Getting a "0" instead of my component.

[blechner]

I've just found this and I am trying to use it. I am having the same problem as @jdelafon in issue #1 . I wrapped my component with Dimensions()(MyComponent) and all I see is a "0" rendered instead of MyComponent. The parent component has width specified and I can access this.props.containerWidth in MyComponent's render() method, but I don't understand why I am getting a "0" div. If manually resize the browser window, then I can see MyComponent rendered normally. Am I missing something? Should I add code to force a resize event?!

[gmaclennan]

hard to tell without seeing the code.

[blechner]

ok, here are the chunks that I've changed to add react-dimensions:

In the beginning of the file that defines my component, I added this import:

import dimensions from 'react-dimensions';

and in the end, in the part where I export the component, I wrapped it in a dimensions()() call:

export default dimensions()(CarouselImage);

and, in the render method, I added a console.log() to make sure that I am getting the width correctly from the parent component (which has the width specified in css):

  render() {
    console.log(this.props.containerWidth);

Turns out that console.log() prints the width correctly, the only problem is that there is a "0" div instead of my component when I inspect the element using chrome developer tools.
Then when I manually resize the browser window, my component renders correctly, but I can't expect the user to manually resize the browser window...

[gmaclennan]

Hi @blechner thanks for sharing more info but it's almost impossible to help solve the problem if I can't reproduce it. If you can share some code that I can run and get the same problem then I can maybe tell if the bug is in react-dimensions.

[blechner]

I'll see if I can isolate the code and then share...

[mcadelago]

I'm getting the same issue. I'll see if I can post some code snippets later

[mcadelago]

I think this is the situation that's causing the issue for us:

renderWidget(widgetName) {
    let Widget = this.props.flow.widgets[widgetName]

    return (
        <Widget />
    )
  },

The Widget component in this render method is what is wrapped in Dimensions. We have it stored in an object, which is where we render it from. Technically, Widget in this case is an arrow function that returns the component.

We're using Dimensions in a few other areas of the app and it works perfectly, but this is where we see the problems. FYI one thing that's interesting is it only seems to happen when we're using flexbox on the outer components (sometimes), and sure enough if you resize the window it starts rendering the component again.

[gmaclennan]

Here's what I recommend for troubleshooting: using the chrome web inspector check the size of the wrapper div that react-dimensions creates when the app is in the state that renders 0. If this is a flex box issue then you probably need to override the styling of that div by passing the containerStyle option to react-dimensions - when it is in a flexbox layout the default style of width: 100%; height: 100%; will not fill the container, and instead render a div with no height/width, which I think might be the issue that results in 0 being rendered. In the web inspector change in style of the wrapper div so that it fills the containing element, and then use that as your override style.

[blechner]

I've just tried to use Dimensions in a public git project I have so I could show you, but it worked perfectly there...
I'll try your suggestion in the project where the problem is happening... thanks.

[blechner]

I've inspected the element and saw this:

<div style="width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 0px; border: 0px;">0</div>

Not sure if I understood your suggestion... so I need to pass containerStyle to react-dimensions? What should I pass as containerStyle? I am not an expert in css. How do I know if my problem is this "flexbox" that you mentioned?

[gmaclennan]

react-dimensions is designed to fill the width and height of its container and pass that width and height as pixels as the props to the Component that you wrap. It does this in a fairly dumb way, by creating a div with width: 100%; height: 100%; and measuring that. In most situations this CSS will make it fill to the width and height of the container, but in some layouts, in particular flex box layout, it won't work, and the div ends up having no height or width, and in this situation react-dimensions just renders a 0 (it actually renders null). I think I need to change this behaviour so it is clearer what is going wrong.

What you need to look for in the inspector is the rendered height and width of the div. If it does not have a height or width, that is the problem. In most cases where this 0 problem has come up, it is a CSS issue, not a react-dimensions issue, although there might be ways of making this error more obvious. If the container div is not getting any height or width because of a css issue, then you need to fix it by overriding the default css on the div with containerStyle. As all sites and layouts are different, it's hard to know. If you are rendering this component as part of a site/layout that uses flexbox, then it is the likely cause of this issue, and something like Dimensions({containerStyle: {flex: 1}})(MyComponent) is probably what you want. But that's entirely dependent on how you are using this in your site.

[gmaclennan]

If you're still having problems try the latest version on master which rather than measuring the wrapper div it reaches up and measures the parent node.

[blechner]

I've just tried the latest version but the problem is still there.
But don't worry, maybe this is because my use case is not one that this lib can solve. As I mentioned, it worked when I tested in another project.
My team and I are investigating other ways to solve the problem of finding out the dimensions in px using DOM event listeners (https://facebook.github.io/react/tips/dom-event-listeners.html)
Thanks for your help. If no one else is complaining about this issue, you can close it.

[nhducit]

I got this issue too and I'm using flex-box to style the container and react-dimension return 0px height but actually the container have 598px of height.

My application have 2 route, one route contains normal form and the second contains the fixed-data-table with react-dimension, if I start from "form" page then change route to the second page, everything is fine. But if I enter the second route for the first time I load my application react-dimension will return 0px of height

[gmaclennan]

@nhducit as with previous times this issue has arisen, it is impossible to fix without sharing code that replicates the problem.