FAQ
Here are the frequently asked questions about Ant Design and antd that you should look up before you ask in the community or create a new issue. We also maintain a FAQ issues label for common github issues.
- Will you provide Sass/Stylus(etc.) style files in addition to the Less style files currently included?
- Is there a difference between
undefined
andnull
in the controlled components ofantd
? - Can I use internal API which is not documented on the site?
Select Dropdown DatePicker TimePicker Popover Popconfirm
disappears when I click another popup component inside it. How do I resolve this?- How do I prevent
Select Dropdown DatePicker TimePicker Popover Popconfirm
scrolling with the page? - How do I modify the default theme of Ant Design?
- How do I modify
Menu
/Button
(etc.)'s style? - How to avoid breaking change when update version?
- How do I replace Moment.js with Day.js to reduce bundle size?
- It doesn't work when I change
defaultValue
dynamically. - Why does modifying props in mutable way not trigger a component update?
- After I set the
value
of anInput
/Select
(etc.) component, the value cannot be changed by user's action. - Components are not vertically aligned when placed in single row.
- antd overrides my global styles
- I cannot install
antd
andantd
's dependencies in mainland China. - I set
dependencies.antd
as the git repository inpackage.json
, but it doesn't work. message
andnotification
is lower case, but other components are capitalized. Is this a typo?antd
doesn't work well in mobile.- Does
antd
supply standalone files like 'React'? - How do I extend antd's components?
- How to get the definition which is not export?
- Date-related components locale is not working?
- How do I fix dynamic styles while using a Content Security Policy (CSP)?
- When I set
mode
toDatePicker
/RangePicker
, why can I not select a year or month anymore? - message/notification/Modal.confirm lost styles when set
prefixCls
on ConfigProvider? - Why shouldn't I use component internal props or state with ref?
- Why we need align pop component with
open
prop? - Setting the style variable '@line-height-base' caused a layout exception.
- How to spell Ant Design correctly?
- Do you guys have any channel or website for submitting monetary donations, like through PayPal or Alipay?
Will you provide Sass/Stylus(etc.) style files in addition to the Less style files currently included?#
There is currently no plan to add support for Sass/Stylus(etc.) style files, but using tools on Google you can easily convert the provided Less files to your desired style format.
Is there a difference between undefined
and null
in the controlled components of antd
?#
Yes. antd will treats undefined
as uncontrolled but null
as controlled components which means empty value of it.
As input element, React treats both undefined
and null
as uncontrolled. When the value
is converted from a valid value to undefined
or null
, the component is no longer controlled, which causes some unexpected cases.
But in antd, undefined
is treated as uncontrolled, and null
is used as an explicit empty value of controlled components. To deal with some cases (e.g. allowClear
) like clearing the value
when the value
is non-primitive. If you need a component controlled with the value
valid, just set the value
as null
.
Note: For options
in Select-like
components, it is strongly recommended not to use undefined
and null
as value
in option
. Please use string | number
as a valid value
in option
.
Can I use internal API which is not documented on the site?#
NOT RECOMMEND. Internal API is not guaranteed to be compatible with future versions. It may be removed or changed in some versions. If you really need to use it, you should to make sure these API is still valid when upgrading to a new version or just lock version for usage.
Select Dropdown DatePicker TimePicker Popover Popconfirm
disappears when I click another popup component inside it. How do I resolve this?#
This is an old bug that has been fixed since v3.11.x
. If you're using an older version, you can use <Select getPopupContainer={trigger => trigger.parentElement}>
to render a component inside Popover. (Or other getXxxxContainer
props)
https://ant.design/components/select/#Select-props
How do I prevent Select Dropdown DatePicker TimePicker Popover Popconfirm
scrolling with the page?#
Use <Select getPopupContainer={trigger => trigger.parentElement}>
(API reference) to render a component inside the scroll area. If you need to config this globally in your application, try <ConfigProvider getPopupContainer={trigger => trigger.parentElement}>
(API reference)
And make sure that parentElement is position: relative
or position: absolute
.
How do I modify the default theme of Ant Design?#
See: https://ant.design/docs/react/customize-theme .
How do I modify Menu
/Button
(etc.)'s style?#
While you can override a component's style, we don't recommend doing so. antd is not only a set of React components, but also a design specification as well.
How to avoid breaking change when update version?#
antd will avoid breaking change in minor & patch version. You can safe do follow things:
Official demo usage
FAQ suggestion. Including codesandbox sample, marked as FAQ issue
And which you should avoid to do:
Bug as feature. It will break in any other case (e.g. Use div as Tabs children)
Use magic code to realize requirement but which can be realized with normal API
How do I replace Moment.js with Day.js to reduce bundle size?#
Please refer to Replace Moment.js.
It doesn't work when I change defaultValue
dynamically.#
The defaultXxxx
(e.g. defaultValue
) of Input
/Select
(etc...) only works on the first render. It is a specification of React. Please read React's documentation.
Why does modifying props in mutable way not trigger a component update?#
antd use shallow compare of props to optimize performance. You should always pass the new object when updating the state. Please ref React's document
After I set the value
of an Input
/Select
(etc.) component, the value cannot be changed by user's action.#
Try onChange
to change value
, and please read React's documentation.
Components are not vertically aligned when placed in single row.#
Try Space component to make them aligned.
antd overrides my global styles#
Yes, antd is designed to help you develop a complete background application. To do so, we override some global styles for styling convenience, and currently these cannot be removed or changed. More info at https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design/issues/4331 .
Alternatively, follow the instructions in How to avoid modifying global styles?
I cannot install antd
and antd
's dependencies in mainland China.#
To potentially solve this, try npm mirror china and cnpm.
I set dependencies.antd
as the git repository in package.json
, but it doesn't work.#
Please install antd
with either npm or yarn.
message
and notification
is lower case, but other components are capitalized. Is this a typo?#
No, message
is just a function, not a React Component, thus it is not a typo that it is in lower case.
antd
doesn't work well in mobile.#
Please check Ant Design Mobile as a possible solution, as antd
has not been optimized to work well on mobile. You can also try the react-component repositories which start with 'm-' 'rn-', which are also designed for mobile.
Does antd
supply standalone files like 'React'?#
Yes, you can import antd
with script tag, but we recommend using npm
to import antd
, as it is simple and easy to maintain.
How do I extend antd's components?#
If you need some features which should not be included in antd, try to extend antd's component with HOC. more
How to get the definition which is not export?#
antd 会透出组件定义,但是随着重构可能导致内部一些定义命名或者属性变化。因而更推荐直接使用 Typescript 原生能力获取: antd will export mainly definitions, but not export internal definitions which may be rename or changed. So we recommend you to use Typescript's native ability to get the definition if needed:
import { Table } from 'antd';
type Props<T extends (...args: any) => any> = Parameters<T>[0];
type TableProps = Props<typeof Table<{ key: string; name: string; age: number }>>;
type DataSource = TableProps['dataSource'];
Date-related components locale is not working?#
Please check whether import moment locale correctly.
import 'moment/locale/zh-cn';
moment.locale('zh-cn');
Please check whether there is two version of moment installed.
npm ls moment
If you are using a mismatched version of moment with antd's moment in your project. That would be a problem cause locale not working.
How do I fix dynamic styles while using a Content Security Policy (CSP)?#
You can configure nonce
by ConfigProvider.
When I set mode
to DatePicker
/RangePicker
, why can I not select a year or month anymore?#
In a real world development, you may need a YearPicker
, MonthRangePicker
or WeekRangePicker
. You are trying to add mode
to DatePicker
/RangePicker
expected to implement those pickers. However, the DatePicker
/RangePicker
cannot be selected and the panels won't close now.
Reproduction link: https://codesandbox.io/s/dank-brook-v1csy
Same issues:#15572, #16436, #11938, #11735, #11586, #10425, #11053
Like the explaination explains, this is because <DatePicker mode="year" />
does not equal the YearPicker
, nor is <RangePicker mode="month" />
equal to MonthRangePicker
. The mode
property was added to support showing time picker panel in DatePicker in antd 3.0, which simply controls the displayed panel, and won't change the original date picking behavior of DatePicker
/RangePicker
(for instance you will still need to click date cell to finish selection in a DatePicker
, whatever the mode
is).
Likewise,disabledDate
cannot work on year/month panels of <DatePicker mode="year/month" />
, but only on cells of date panel.
Workaround#
You can refer to this article or this article, using mode
and onPanelChange
to encapsulate a YearPicker
or MonthRangePicker
for your needs.
Or you can simply upgrade to antd@4.0, in which we added more XxxPickers to meet those requirements, and disabledDate
could be effect on those pickers too.
message/notification/Modal.confirm lost styles when set prefixCls
on ConfigProvider?#
Static methods like message/notification/Modal.confirm are not using the same render tree as <Button />
, but rendered to independent DOM node created by ReactDOM.render
, which cannot access React context from ConfigProvider. Consider two solutions here:
Replace original usages with message.useMessage, notification.useNotification and Modal.useModal.
Use
ConfigProvider.config
to configprefixCls
globally.
ConfigProvider.config({
prefixCls: 'ant',
});
Why shouldn't I use component internal props or state with ref?#
You should only access the API by official doc with ref. Directly access internal props
or state
is not recommended which will make your code strong coupling with current version. Any refactor will break your code like refactor with Hooks version, delete or rename internal props
or state
, adjust internal node constructor, etc.
Why we need align pop component with open
prop?#
For historical reasons, the display names of the pop components are not uniform, and both open
and visible
are used. This makes the memory cost that non-tsx users encounter when developing. It also leads to ambiguity about what name to choose when adding a feature. So we want to unify the attribute name, you can still use the original visible
and it will still be backward compatible, but we will remove this attribute from the documentation as of v5.
Setting the style variable '@line-height-base' caused a layout exception.#
Because @line-height-base
is involved in the layout calculation of some components, only number
units are supported. If 20px
is passed, it will be interpreted as 20
for calculation, resulting in a layout exception.
Related issue: #39451
How to spell Ant Design correctly?#
✅ Ant Design: Capitalized with space, for the design language.
✅ antd: all lowercase, for the React UI library.
✅ ant.design:For ant.design website url.
Here are some typical wrong examples:
❌ AntD
❌ antD
❌ Antd
❌ ant design
❌ AntDesign
❌ antdesign
❌ Antdesign