onClick doesn't render new react component.
You probably want to have a stateful component that shows the other component next to the button after it was clicked. All you need to do is track whether the button was clicked:
class MyComponent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
showComponent: false,
};
this._onButtonClick = this._onButtonClick.bind(this);
}
_onButtonClick() {
this.setState({
showComponent: true,
});
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<Button onClick={this._onButtonClick}>Button</Button>
{this.state.showComponent ?
<NewComponent /> :
null
}
</div>
);
}
}
Here's a CodePen to show it in action.
<div id="root">loading...</div>
JSX
class NewComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div {...this.props}>
new component
</div>
);
}
}
class Button extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<button {...this.props}>
click
</button>
);
}
}
class App extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
clicked: false
};
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
}
handleClick() {
this.setState({
clicked: true
});
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<Button onClick={this.handleClick} />
{this.state.clicked ? <NewComponent /> : null}
</div>
);
}
};
React.render(
<App />,
document.getElementById("root")
);
Use instead:
{this.state.clicked && <NewComponent />}