React Refs Form

by nabendu

HTML

<div id="app"></div>

CSS

body {
  background: #20262E;
  padding: 20px;
  font-family: Helvetica;
}

#app {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 20px;
  transition: all 0.2s;
}

li {
  margin: 8px 0;
}

h2 {
  font-weight: bold;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
}

.done {
  color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  text-decoration: line-through;
}

input {
  margin-right: 5px;
}

React

class CustomTextInput extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    // create a ref to store the textInput DOM element
    this.textInput = React.createRef();
  }
  handleSubmit = e => {
    e.preventDefault();

    console.log(this.textInput.current.value);
  };

  render() {
    // tell React that we want to associate the <input> ref
    // with the `textInput` that we created in the constructor
    return (
      <div>
        <form onSubmit={e => this.handleSubmit(e)}>
          <input type="text" ref={this.textInput} />
          <button>Submit</button>
        </form>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<CustomTextInput />, document.querySelector("#app"))