I am trying to show Dialog Box for unsaved changes before navigating to other route or page in ReactJS web app. I tried different solution from Stackoverflow but didn't succeeded. Most of solution related to older version. I need for version 6.0.2 (react-router-dom). Anyone who can help me out in this really appreciated.

I am trying to show Dialog Box for unsaved changes before navigating to other route or page in ReactJS web app. I tried different solution from Stackoverflow but didn't succeeded. Most of solution related to older version. I need for version 6.0.2 (react-router-dom). Anyone who can help me out in this really appreciated.

• javascript
• reactjs
• react-router
• react-router-dom

• Does this answer your question? In React Router v6, how to check form is dirty before leaving page/route – Josh Kelley Commented Mar 24, 2023 at 21:41

2 Answers 2

How to resolve my problem? Instead of downgrading, I created two custom hooks.

1. useCallbackPrompt Hook
2. useBlocker Hook

useCallbackPrompt Hook This hook handles a popup to show & hide and update location on the base of specific conditions. How it looks like.

useBlocker Hook This hooks blocks users from navigating away if there are any changes

How I am using useCallbackPrompt in my component

I created state showDialog; If the user changes something on the current page/form it will update the state showDialog and If the user tries to navigate away the prompt will be shown, and ask if the user wants to stay or not.

Here is the Live Demo Link

Here is the GITHUB REPO LINK

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You can use usePrompt or useBlocker to detect and show a prompt before leaving to another route if they have any unsaved changes (for example in a unsaved form element).

However, in the official documentation of react router v6 the following is mentioned:

from v5 (along with usePrompt and useBlocker from the v6 betas) are not included in the current released version of v6.

I checked on Github as well, even the current version 6.2.1 doesn't support usePrompt and useBlocker.

But you can still downgrade to v5 or 6.0.0-alpha.5 the following code is working with the react router v6.0.0-alpha.5

import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from "react";
import {
  BrowserRouter as Router,
  Switch,
  Route,
  Link,
  useHistory,
  usePrompt,
  useBlocker,
  Routes
} from "react-router-dom";

// Sometimes you want to prevent the user from
// navigating away from a page. The most common
// use case is when they have entered some data
// into a form but haven't submitted it yet, and
// you don't want them to lose it.

export default function PreventingTransitionsExample() {
  return (
    <Router>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <Link to="/">Form</Link>
        </li>
        <li>
          <Link to="/one">One</Link>
        </li>
        <li>
          <Link to="/two">Two</Link>
        </li>
      </ul>

      <Routes>
        <Route path="/" exact children={<BlockingForm />} />
        <Route path="/one" children={<h3>One</h3>} />
        <Route path="/two" children={<h3>Two</h3>} />
      </Routes>
    </Router>
  );
}

function BlockingForm() {
  let [isBlocking, setIsBlocking] = useState(false);

  usePrompt(
    "Hello from usePrompt -- Are you sure you want to leave?",
    isBlocking
  );
  // useBlocker(
  //   () => "Hello from useBlocker -- are you sure you want to leave?",
  //   isBlocking
  // );

  return (
    <form
      onSubmit={event => {
        event.preventDefault();
        event.target.reset();
        setIsBlocking(false);
      }}
    >
      <p>
        Blocking? {isBlocking ? "Yes, click a link or the back button" : "Nope"}
      </p>

      <p>
        <input
          size="50"
          placeholder="type something to block transitions"
          onChange={event => {
            setIsBlocking(event.target.value.length > 0);
          }}
        />
      </p>

      <p>
        <button>Submit to stop blocking</button>
      </p>
    </form>
  );
}