Web-Frontend/client/src/components/Canvas/CanvasComponents/MapButtonControls.jsx

import { useMap } from "react-leaflet";
import L from "leaflet";
import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { createPortal } from "react-dom";

// props contain title of btn (which can be an icon), the onClick fn (what should happen)
// when the settings btn is clicked, and it's positioning with the default being topright
export default function MapButtonControls({settingsBtn, position = "topright"}) {
  const map = useMap(); // retrieves the map instance that is mounted
  const [container, setContainer] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    // extending the leaflet control class
    const customControl = L.Control.extend({
      onAdd: () => {
        // create button element with className 'leaflet-bar'
        const dv = L.DomUtil.create("div", "layer-selector");
        dv.style.cursor = "pointer";

        // prevent map interactions when clicking on settings btn
        L.DomEvent.disableClickPropagation(dv);
        // L.DomEvent.on(dv, "click", onClick);  // pass your own onClick fn

        // pass button to container for react to render
        setContainer(dv);
        return dv;
      },
      onRemove: () => {
        setContainer(null);
      }
    });

    // instantiate new customControl object
    const control = new customControl({ position });
    // method inside og class that we extended above
    control.addTo(map);

    return () => {
      control.remove();
    };
  }, [map, position]);

  return container ? createPortal(
    settingsBtn,
    container)
    : null;
}