{"id":12830,"date":"2024-03-14T16:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-configuring-multiple-class-names-in-react\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:35:17","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-configuring-multiple-class-names-in-react","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-configuring-multiple-class-names-in-react\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure Multiple Class Names in React"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In React, there are various ways to apply multiple CSS class names to an element.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>name of the class<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> classNames = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class1 class2 class3'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"language-xml\"><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">{classNames}<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Hello World<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Template strings: Using the ES6 template string syntax, concatenate multiple class name strings together in template string form. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class1 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class1'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class2 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class2'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class3 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class3'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> classNames = <span class=\"hljs-string\">`<span class=\"hljs-subst\">${class1}<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-subst\">${class2}<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-subst\">${class3}<\/span>`<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"language-xml\"><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">{classNames}<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Hello World<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>class name<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> classNames = [<span class=\"hljs-string\">'class1'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class2'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class3'<\/span>];\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"language-xml\"><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">{classNames.join(<\/span>' ')}&gt;<\/span>Hello World<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>the names of classes<\/li>\n<li>class names<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> classNames <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'classnames'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class1 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class1'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class2 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class2'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> class3 = <span class=\"hljs-string\">'class3'<\/span>;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">const<\/span> classNames = <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">classNames<\/span>(class1, class2, class3);\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> <span class=\"language-xml\"><span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-attr\">className<\/span>=<span class=\"hljs-string\">{classNames}<\/span>&gt;<\/span>Hello World<span class=\"hljs-tag\">&lt;\/<span class=\"hljs-name\">div<\/span>&gt;<\/span><\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The above are some commonly used methods for configuring multiple CSS class names. 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