content/snippets/react/s/star-rating.md
---
title: Star rating
type: snippet
language: react
tags: [components,children,input,state]
cover: lake-church
excerpt: Renders a star rating component.
listed: true
dateModified: 2021-10-13
---
Renders a star rating component.
- Define a `Star` component. It renders each individual star with the appropriate appearance, based on the parent component's state.
- Define a `StarRating` component. Use the `useState()` hook to define the `rating` and `selection` state variables with the appropriate initial values.
- Create a method, `hoverOver`, that updates `selected` according to the provided `event`, using the .`data-star-id` attribute of the event's target or resets it to `0` if called with a `null` argument.
- Use `Array.from()` to create an array of `5` elements and `Array.prototype.map()` to create individual `<Star>` components.
- Handle the `onMouseOver` and `onMouseLeave` events of the wrapping element using `hoverOver`. Handle the `onClick` event using `setRating`.
```css
.star {
color: #ff9933;
cursor: pointer;
}
```
```jsx
const Star = ({ marked, starId }) => {
return (
<span data-star-id={starId} className="star" role="button">
{marked ? '\u2605' : '\u2606'}
</span>
);
};
const StarRating = ({ value }) => {
const [rating, setRating] = React.useState(parseInt(value) || 0);
const [selection, setSelection] = React.useState(0);
const hoverOver = event => {
let val = 0;
if (event && event.target && event.target.getAttribute('data-star-id'))
val = event.target.getAttribute('data-star-id');
setSelection(val);
};
return (
<div
onMouseOut={() => hoverOver(null)}
onClick={e => setRating(e.target.getAttribute('data-star-id') || rating)}
onMouseOver={hoverOver}
>
{Array.from({ length: 5 }, (v, i) => (
<Star
starId={i + 1}
key={`star_${i + 1}`}
marked={selection ? selection >= i + 1 : rating >= i + 1}
/>
))}
</div>
);
};
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
<StarRating value={2} />
);
```