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React App block

React App block allows an editor to embed a preconfigured React application into a page. It's configured in YAML files, under the ibexa_fieldtype_page key. Page block configuration isn't SiteAccess-aware.

Another element of React App Block is \Ibexa\FieldTypePage\FieldType\Page\Block\Event\Listener\ReactBlock Listener which adds component and props variables.

It's common to all the blocks.

Clear the persistence cache

Persistence cache must be cleared after any modifications have been made to the block config in Page Builder, such as adding, removing or altering the Page blocks, block attributes, validators or views configuration.

To clear the persistence cache run ./bin/console cache:pool:clear [cache-pool] command. The default cache-pool is named cache.tagaware.filesystem. The default cache-pool when running redis is named cache.redis. If you have customized the persistence cache configuration, the name of your cache pool might be different.

In prod mode, you also need to clear the symfony cache by running ./bin/console c:c. In dev mode, the Symfony cache will be rebuilt automatically.

React App Block configuration

React App blocks are regular Page blocks and can be configured on field definition level as any other block. File has exactly the same structure as regular YAML block configuration, except:

• additional component attribute which binds Page Builder block with React App
• views attribute is removed

Each configured React app block has an identifier and the following settings:

Setting	Description
name	Name of the block used in the Page Builder interface.
category	Category in the Page Builder elements menu that the block is shown in.
thumbnail	Thumbnail used in the Page Builder elements menu.
component	React App Component name used in assets/page-builder/react/blocks directory.
visible	(Optional) Toggles the block's visibility in the Page Builder elements menu. Remove the block from the layout before you publish another version of the page.
attributes	(Optional) List of block attributes.

For example:

ibexa_fieldtype_page:
    react_blocks:
        calculator:
            name: Calculator
            category: Demo
            thumbnail: /bundles/ibexaicons/img/all-icons.svg#date
            component: Calculator
            attributes:
                a:
                    type: integer
                b: integer

Each entry below react_blocks adds one block to the Page Builder with the defined name, category and thumbnail. Both name and attributes support a short syntax and a long one for specifics.

Attributes defined without sub-keys use the key as the identifier and name, and the value as the type:

attributes:
  b: integer

Sub-keys can be used to specify any of the usual attributes configuration key:

attributes:
  a:
    name: Attribute A
    type: string
    options:
      ...

Apps that are registered this way must be configured and referenced in the semantic configuration to be registered as blocks.

Parameters passed as props must be converted so that they can be used as the configured type in the app.

Create React App block

In the following example, you learn how to create the Calculator React App block configured in the previous section's example.

Configure React App Block

First, install React. Run yarn add react command.

Next, create a .jsx file which describes your component. You can place it in any location.

In the following example, create Calculator.jsx file in assets/page-builder/components/ directory:

import React from 'react';

export default function (props) {
    // a + b = ...
    console.log("Hello React!");
    return <div>{props.a} + {props.b} = {parseInt(props.a) + parseInt(props.b)}!</div>;
}

Then, create a Calculator.js file in assets/page-builder/react/blocks directory.

Files in this directory create a map of Components which then are imported to react.blocks.js file. As a result, the components are rendered on the page.

import Calculator from "/assets/page-builder/components/Calculator";

export default {
    Calculator: Calculator,
};

Now, you should see new Calculator block in the Page Builder blocks list:

Then, make sure that your Page layout template (like templates/themes/standard/pagelayout.html.twig) has the following Twig code in its {% block javascripts %}:

{% if encore_entry_exists('react-blocks-js') %}
    {{ encore_entry_script_tags('react-blocks-js') }}
{% endif %}