Intlayer React Usage

Core Philosophy

Intlayer promotes Component-Level Content Declaration. Instead of a massive global translation file, content is declared in *.content.ts files adjacent to the React components that use them.

Workflow

To create a translated component, you need two files:

1. Declaration: A content file (e.g., myComponent.content.ts) defining the dictionary.
2. Implementation: A React component (e.g., MyComponent.tsx) using the useIntlayer hook.

1. Declare Content

Create a content file using t() for translations. File: src/components/MyComponent/myComponent.content.ts

import { t, type Dictionary } from "intlayer";

const content = {
  // The 'key' must be unique and matches what you pass to useIntlayer()
  key: "my-component",
  content: {
    text: t({
      en: "Welcome",
      fr: "Bienvenue",
      es: "Hola",
      // ... All other locales set in intlayer config file
    }),
  },
} satisfies Dictionary;

export default content;

Intlayer React Usage

Setup

• Vite and React
• Create React App
• React Router v7
• React Router v7 (fs routes)
• Tanstack Start
• React Native and Expo
• Lynx and React

useIntlayer Hook

import { useIntlayer } from "react-intlayer";
const MyComponent = () => {
  const content = useIntlayer("my-dictionary-key");
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>
        {/* Return react node */}
        {content.text}
      </h1>
      {/* Return string (.value) */}
      <img src={content.text.value} alt={content.text.value} />
    </div>
  );
};

References

• Website
• Doc

Environments

• Vite and React
• Create React App
• Vite and React (React Router v7)
• Vite and React (React Router v7 FS Routes)

Packages

• Intlayer Exports
• React Intlayer Provider
• React Intlayer MarkdownRenderer
• React Intlayer Exports
• React Intlayer T
• React Intlayer useDictionary
• React Intlayer useI18n
• React Intlayer useIntlayer
• React Intlayer useLocale