implement solution using useRef

packages/react-json-tree/src/JSONNestedNode.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import ItemRange from './ItemRange';
 import JSONArrow from './JSONArrow';
 import JSONNode from './JSONNode';
@@ -113,47 +113,52 @@ export default function JSONNestedNode(props: Props) {
     shouldExpandNodeInitially,
     styling,
   } = props;
-
-  const { shouldExpandNode, setShouldExpandNode, setEnableDefaultButton } =
+  const { shouldExpandNode, setEnableDefaultButton, setShouldExpandNode } =
     useExpandableButtonContext();
 
-  const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState<boolean>(
+  const [defaultExpanded] = useState<boolean>(
     // calculate individual node expansion if necessary
-    isCircular ? false : shouldExpandNodeInitially(keyPath, data, level)
+    isCircular 
+      ? false 
+      : (function getDefault(){
+          switch (shouldExpandNode) {
+          case 'expand': return true;
+          case 'collapse': return false;
+          default: return shouldExpandNodeInitially(keyPath, data, level);
+        }
+      })()
   );
 
-  const defaultExpanded = shouldExpandNodeInitially(keyPath, data, level);
+  const [, setTriggerReRender] = useState<boolean>(defaultExpanded);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    switch (shouldExpandNode) {
-      case 'expand':
-        setExpanded(true);
-        break;
-      case 'collapse':
-        setExpanded(false);
-        break;
-      case 'default':
-        setExpanded(defaultExpanded);
-        break;
-      default: // Do nothing
-    }
-  }, [defaultExpanded, shouldExpandNode]);
+  /**
+   * Used the useRef to handle expanded because calling a setState in a recursive implementation
+   * could lead to a "Maximum update depth exceeded" error */ 
+  const expandedRef = useRef<boolean>(defaultExpanded)  
+  
+  switch (shouldExpandNode) {
+    case 'expand': expandedRef.current = isCircular ? false : true; break;
+    case 'collapse': expandedRef.current = false; break;
+    case 'default': expandedRef.current = defaultExpanded; break;
+    default: //Do nothing;
+  }
 
   const handleClick = useCallback(() => {
     if (expandable) {
-      setExpanded(!expanded);
+      expandedRef.current = !expandedRef.current
+      setTriggerReRender((e) => !e)
       setEnableDefaultButton(true);
-      setShouldExpandNode(undefined);
+      setShouldExpandNode(undefined)
     }
-  }, [expandable, expanded, setEnableDefaultButton, setShouldExpandNode]);
+  }, [expandable, setEnableDefaultButton, setShouldExpandNode]);
 
   const renderedChildren =
-    expanded || (hideRoot && level === 0)
+    expandedRef.current || (hideRoot && level === 0)
       ? renderChildNodes({ ...props, circularCache, level: level + 1 })
       : null;
 
   const itemType = (
-    <span {...styling('nestedNodeItemType', expanded)}>
+    <span {...styling('nestedNodeItemType', expandedRef.current)}>
       {nodeTypeIndicator}
     </span>
   );
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ export default function JSONNestedNode(props: Props) {
     createItemString(data, collectionLimit),
     keyPath
   );
-  const stylingArgs = [keyPath, nodeType, expanded, expandable] as const;
+  const stylingArgs = [keyPath, nodeType, expandedRef.current, expandable] as const;
 
   return hideRoot ? (
     <li {...styling('rootNode', ...stylingArgs)}>
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@ export default function JSONNestedNode(props: Props) {
         <JSONArrow
           styling={styling}
           nodeType={nodeType}
-          expanded={expanded}
+          expanded={expandedRef.current}
           onClick={handleClick}
         />
       )}

packages/react-json-tree/src/createStylingFromTheme.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ const getDefaultThemeStyling = (theme: Base16Theme): StylingConfig => {
       WebkitUserSelect: 'none',
       backgroundColor: colors.BACKGROUND_COLOR,
     },
+    
+    expandable: {
+      color: colors.TEXT_COLOR,
+      backgroundColor: colors.BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+      position: 'absolute',
+      display: 'flex',
+      justifyContent: 'center',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      gap: '1rem',
+      top: '1rem',
+      right: '1rem',
+      cursor: 'pointer',
+    },
 
     value: ({ style }, nodeType, keyPath) => ({
       style: {

packages/react-json-tree/src/expandableButtons.tsx

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { Expandable } from '.';
 import { useExpandableButtonContext } from './expandableButtonsContext';
+import { StylingFunction } from 'react-base16-styling';
 
 interface ExpandableButtonsProps {
   expandable: Expandable;
+  styling: StylingFunction;
 }
 
 interface ExpandButtonProps {
@@ -26,24 +28,13 @@ interface DefaultButtonProps {
   defaultIcon?: ReactNode;
 }
 
-function ExpandableButtons({ expandable }: ExpandableButtonsProps) {
+function ExpandableButtons({ expandable, styling }: ExpandableButtonsProps) {
   const { enableDefaultButton } = useExpandableButtonContext();
 
   const expandableDefaultValue = expandable?.defaultValue || 'expand';
 
   return (
-    <div
-      style={{
-        position: 'absolute',
-        display: 'flex',
-        justifyContent: 'center',
-        alignItems: 'center',
-        gap: '1rem',
-        top: '1rem',
-        right: '1rem',
-        cursor: 'pointer',
-      }}
-    >
+    <div {...styling('expandable')}>
       {enableDefaultButton && (
         <DefaultButton defaultIcon={expandable?.defaultIcon} />
       )}

packages/react-json-tree/src/expandableButtonsContext.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import React, {
 } from 'react';
 import { Expandable } from '.';
 import ExpandableButtons from './expandableButtons';
+import { StylingFunction } from 'react-base16-styling';
 
 interface Context {
   enableDefaultButton: boolean;
@@ -18,11 +19,12 @@ interface Context {
 interface Props {
   children: ReactNode;
   expandable?: Expandable;
+  styling: StylingFunction;
 }
 
 const ExpandableButtonsContext = createContext<Context>({} as Context);
 
-function ExpandableButtonsContextProvider({ expandable, children }: Props) {
+function ExpandableButtonsContextProvider({ expandable, children, styling }: Props) {
   const [enableDefaultButton, setEnableDefaultButton] = useState(false);
   const [shouldExpandNode, setShouldExpandNode] = useState();
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ function ExpandableButtonsContextProvider({ expandable, children }: Props) {
   return (
     <ExpandableButtonsContext.Provider value={value}>
       {children}
-      {expandable && <ExpandableButtons expandable={expandable} />}
+      {expandable && <ExpandableButtons expandable={expandable} styling={styling} />}
     </ExpandableButtonsContext.Provider>
   );
 }

packages/react-json-tree/src/index.tsx

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function JSONTree({
 
   return (
     <ul {...styling('tree')}>
-      <ExpandableButtonsContext expandable={expandable}>
+      <ExpandableButtonsContext expandable={expandable} styling={styling}>
         <JSONNode
           keyPath={hideRoot ? [] : keyPath}
           value={postprocessValue(value)}

packages/react-json-tree/test/index.spec.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { createRenderer } from 'react-test-renderer/shallow';
 
 import { JSONTree } from '../src/index';
-import JSONNode from '../src/JSONNode';
+import ExpandableButtonsContextProvider from '../src/expandableButtonsContext';
 
 const BASIC_DATA = { a: 1, b: 'c' };
 
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ describe('JSONTree', () => {
     const result = render(<JSONTree data={BASIC_DATA} />);
 
     expect(result.type).toBe('ul');
-    expect(result.props.children[0].type.name).toBe(JSONNode.name);
+    expect(result.props.children.type.name).toBe(ExpandableButtonsContextProvider.name);
   });
 });