BaseControl

BaseControl component is used to generate labels and help text for components handling user inputs.

Usage

Render a BaseControl for a textarea input:

import { BaseControl } from '@wordpress/components';

const MyBaseControl = () => (
    <BaseControl
        id="textarea-1"
        label="Text"
        help="Enter some text"
    >
        <textarea
            id="textarea-1"
        />
    </BaseControl>
);

Props

The component accepts the following props:

id

The id of the element to which labels and help text are being generated. That element should be passed as a child.

• Type: String
• Required: Yes

label

If this property is added, a label will be generated using label property as the content.

• Type: String
• Required: No

help

If this property is added, a help text will be generated using help property as the content.

• Type: String|WPElement
• Required: No

className

The class that will be added with "components-base-control" to the classes of the wrapper div. If no className is passed only components-base-control is used.

• Type: String
• Required: No

children

The content to be displayed within the BaseControl.

• Type: Element
• Required: Yes

BaseControl.VisualLabel

BaseControl.VisualLabel component is used to render a purely visual label inside a BaseControl component. It should only be used in cases where the children being rendered inside BaseControl are already properly labeled, e.g., a button, but we want an additional visual label for that section equivalent to the labels BaseControl would otherwise use if the label prop was passed.

Usage

import { BaseControl } from '@wordpress/components';

const MyBaseControl = () => (
    <BaseControl
        help="Pressing the Select an author buttom will open a modal that allows an advanced mechanism for author selection"
    >
        <BaseControl.VisualLabel>
            Author
        </BaseControl.VisualLabel>
        <Button>
            Select an author
        </Button>
    </BaseControl>
);

Props

className

The class that will be added with components-base-control__label to the classes of the wrapper div. If no className is passed only components-base-control__label is used.

• Type: String
• Required: No

children

The content to be displayed within the BaseControl.VisualLabel.

• Type: Element
• Required: Yes