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Example

Preact Testing Library works with both Preact Hooks and Classes. Your tests will be the same however you write your components.

Component

function HiddenMessage({children}) {
const [showMessage, setShowMessage] = useState(false)

return (
<div>
<label htmlFor="toggle">Show Message</label>
<input
id="toggle"
type="checkbox"
onChange={e => setShowMessage(e.target.checked)}
checked={showMessage}
/>
{showMessage ? children : null}
</div>
)
}

Test

// NOTE: jest-dom adds handy assertions to Jest and it is recommended, but not required.
import '@testing-library/jest-dom'

import {h} from 'preact'
import {render, fireEvent} from '@testing-library/preact'

import HiddenMessage from '../hidden-message'

test('shows the children when the checkbox is checked', () => {
const testMessage = 'Test Message'

const {queryByText, getByLabelText, getByText} = render(
<HiddenMessage>{testMessage}</HiddenMessage>,
)

// query* functions will return the element or null if it cannot be found.
// get* functions will return the element or throw an error if it cannot be found.
expect(queryByText(testMessage)).toBeNull()

// The queries can accept a regex to make your selectors more resilient to content tweaks and changes.
fireEvent.click(getByLabelText(/show/i))

// .toBeInTheDocument() is an assertion that comes from jest-dom.
// Otherwise you could use .toBeDefined().
expect(getByText(testMessage)).toBeInTheDocument()
})