it is technically an API change.