I have the below input fields of which I need to get the entered inputs and pass it to the onClick event of the button shown below.
<input type="text" style={textFieldStyle} name="topicBox" placeholder="Enter topic here..."/>
<input type="text" style = {textFieldStyle} name="payloadBox" placeholder="Enter payload here..."/>
<button value="Send" style={ buttonStyle } onClick={this.publish.bind(this,<value of input field 1>,<value of input field2>)}>Publish</button><span/>
I have a method called publish which takes two string arguments. In place of those strings, I need to pass the values entered in the input fields. How can I achieve this without storing the values in states? I do not want to store the input field values in state variables. Any help would be much appreciated.
How can I achieve this without storing the values in states?
I think in this case better use states
class App extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
topicBox: null,
payloadBox: null
};
this.publish = this.publish.bind(this);
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
}
handleChange({ target }) {
this.setState({
[target.name]: target.value
});
}
publish() {
console.log( this.state.topicBox, this.state.payloadBox );
}
render() {
return <div>
<input
type="text"
name="topicBox"
placeholder="Enter topic here..."
value={ this.state.topicBox }
onChange={ this.handleChange }
/>
<input
type="text"
name="payloadBox"
placeholder="Enter payload here..."
value={ this.state.payloadBox }
onChange={ this.handleChange }
/>
<button value="Send" onClick={ this.publish }>Publish</button>
</div>
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('container'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>
You can add ref for each text field, and read the value from it like:
class App extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.publish = this.publish.bind(this);
}
publish(topicBox, payloadBox) {
alert(this.refs.topic.value);
alert(this.refs.payload.value);
}
render() {
return <div>
<input
ref="topic"
type="text"
name="topicBox"
placeholder="Enter topic here..."/>
<input
ref="payload"
type="text"
name="payloadBox"
placeholder="Enter payload here..."/>
<button
value="Send"
onClick={this.publish}>
Publish
</button>
</div>
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('container'));
Working fiddle https://jsfiddle.net/hjx3ug8a/15/
Thanks for Alexander T for his addition!