Accessing a component's state from a different page (app router)
In my Home() component in app/page (see attached file tree image) I am returning a component called ImageUpload which has state that I would like to access from app/chat/page. Here is what I tried:
Lift up state to app/layout
Since this layout page is the RootLayout and renders everything underneath it as children I don't know how I would pass state down to app/chat/page once I got it up there. (Assuming I understood correctly that all of my pages in subfolders of /app are children of app/layout.
createContext / useContext
When creating context and using context, as soon as I attempt wrapping children in app/layout with a context provider I get:
Error: Could not find the module "/../src/app/_components/image-upload.tsx#ResponseContext#Provider" in the React Client Manifest. This is probably a bug in the React Server Components bundler.
Regardless, not sure I would know how to provide the state from within ImageUpload to the value prop in the ResponseContext.Provider in app/layout.
I am a beginner and probably a bit all over the place. I didn't go on to try using an external state management library because I would like to get my fundamentals right and know if I even need it in the first place. If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great!
Lift up state to app/layout
Since this layout page is the RootLayout and renders everything underneath it as children I don't know how I would pass state down to app/chat/page once I got it up there. (Assuming I understood correctly that all of my pages in subfolders of /app are children of app/layout.
createContext / useContext
When creating context and using context, as soon as I attempt wrapping children in app/layout with a context provider I get:
Error: Could not find the module "/../src/app/_components/image-upload.tsx#ResponseContext#Provider" in the React Client Manifest. This is probably a bug in the React Server Components bundler.
Regardless, not sure I would know how to provide the state from within ImageUpload to the value prop in the ResponseContext.Provider in app/layout.
I am a beginner and probably a bit all over the place. I didn't go on to try using an external state management library because I would like to get my fundamentals right and know if I even need it in the first place. If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great!
Solution
Ok, so pages reference different URL routes, so if you're moving outside of page you can't just pass props like you would with reactRouter.
If you want to use context at the root level, you will have to wrap your context provider in a client component then wrap the children inside the layout of that client wrapper.
Try to think, is this a component that runs exclusively on the server or both? if the server you don't have any access to client side react state management, and you're limited as to what you can pass client components, ie cant pass a callback to a client function from a server function.
If you want to use context at the root level, you will have to wrap your context provider in a client component then wrap the children inside the layout of that client wrapper.
Try to think, is this a component that runs exclusively on the server or both? if the server you don't have any access to client side react state management, and you're limited as to what you can pass client components, ie cant pass a callback to a client function from a server function.
