# `react-router`

## 6.9.0

### Minor Changes

- React Router now supports an alternative way to define your route `element` and `errorElement` fields as React Components instead of React Elements. You can instead pass a React Component to the new `Component` and `ErrorBoundary` fields if you choose. There is no functional difference between the two, so use whichever approach you prefer 😀. You shouldn't be defining both, but if you do `Component`/`ErrorBoundary` will "win". ([#10045](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/10045))

  **Example JSON Syntax**

  ```jsx
  // Both of these work the same:
  const elementRoutes = [{
    path: '/',
    element: <Home />,
    errorElement: <HomeError />,
  }]

  const componentRoutes = [{
    path: '/',
    Component: Home,
    ErrorBoundary: HomeError,
  }]

  function Home() { ... }
  function HomeError() { ... }
  ```

  **Example JSX Syntax**

  ```jsx
  // Both of these work the same:
  const elementRoutes = createRoutesFromElements(
    <Route path='/' element={<Home />} errorElement={<HomeError /> } />
  );

  const componentRoutes = createRoutesFromElements(
    <Route path='/' Component={Home} ErrorBoundary={HomeError} />
  );

  function Home() { ... }
  function HomeError() { ... }
  ```

- **Introducing Lazy Route Modules!** ([#10045](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/10045))

  In order to keep your application bundles small and support code-splitting of your routes, we've introduced a new `lazy()` route property. This is an async function that resolves the non-route-matching portions of your route definition (`loader`, `action`, `element`/`Component`, `errorElement`/`ErrorBoundary`, `shouldRevalidate`, `handle`).

  Lazy routes are resolved on initial load and during the `loading` or `submitting` phase of a navigation or fetcher call. You cannot lazily define route-matching properties (`path`, `index`, `children`) since we only execute your lazy route functions after we've matched known routes.

  Your `lazy` functions will typically return the result of a dynamic import.

  ```jsx
  // In this example, we assume most folks land on the homepage so we include that
  // in our critical-path bundle, but then we lazily load modules for /a and /b so
  // they don't load until the user navigates to those routes
  let routes = createRoutesFromElements(
    <Route path="/" element={<Layout />}>
      <Route index element={<Home />} />
      <Route path="a" lazy={() => import("./a")} />
      <Route path="b" lazy={() => import("./b")} />
    </Route>
  );
  ```

  Then in your lazy route modules, export the properties you want defined for the route:

  ```jsx
  export async function loader({ request }) {
    let data = await fetchData(request);
    return json(data);
  }

  // Export a `Component` directly instead of needing to create a React Element from it
  export function Component() {
    let data = useLoaderData();

    return (
      <>
        <h1>You made it!</h1>
        <p>{data}</p>
      </>
    );
  }

  // Export an `ErrorBoundary` directly instead of needing to create a React Element from it
  export function ErrorBoundary() {
    let error = useRouteError();
    return isRouteErrorResponse(error) ? (
      <h1>
        {error.status} {error.statusText}
      </h1>
    ) : (
      <h1>{error.message || error}</h1>
    );
  }
  ```

  An example of this in action can be found in the [`examples/lazy-loading-router-provider`](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/tree/main/examples/lazy-loading-router-provider) directory of the repository.

  🙌 Huge thanks to @rossipedia for the [Initial Proposal](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/discussions/9826) and [POC Implementation](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9830).

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.4.0`

### Patch Changes

- Fix `generatePath` incorrectly applying parameters in some cases ([`bc6fefa1`](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/commit/bc6fefa19019ce9f5250c8b5af9b8c5d3390e9d1))
- Improve memoization for context providers to avoid unnecessary re-renders ([`bc6fefa1`](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/commit/bc6fefa19019ce9f5250c8b5af9b8c5d3390e9d1))

## 6.8.2

### Patch Changes

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.3.3`

## 6.8.1

### Patch Changes

- Remove inaccurate console warning for POP navigations and update active blocker logic ([#10030](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/10030))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.3.2`

## 6.8.0

### Patch Changes

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.3.1`

## 6.7.0

### Minor Changes

- Add `unstable_useBlocker` hook for blocking navigations within the app's location origin ([#9709](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9709))

### Patch Changes

- Fix `generatePath` when optional params are present ([#9764](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9764))
- Update `<Await>` to accept `ReactNode` as children function return result ([#9896](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9896))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.3.0`

## 6.6.2

### Patch Changes

- Ensure `useId` consistency during SSR ([#9805](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9805))

## 6.6.1

### Patch Changes

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.2.1`

## 6.6.0

### Patch Changes

- Prevent `useLoaderData` usage in `errorElement` ([#9735](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9735))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.2.0`

## 6.5.0

This release introduces support for [Optional Route Segments](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/issues/9546). Now, adding a `?` to the end of any path segment will make that entire segment optional. This works for both static segments and dynamic parameters.

**Optional Params Examples**

- `<Route path=":lang?/about>` will match:
  - `/:lang/about`
  - `/about`
- `<Route path="/multistep/:widget1?/widget2?/widget3?">` will match:
  - `/multistep`
  - `/multistep/:widget1`
  - `/multistep/:widget1/:widget2`
  - `/multistep/:widget1/:widget2/:widget3`

**Optional Static Segment Example**

- `<Route path="/home?">` will match:
  - `/`
  - `/home`
- `<Route path="/fr?/about">` will match:
  - `/about`
  - `/fr/about`

### Minor Changes

- Allows optional routes and optional static segments ([#9650](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9650))

### Patch Changes

- Stop incorrectly matching on partial named parameters, i.e. `<Route path="prefix-:param">`, to align with how splat parameters work. If you were previously relying on this behavior then it's recommended to extract the static portion of the path at the `useParams` call site: ([#9506](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9506))

```jsx
// Old behavior at URL /prefix-123
<Route path="prefix-:id" element={<Comp /> }>

function Comp() {
  let params = useParams(); // { id: '123' }
  let id = params.id; // "123"
  ...
}

// New behavior at URL /prefix-123
<Route path=":id" element={<Comp /> }>

function Comp() {
  let params = useParams(); // { id: 'prefix-123' }
  let id = params.id.replace(/^prefix-/, ''); // "123"
  ...
}
```

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.1.0`

## 6.4.5

### Patch Changes

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.0.5`

## 6.4.4

### Patch Changes

- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.0.4`

## 6.4.3

### Patch Changes

- `useRoutes` should be able to return `null` when passing `locationArg` ([#9485](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9485))
- fix `initialEntries` type in `createMemoryRouter` ([#9498](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9498))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.0.3`

## 6.4.2

### Patch Changes

- Fix `IndexRouteObject` and `NonIndexRouteObject` types to make `hasErrorElement` optional ([#9394](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9394))
- Enhance console error messages for invalid usage of data router hooks ([#9311](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9311))
- If an index route has children, it will result in a runtime error. We have strengthened our `RouteObject`/`RouteProps` types to surface the error in TypeScript. ([#9366](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9366))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.0.2`

## 6.4.1

### Patch Changes

- Preserve state from `initialEntries` ([#9288](https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/pull/9288))
- Updated dependencies:
  - `@remix-run/router@1.0.1`

## 6.4.0

Whoa this is a big one! `6.4.0` brings all the data loading and mutation APIs over from Remix. Here's a quick high level overview, but it's recommended you go check out the [docs][rr-docs], especially the [feature overview][rr-feature-overview] and the [tutorial][rr-tutorial].

**New APIs**

- Create your router with `createMemoryRouter`
- Render your router with `<RouterProvider>`
- Load data with a Route `loader` and mutate with a Route `action`
- Handle errors with Route `errorElement`
- Defer non-critical data with `defer` and `Await`

**Bug Fixes**

- Path resolution is now trailing slash agnostic (#8861)
- `useLocation` returns the scoped location inside a `<Routes location>` component (#9094)

**Updated Dependencies**

- `@remix-run/router@1.0.0`

[rr-docs]: https://reactrouter.com
[rr-feature-overview]: https://reactrouter.com/start/overview
[rr-tutorial]: https://reactrouter.com/start/tutorial
