react-router/Link within material-ui/MenuItem

Example for how to use react-router/Link within material-ui/MenuItem

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Live Demo

What is this?

This is an example app for this issue, which demonstrates using react-router's Link within material-ui's MenuItem with the containerElement prop.

import { Link } from 'react-router'
import MenuItem from 'material-ui/MenuItem'

<MenuItem
  containerElement={<Link to="/about" />}
  primaryText="About Page"
/>

For more information, see the above issue, or this StackOverflow.

FAQ

Why not `href`?

Using href instead of react-router's Link component will cause the page to reload

Why not `onTouchTap` and programmically change route?

Using onTouchTap/onClick to trigger page change instead of <a>/<Link /> will lose some native features such as the link previewing in browser status bar, and the ability for users to open link in a new tab (mousewheel-click, cmd + click on macOS, ctrl + click on windows, click and hold on mobile devices, etc.).

How to run

In the project directory, you can run:

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

The page will reload if you make edits.
You will also see any lint errors in the console.

npm run build

Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.

The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!

See the section about deployment for more information.