className not working on dangerouslySetInnerHTML

byMR

November 9, 2021

I’ve initial string like this:-

My first name is @John# and last name is %Smith#.

Where I’ll replace:-

@ with <span className="contentDescHighlighted">
% with <span className="contentDescHighlighted content_bold">
# with </span>

the working code is as follow:-

  const handleAddingHighlight = (data) => {
    let changeAT = data.replaceAll(`@`, `<span className="contentDescHighlighted">`)
    let changePercentage = changeAT.replaceAll(`%`, `<span className="contentDescHighlighted content_bold">`)
    let highlightedData = changePercentage.replaceAll(`#`, `</span>`); console.log(highlightedData)

    return highlightedData
  }

After changing the string, then I’ll inject them using dangerouslySetInnerHTML as follow:-

  <p 
    className="contentDesc" 
    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: handleAddingHighlight(`My first name is @John# and last name is %Smith#.`)}}
  ></p>

Unfortunately, the styling/className applied didn’t take any effect at all as shown below:-

  // what it should looks like
  <p className="contentDesc">
    My first name is <span className="contentDescHighlighted">John</span> and last name is <span className="contentDescHighlighted content_bold">Smith</span>.
  </p>
  // current outcome when using dangerouslySetInnerHTML
  <p 
    className="contentDesc" 
    dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: handleAddingHighlight(`My first name is @John# and last name is %Smith#.`)}}
  ></p>

Complete component will look like this

export default function Test() {
  const handleAddingHighlight = (data) => {
    let changeAT = data.replaceAll(`@`, `<span className="contentDescHighlighted">`)
    let changePercentage = changeAT.replaceAll(`%`, `<span className="contentDescHighlighted content_bold">`)
    let highlightedData = changePercentage.replaceAll(`#`, `</span>`); console.log(highlightedData)

    return highlightedData
  }

  return (
    <>
      {/* what it should looks like */}
      <p className="contentDesc">
        My first name is <span className="contentDescHighlighted">John</span> and last name is <span className="contentDescHighlighted content_bold">Smith</span>.
      </p>
      {/* current outcome when using dangerouslySetInnerHTML */}
      <p 
        className="contentDesc" 
        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: handleAddingHighlight(`My first name is @John# and last name is %Smith#.`)}}
      ></p>
    </>
  )
}