react-katex

Display math expressions with KaTeX and React.

(based on the https://github.com/talyssonoc/react-katex)
(the readme and the demo are "forked" from https://github.com/talyssonoc/react-katex)

Comparison with react-katex: https://github.com/talyssonoc/react-katex/issues/49.

Installation

  $ npm install katex @matejmazur/react-katex
  # or
  $ yarn add katex @matejmazur/react-katex

Usage

import 'katex/dist/katex.min.css';
import TeX from '@matejmazur/react-katex';

Inline math

Display math in the middle of the text.

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX math="\int_0^\infty x^2 dx" />,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

// or

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX>\int_0^\infty x^2 dx</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

It will be rendered like this:

Block math

Display math in a separated block, with larger font and symbols.

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX math="\int_0^\infty x^2 dx" block />,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

// or

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX block>\int_0^\infty x^2 dx</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

It will be rendered like this:

Note:
Don't forget to import KaTeX CSS file.

import 'katex/dist/katex.min.css';

Error handling

Default error message

By default the error rendering is handled by KaTeX. You can optionally pass errorColor (defaults to #cc0000) as a prop:

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX math={'\\int_0^\\infty x^2 dx \\inta'} errorColor={'#cc0000'} />,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

This will be rendered like so:

Custom error message

It's possible to handle parse errors using the prop renderError. This prop must be a function that receives the error object and returns what should be rendered when parsing fails:

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX
    math="\\int_{"
    renderError={(error) => {
      return <b>Fail: {error.name}</b>;
    }}
  />,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

// The code above will render '<b>Fail: ParseError</b>' because it's the value returned from `renderError`.

This will render <b>Fail: ParseError</b>:

Custom wrapper component

You can change the wrapper component (block math uses div and inline uses span) by whatever you want via props.as attribute.

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX
    math="y = x^2"
    as="figcaption"
  />,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

Escaping expressions

In addition to using the math property, you can also quote as a child allowing the use of { } in your expression.

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX>{'\\frac{\\text{m}}{\\text{s}^2}'}</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

Or Multiline

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX>{`\\frac{\\text{m}}
{\\text{s}^2}`}</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

However, it can be annoying to escape backslashes. This can be circumvented with the String.raw tag on a template literal when using ES6.

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX>{String.raw`\frac{\text{m}}{\text{s}^2}`}</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

Backticks must be escaped with a backslash but would be passed to KaTeX as \`. A tag can be created to replace \` with `

const latex = (...a) => String.raw(...a).replace('\\`', '`');
ReactDOM.render(<TeX>{latex`\``}</TeX>, document.getElementById('math'));

You can even do variable substitution

const top = 'm';
const bottom = 's';
ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX>{String.raw`\frac{\text{${top}}}{\text{${bottom}}^2}`}</TeX>,
  document.getElementById('math')
);

Configuring KaTeX

You can change directly all KaTeX options via props.settings:

Example of adding a custom macro:

ReactDOM.render(
  <TeX settings={{ macros: { '*': '\\cdot' } }}>y = k * x + c</TeX>
);

Result:

react-katexDisplay math in TeX with KaTeX and ReactJS