React Prevent Select Close

by Alan Thomas

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-core/5.8.24/browser.js"></script>
<script src="https://npmcdn.com/react@latest/dist/react-with-addons.js"></script>
<script src="https://npmcdn.com/react-dom@latest/dist/react-dom.js"></script>
<script src="https://facebook.github.io/react/js/jsfiddle-integration-babel.js"></script>

<div id="container">
  <!-- This element's contents will be replaced with your component. -->
</div>

JavaScript 1.7

class Container extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);

    this.state = {
      selectValue: ''
    };
  }

  handleSelectChange(event) {
    this.setState({
      selectValue: event.target.value
    });
    event.stopPropagation();
    //event.preventDefault();
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <p>Select Input</p> 
        
        <select onChange = {this.handleSelectChange.bind(this)}
          value = {this.state.selectValue}>
          <option value="1">Option 1</option>
          <option value="2">Option 2</option>
          <option value="3">Option 3</option>
        </select>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render( < Container / > ,
  document.getElementById('container')
);