Triggering a radix dialog (or shadcn dialog) via a React component, not a button

Question

I'm building a nextjs app with typescript and tailwind and also using shadcn components.

There's a behaviour I'm trying to create, and for the most part I am able to, but not without hydration errors on the frontend.

The behaviour I'm looking to create:

• I have a custom component that contains a markdown text editor.
• I'm putting that component in a Dialog, as the trigger, so that when user clicks anywhere on the text editor, it opens a popup.

The errors I get:

Unhandled Runtime Error
Error: Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server.`

Warning: Expected server HTML to contain a matching <button> in <div>.

See more info here: https://nextjs.org/docs/messages/react-hydration-error

and

Unhandled Runtime Error
Error: There was an error while hydrating. Because the error happened outside of a Suspense boundary, the entire root will switch to client rendering.

I know why this is happening but don't know how to fix it. The expected input for radix DialogTrigger is a button. The expected input for a shadcn DialogTrigger is just plain text (which then becomes the text on the button). I'm passing a whole component to it. The way shadcn dialog is implemented seems like it should allow it but it doesn't quite in action.

How I'm passing my editor to shadcn dialog:

<Dialog>
  <DialogTrigger >
    <LLEditor/>        
  </DialogTrigger>
  <DialogContent>
    <DialogHeader>
      <DialogTitle>What's top of mind for you?</DialogTitle>
      <DialogDescription>
        <LLEditor/>
      </DialogDescription>
    </DialogHeader>
  </DialogContent>
</Dialog>

How shadcn dialog is implemented:

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import * as DialogPrimitive from "@radix-ui/react-dialog"
import { X } from "lucide-react"

import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"

const Dialog = DialogPrimitive.Root

const DialogTrigger = DialogPrimitive.Trigger

const DialogPortal = DialogPrimitive.Portal

const DialogClose = DialogPrimitive.Close

const DialogOverlay = React.forwardRef<
  React.ElementRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Overlay>,
  React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Overlay>
>(({ className, ...props }, ref) => (
  <DialogPrimitive.Overlay
    ref={ref}
    className={cn(
      "fixed  inset-0 z-50 bg-black/80  data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0",
      className
    )}
    {...props}
  />
))
DialogOverlay.displayName = DialogPrimitive.Overlay.displayName

const DialogContent = React.forwardRef<
  React.ElementRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Content>,
  React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Content>
>(({ className, children, ...props }, ref) => (
  <DialogPortal>
    <DialogOverlay />
    <DialogPrimitive.Content
      ref={ref}
      className={cn(
        "fixed left-[50%] top-[50%] z-50 grid w-full max-w-[60%] translate-x-[-50%] translate-y-[-50%] gap-4 border bg-background p-6 shadow-lg duration-200 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 data-[state=closed]:zoom-out-95 data-[state=open]:zoom-in-95 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-left-1/2 data-[state=closed]:slide-out-to-top-[48%] data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-left-1/2 data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-top-[48%] sm:rounded-lg",
        className
      )}
      {...props}
    >
      {children}
      <DialogPrimitive.Close className="absolute right-4 top-4 rounded-sm opacity-70 ring-offset-background transition-opacity hover:opacity-100 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-ring focus:ring-offset-2 disabled:pointer-events-none data-[state=open]:bg-accent data-[state=open]:text-muted-foreground">
        <X className="h-4 w-4" />
        <span className="sr-only">Close</span>
      </DialogPrimitive.Close>
    </DialogPrimitive.Content>
  </DialogPortal>
))
DialogContent.displayName = DialogPrimitive.Content.displayName

const DialogHeader = ({
  className,
  ...props
}: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>) => (
  <div
    className={cn(
      "flex flex-col space-y-1.5 text-center sm:text-left",
      className
    )}
    {...props}
  />
)
DialogHeader.displayName = "DialogHeader"

const DialogFooter = ({
  className,
  ...props
}: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>) => (
  <div
    className={cn(
      "flex flex-col-reverse sm:flex-row sm:justify-end sm:space-x-2",
      className
    )}
    {...props}
  />
)
DialogFooter.displayName = "DialogFooter"

const DialogTitle = React.forwardRef<
  React.ElementRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Title>,
  React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Title>
>(({ className, ...props }, ref) => (
  <DialogPrimitive.Title
    ref={ref}
    className={cn(
      "text-lg font-semibold leading-none tracking-tight",
      className
    )}
    {...props}
  />
))
DialogTitle.displayName = DialogPrimitive.Title.displayName

const DialogDescription = React.forwardRef<
  React.ElementRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Description>,
  React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<typeof DialogPrimitive.Description>
>(({ className, ...props }, ref) => (
  <DialogPrimitive.Description
    ref={ref}
    className={cn("text-sm text-muted-foreground", className)}
    {...props}
  />
))
DialogDescription.displayName = DialogPrimitive.Description.displayName

export {
  Dialog,
  DialogPortal,
  DialogOverlay,
  DialogClose,
  DialogTrigger,
  DialogContent,
  DialogHeader,
  DialogFooter,
  DialogTitle,
  DialogDescription,
}

How can I achieve my desired behavior?

Thank you so much

Answer 1

Instead of using <LLEditor/> in DialogTrigger, you can have a dialog open state

const [isDialogOpen, setIsDialogOpen] = useState(false);

And then do setIsDialogOpen(true) when <LLEditor> is clicked. The dialog code would look something like this:

<Dialog open={isDialogOpen} onOpenChange={setIsDialogOpen}>
  <DialogContent>
    <DialogTitle>Dialog Title</DialogTitle>
    <DialogDescription>
      Content goes here
    </DialogDescription>
  </DialogContent>
</Dialog>

You could also try using asChild like so:

<DialogTrigger asChild>
  <LLEditor/>        
</DialogTrigger>