React read more/less

A react component for long text that needs read more/less functionality.

Codesandbox demo

Note

Do not forget to import the styling

import 'read-more-less-react/dist/index.css';

props

props	signature	required	description
text	string	true	Text to be displayed with read more/less
lines	number	false	Number of lines to be showed when in collapsed state (default: 3)
type	'plainText', 'html'	false	Type of the text. It can be either plain text string or an html string
readMoreText	string	false	Read more button text (default: More)
readLessText	string	false	Read less button text (default: Less)
onAction	() => void	false	If passed, this method will be called when Read more button is clicked

classes

css class	description
rm-container	Main container class
rm-text-wrapper	Text wrapper class
rm-typography	Text class
rm-action-button-container	Action button container class
rm-more-button	Action read-more button class
rm-less-button	Action read-less button class

Example

import ReadMoreText from 'read-more-less-react';
import 'read-more-less-react/dist/index.css'

<ReadMoreText
    lines={5}
    text={TEXT}
/>

Note

Do not forget to import the styling import 'read-more-less-react/dist/index.css';