useUnselect

This hook returns a function that unselects lines in a <DataTable> that match an array of ids.

Usage

import { useListContext, useUnselect } from 'react-admin';

const UnselectButton = () => {
    const { resource, selectedIds } = useListContext();
    const unselect = useUnselect(resource);

    const handleClick = () => {
        unselect(selectedIds);
    };

    return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
            {`Unselect ${selectedIds.length} records`}
        </button>
    );
};

Parameters

useUnselect accepts two parameters. Both are optional:

  • resource: The resource name. If not specified, the hook will only update the locally stored selection state (changes are not persisted in the Store).
  • storeKey: The store key to use. If not specified, the hook will derive the store key from the resource. It should match with the storeKey used in the parent <List>.

resource

Use resource to specify the resource name.

import { useListContext, useUnselect } from 'react-admin';

const UnselectButton = () => {
    const { resource, selectedIds } = useListContext();
    const unselect = useUnselect(resource);

    const handleClick = () => {
        unselect(selectedIds);
    };

    return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
            {`Unselect ${selectedIds.length} records`}
        </button>
    );
};

If not specified, the hook will only update the locally stored selection state (changes are not persisted in the Store). This is notably useful when the parent <List> has the storeKey prop set to false.

import { useListContext, useUnselect } from 'react-admin';

const UnselectButton = () => {
    const { selectedIds } = useListContext();
    // Call useUnselect without arguments - local selection only
    const unselect = useUnselect();

    const handleClick = () => {
        unselect(selectedIds);
    };

    return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
            {`Unselect ${selectedIds.length} records`}
        </button>
    );
};

storeKey

The default store key is derived from the resource name: ${resource}.selectedIds.

You can customize the store key used by passing a storeKey parameter to the hook. Make sure it matches the storeKey used in the parent <List>.

The final store key used will be ${storeKey}.selectedIds.

import { useListContext, useUnselect } from 'react-admin';

const UnselectButton = () => {
    const { resource, selectedIds } = useListContext();
    const unselect = useUnselect(resource, 'customStoreKey');

    const handleClick = () => {
        unselect(selectedIds);
    };

    return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
            {`Unselect ${selectedIds.length} records`}
        </button>
    );
};

Return value

useUnselect returns a function taking up to two parameters:

  • ids: An array of record ids to unselect.
  • fromAllStoreKeys: A boolean indicating whether to unselect the records across all storeKeys used with this resource. Defaults to false. Set this to true for instance when the records are deleted, to ensure they don’t remain selected in other lists.
import { useListContext, useUnselect } from 'react-admin';

const UnselectButton = () => {
    const { resource, selectedIds } = useListContext();
    const unselect = useUnselect(resource);

    const handleClick = () => {
        // Unselect across all store keys
        unselect(selectedIds, true);
    };

    return (
        <button onClick={handleClick}>
            {`Unselect ${selectedIds.length} records`}
        </button>
    );
};