React: inline conditionally pass prop to component

Question

I would like to know if there is a better way to conditionally pass a prop than using an if-statement.

For example, right now I have:

var parent = React.createClass({
  propTypes: {
    editable: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
    editableOpts: React.PropTypes.shape({...})
  },
  render: function() {
    if(this.props.editable) {
      return (
        <Child editable={this.props.editableOpts} />
      );
    } else {
      // In this case, Child will use the editableOpts from its own getDefaultProps()
      return (
        <Child />
      );
    }
  }
});

Is there a way to write this without the if-statement? I am was thinking something along the lines of a type of inline-if-statement in the JSX:

var parent = React.createClass({
  propTypes: {
    editable: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
    editableOpts: React.PropTypes.shape({...})
  },
  render: function() {
    return (
      <Child 
        {this.props.editable ? editable={this.props.editableOpts} : null} 
      />
    );
  }
});

To wrap-up: I'm trying to find a way to define a prop for Child, but pass a value (or do something else) such that Child still pulls that prop's value from Child's own getDefaultProps().

Answer 1

You were close with your idea. It turns out that passing undefined for a prop is the same as not including it at all, which will still trigger the default prop value. So you could do something like this:

var parent = React.createClass({
  propTypes: {
    editable: React.PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
    editableOpts: React.PropTypes.shape({...})
  },
  render: function() {
    return <Child 
      editable={this.props.editable ?
                  this.props.editableOpts : 
                  undefined}
    />;
  }
});