I am trying to save child-data in the state of the parent, but end up with the endless loop because setState() calls render().
Error message: Maximum update depth exceeded.This can happen when a component repeatedly calls setState inside componentWillUpdate or componentDidUpdate. React limits the number of nested updates to prevent infinite loops.
Relatively new to React, so I can't seem to word the question when googling solutions. I know why the error is occurring, I just don't know how to get around the issue. Is there a specific method I can use that prevents re-rendering?
Here is the parent:
export class ToDoList extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
data: null
}
}
myCallback = (dataFromChild) => {
this.setState({data: dataFromChild.toUpperCase()})
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<ToDoItem callbackFromParent={this.myCallback}/>
</div>
);
}
}
The child:
class ToDoItem extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
listInfo: 'Doggos'
}
}
render(){
return(
<h1>{this.props.callbackFromParent(this.state.listInfo)}</h1>
);
}
}
Your code is doing exactly that, an endless loop. When your ToDoItem component renders, it calls callbackFromParent which updates the state of ToDoList, causing ToDoList to re-render, subsequently re-rendering the ToDoItem. Since ToDoItem re-renders, it calls callbackFromParent again and so on...
I'd like to ask why you are trying to render the non-value-returning function of callbackFromParent. It doesn't return anything, so it doesn't make sense why you'd want to render it inside of your <h1> tags.
There is a small problem with the code you shared, that you are calling a function from the render() rather than binding it to some event which is making it go into infinite loop...
Is this what you are trying to achieve?
class ToDoList extends React.Component {
toUpper = (dataFromChild) => {
return dataFromChild.toUpperCase();
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<ToDoItem toUpper={this.toUpper}/>
</div>
);
}
}
class ToDoItem extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
listInfo: 'Doggos'
}
}
render(){
return(
<h1>{this.props.toUpper(this.state.listInfo)}</h1>
);
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<ToDoList />, document.getElementById('root'));
<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="root"></div>
You are getting an endless loop because of the following reasons:
1) You are calling the parent callback on each render.
2) You are saving the uppercased value in the parent state.
When the parent state gets updated, the child gets re-rendered, meaning that it will call the callback again, which will cause to re-render, which calls the callback again etc...
An alternative solution would be to pass the util function down to the child which can then call it once when it re-renders. Since no state in the parent is being updated, the child will not be re-rendered.
If you're trying to save data on parent but want to display it in child, try this:
Here is the parent:
export class ToDoList extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
data: null
}
}
myCallback = (dataFromChild) => {
this.setState({data: dataFromChild})
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<ToDoItem callbackFromParent={this.myCallback} data={this.state.data}/>
</div>
);
}
}
The child:
class ToDoItem extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
times: 0
}
// Bind Explained below
this.iBeClicked = this.iBeClicked.bind(this);
}
iBeClicked(){
this.setState({times: ++this.props.data});
this.props.callbackFromParent(this.props.data++);
}
render(){
return(
<div className="wrap">
<h1 onClick="iBeClicked">{this.props.data !== null ? this.props.data: 'Nothing' }</h1>
</div>
);
}
}
You use this.method.bind(this) in order to bind Component's this to React callback's execution inside render.
I'm trying to create a controlled text area.
class TextArea extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state= {
text: this.props.initial
};
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
}
handleChange(event) {
//some handle
}
render() {
return (
<textarea
value={this.state.text}
placeholder={this.props.initial}
onChange={this.handleChange}
/>
);
}
}
For some reason if I console.log the this.props.initial in the constructor I get an undefined.
But the placeholder works.
What I would like to do is to ditch the placeholder and set an initial value to that the user can edit and copy and interact with. (basically normal text and not a placeholder, but I cannot do that because it doesn't work)
What am I doing wrong?
Edit:
The way that I am passing props.initial to the textarea:
<TextArea
initial={this.state.json.initial}
text={this.state.json.text}
changeHandler={this.handleChange}
/>
I am getting the json from a $.getJSON call and I think that the textarea gets rendered before the json call is finished. Is there any way to run the render function only after the componentWillMount function?
Remove this from this.props in the constructor since you have access to props from its argument list.
class TextArea extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props)
this.state = {
text: props.initial,
}
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this)
}
handleChange(event){
this.setState({ text: event.target.value })
}
render(){
return (
<div>
<div>Initial text: {this.props.initial}</div>
<textarea
value={this.state.text}
placeholder={this.props.initial}
onChange={this.handleChange}
/>
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<TextArea />,
document.getElementById('root')
)
<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="root"></div>
You have to garantee that this.props.inital exists:
{ this.state.json && this.state.json.initial &&
<TextArea initial={this.state.json.initial} text={this.state.json.text} changeHandler={this.handleChange}/>
}
the important part to understand is that the constructor already takes in the props as parameters so you can access props directly in the constructor as props. no need to access it via this.props as long as you are inside the constructor
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state= {
text: props.initial
}
}
the code above should work
However, this is a better way of structuring a component like TextArea and it should also solve your problem of props.initial not having a value on runtime
First, you need to prepare the handleChange method in the parent component
class ParentComponent extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
myTextArea: ''
}
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this)
}
handleChange (e) {
this.setState({myTextArea: e.target.value})
}
render () {
return (
<TextArea
value={myTextArea}
onChange={this.handleChange}
/>
)
}
}
and on the text area component, you refer to onchange method passed through the props when defining the onchange method of your textarea.
<textarea
value={this.props.value}
placeholder="Something"
onChange={this.props.handleChange}
/>
the benefit of this approach is that one, the one that calls the textarea will always have an updated value, and two, this child element doesnt need to have a state. it makes managing a large react app easier and its the correct mind set to have once you start trying to implement Redux or similar frameworks to handle your state for you
passing data from child to parent component via callback function
but somehow it's not working.
what am I doing wrong here?
passing data from child to parent component - react - via callback function
https://codepen.io/silentarrowz/pen/GEMQEP?editors=0010
and here's the code
class App extends React.Component{
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state={
input:'this is the input for now'
}
//this.handleInput=this.handleInput.bind(this);
}
handleInput(x){
this.setState({
input:x
});
alert(this.state.input);
}
render(){
return(
<div>
<h1>Passing props from Child to Parent Component</h1>
<Child getInput={this.handleInput} />
here's the input: {this.state.input}
</div>
);
}
}
class Child extends React.Component{
constructor(){
super();
this.state={
text:''
}
}
passingProps(e){
var newInput=e.target.value;
//alert(newInput);
this.setState({
text:newInput
});
this.props.getInput(this.state.text);
}
render(){
return(
<div>
<input type="text" placeholder="please input a name..." onChange={this.passingProps} />
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<App/>,
document.getElementById('app')
);
There are a couple of issues.
1) You have to bind passingProps
constructor(){
super();
this.state={
text:''
}
this.passingProps = this.passingProps.bind(this);
}
2) this.setState is asynchronous, so it's not guaranteed that this.state.text will be set to the value you want by the time you pass it to this.props.getInput. You can either do
this.props.getInput(newInput)
or
this.setState({ text: newInput }, () => {
this.props.getInput(this.state.text);
})
to resolve that issue.
class App extends React.Component{
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state={
input:'this is the input for now'
}
this.handleInput=this.handleInput.bind(this);
}
handleInput(event){
let value = event.target.value;
this.setState({
input:value
});
}
render(){
return(
<div>
<h1>{this.state.input}</h1>
<Child getInput={this.handleInput} />
</div>
);
}
}
class Child extends React.Component{
constructor(){
super(props);
}
render(){
return(
<div>
<input type="text" placeholder="please input a name..." onChange={this.props.getInput} />
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(
<App/>,
document.getElementById('app')
);
Here is the answer for your question. I hope your proplem is solved.
In your Child Component, you have written following code:
passingProps(e){
var newInput=e.target.value;
//alert(newInput);
this.setState({
text:newInput
});
this.props.getInput(this.state.text);
}
The issue is due to the asynchronous behaviour of setState function. It means you can not call setState on one line and expect its updates on next line.
Use the callback function of setState to call the function of parent component just like this:
passingProps(e){
var newInput=e.target.value;
//alert(newInput);
this.setState({ text: newInput }, () => {
this.props.getInput(this.state.text);
})
}
Same thing is happening in handleInput function of App component.
this is not automatically bound in your passingProps function. Try arrow function syntax to bind it.
passingProps = e => {
var newInput=e.target.value;
//alert(newInput);
this.setState({
text:newInput
});
this.props.getInput(this.state.text);
}
Two things that you need to correct it:
if you want to access new state, you don't use this.state.input after
this.setState({input: 'xxx'}). Here is reason why not it.
this.passingProps = this.passingProps.bind(this) is defined what this is current scope. when you use this in component's function, this need to be bind.
Changed codepen
You can create a method in parent that accepts some data and then sets the received data as parent state.
Then pass this method to child as props. Now let the method accept child state as input and then let the method set the received child state as parent state.
My structure looks as follows:
Component 1
- |- Component 2
- - |- Component 4
- - - |- Component 5
Component 3
Component 3 should display some data depending on state of Component 5.
Since props are immutable, I can't simply save its state in Component 1 and forward it, right? And yes, I've read about Redux, but I don't want to use it. I hope that it's possible to solve it just with react. Am I wrong?
For child-parent communication you should pass a function setting the state from parent to child, like this
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.handler = this.handler.bind(this)
}
handler() {
this.setState({
someVar: 'some value'
})
}
render() {
return <Child handler = {this.handler} />
}
}
class Child extends React.Component {
render() {
return <Button onClick = {this.props.handler}/ >
}
}
This way the child can update the parent's state with the call of a function passed with props.
But you will have to rethink your components' structure, because as I understand components 5 and 3 are not related.
One possible solution is to wrap them in a higher level component which will contain the state of both component 1 and 3. This component will set the lower level state through props.
This is how to do it with the new useState hook.
Method - Pass the state changer function as a props to the child component and do whatever you want to do with the function:
import React, {useState} from 'react';
const ParentComponent = () => {
const[state, setState]=useState('');
return(
<ChildComponent stateChanger={setState} />
)
}
const ChildComponent = ({stateChanger, ...rest}) => {
return(
<button onClick={() => stateChanger('New data')}></button>
)
}
I found the following working solution to pass the onClick function argument from the child to the parent component:
Version with passing a method()
//ChildB component
class ChildB extends React.Component {
render() {
var handleToUpdate = this.props.handleToUpdate;
return (<div><button onClick={() => handleToUpdate('someVar')}>
Push me
</button>
</div>)
}
}
//ParentA component
class ParentA extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
var handleToUpdate = this.handleToUpdate.bind(this);
var arg1 = '';
}
handleToUpdate(someArg){
alert('We pass argument from Child to Parent: ' + someArg);
this.setState({arg1:someArg});
}
render() {
var handleToUpdate = this.handleToUpdate;
return (<div>
<ChildB handleToUpdate = {handleToUpdate.bind(this)} /></div>)
}
}
if(document.querySelector("#demo")){
ReactDOM.render(
<ParentA />,
document.querySelector("#demo")
);
}
Look at JSFiddle
Version with passing an Arrow function
//ChildB component
class ChildB extends React.Component {
render() {
var handleToUpdate = this.props.handleToUpdate;
return (<div>
<button onClick={() => handleToUpdate('someVar')}>
Push me
</button>
</div>)
}
}
//ParentA component
class ParentA extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
}
handleToUpdate = (someArg) => {
alert('We pass argument from Child to Parent: ' + someArg);
}
render() {
return (<div>
<ChildB handleToUpdate = {this.handleToUpdate} /></div>)
}
}
if(document.querySelector("#demo")){
ReactDOM.render(
<ParentA />,
document.querySelector("#demo")
);
}
Look at JSFiddle
I want to thank the most upvoted answer for giving me the idea of my own problem basically the variation of it with arrow function and passing param from child component:
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
// without bind, replaced by arrow func below
}
handler = (val) => {
this.setState({
someVar: val
})
}
render() {
return <Child handler = {this.handler} />
}
}
class Child extends React.Component {
render() {
return <Button onClick = {() => this.props.handler('the passing value')}/ >
}
}
Hope it helps someone.
I like the answer regarding passing functions around. It's a very handy technique.
On the flip side you can also achieve this using pub/sub or using a variant, a dispatcher, as Flux does. The theory is super simple. Have component 5 dispatch a message which component 3 is listening for. Component 3 then updates its state which triggers the re-render. This requires stateful components, which, depending on your viewpoint, may or may not be an anti-pattern. I'm against them personally and would rather that something else is listening for dispatches and changes state from the very top-down (Redux does this, but it adds additional terminology).
import { Dispatcher } from 'flux'
import { Component } from 'React'
const dispatcher = new Dispatcher()
// Component 3
// Some methods, such as constructor, omitted for brevity
class StatefulParent extends Component {
state = {
text: 'foo'
}
componentDidMount() {
dispatcher.register( dispatch => {
if ( dispatch.type === 'change' ) {
this.setState({ text: 'bar' })
}
}
}
render() {
return <h1>{ this.state.text }</h1>
}
}
// Click handler
const onClick = event => {
dispatcher.dispatch({
type: 'change'
})
}
// Component 5 in your example
const StatelessChild = props => {
return <button onClick={ onClick }>Click me</button>
}
The dispatcher bundles with Flux is very simple. It simply registers callbacks and invokes them when any dispatch occurs, passing through the contents on the dispatch (in the above terse example there is no payload with the dispatch, simply a message id). You could adapt this to traditional pub/sub (e.g., using the EventEmitter from events, or some other version) very easily if that makes more sense to you.
I found the following working solution to pass the onClick function argument from the child to the parent component with a parameter:
Parent class:
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
// Bind the this context to the handler function
this.handler = this.handler.bind(this);
// Set some state
this.state = {
messageShown: false
};
}
// This method will be sent to the child component
handler(param1) {
console.log(param1);
this.setState({
messageShown: true
});
}
// Render the child component and set the action property with the handler as value
render() {
return <Child action={this.handler} />
}}
Child class:
class Child extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
{/* The button will execute the handler function set by the parent component */}
<Button onClick={this.props.action.bind(this,param1)} />
</div>
)
} }
Whenever you require to communicate between a child to the parent at any level down, then it's better to make use of context. In the parent component define the context that can be invoked by the child, such as:
In the parent component, in your case component 3,
static childContextTypes = {
parentMethod: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
};
getChildContext() {
return {
parentMethod: (parameter_from_child) => this.parentMethod(parameter_from_child)
};
}
parentMethod(parameter_from_child){
// Update the state with parameter_from_child
}
Now in the child component (component 5 in your case), just tell this component that it wants to use the context of its parent.
static contextTypes = {
parentMethod: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
};
render() {
return(
<TouchableHighlight
onPress = {() => this.context.parentMethod(new_state_value)}
underlayColor='gray' >
<Text> update state in parent component </Text>
</TouchableHighlight>
)}
You can find the Demo project in this GitHub repository.
It seems that we can only pass data from parent to child as React promotes unidirectional data flow, but to make the parent update itself when something happens in its "child component", we generally use what is called a "callback function".
We pass the function defined in the parent to the child as "props" and
call that function from the child triggering it in the parent
component.
class Parent extends React.Component {
handler = (Value_Passed_From_SubChild) => {
console.log("Parent got triggered when a grandchild button was clicked");
console.log("Parent->Child->SubChild");
console.log(Value_Passed_From_SubChild);
}
render() {
return <Child handler = {this.handler} />
}
}
class Child extends React.Component {
render() {
return <SubChild handler = {this.props.handler}/ >
}
}
class SubChild extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
somethingImp : [1,2,3,4]
}
}
render() {
return <button onClick = {this.props.handler(this.state.somethingImp)}>Clickme<button/>
}
}
React.render(<Parent />,document.getElementById('app'));
HTML
----
<div id="app"></div>
In this example we can make data pass from sub child → child → parent by passing function to its direct child.
Most of the answers given previously are for React.Component-based designs. If you are using useState in the recent upgrades of the React library, then follow this answer.
I've used a top rated answer from this page many times, but while learning React, I've found a better way to do that, without binding and without an inline function inside props.
Just look here:
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
someVar: value
}
}
handleChange = (someValue) => {
this.setState({someVar: someValue})
}
render() {
return <Child handler={this.handleChange} />
}
}
export const Child = ({handler}) => {
return <Button onClick={handler} />
}
The key is in an arrow function:
handleChange = (someValue) => {
this.setState({someVar: someValue})
}
You can read more here.
Simply pass the parent's setState function via props to the child component.
function ParentComp() {
const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState("");
return <SearchBox setSearchValue={setSearchValue} searchValue={searchValue} />;
}
then in child component:
function SearchBox({ searchValue, setSearchValue }) {
return (
<input
id="search-post"
type="text"
value={searchValue}
onChange={(e) => setSearchValue(e.target.value)}
placeholder="Search Blogs ..."
/>
)
}
A second example to handle click from child component:
// We've below function and component in parent component
const clickHandler = (val) => {
alert(`httpRequest sent. \nValue Received: ${val}`);
};
// JSX
<HttpRequest clickHandler={clickHandler} />
this is how you get function from parent component then pass a value and fire clickHandler through it.
function HttpRequest({ clickHandler }) {
const [content, setContent] = useState("initialState");
return (
<button onClick={() => clickHandler(content)}>
Send Request
</button>
);
}
export default HttpRequest;
We can create ParentComponent and with a handleInputChange method to update the ParentComponent state. Import the ChildComponent and we pass two props from the parent to the child component i.e., the handleInputChange function and count.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import ChildComponent from './ChildComponent';
class ParentComponent extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.handleInputChange = this.handleInputChange.bind(this);
this.state = {
count: '',
};
}
handleInputChange(e) {
const { value, name } = e.target;
this.setState({ [name]: value });
}
render() {
const { count } = this.state;
return (
<ChildComponent count={count} handleInputChange={this.handleInputChange} />
);
}
}
Now we create the ChildComponent file and save it as ChildComponent.jsx. This component is stateless because the child component doesn't have a state. We use the prop-types library for props type checking.
import React from 'react';
import { func, number } from 'prop-types';
const ChildComponent = ({ handleInputChange, count }) => (
<input onChange={handleInputChange} value={count} name="count" />
);
ChildComponent.propTypes = {
count: number,
handleInputChange: func.isRequired,
};
ChildComponent.defaultProps = {
count: 0,
};
export default ChildComponent;
If you want to update the parent component,
class ParentComponent extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props);
this.state = {
page: 0
}
}
handler(val){
console.log(val) // 1
}
render(){
return (
<ChildComponent onChange={this.handler} />
)
}
}
class ChildComponent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
page: 1
};
}
someMethod = (page) => {
this.setState({ page: page });
this.props.onChange(page)
}
render() {
return (
<Button
onClick={() => this.someMethod()}
> Click
</Button>
)
}
}
Here onChange is an attribute with "handler" method bound to its instance. We passed the method handler to the Child class component, to receive via the onChange property in its props argument.
The attribute onChange will be set in a props object like this:
props = {
onChange: this.handler
}
and passed to the child component.
So the child component can access the value of name in the props object like this props.onChange.
It's done through the use of render props.
Now the child component has a button “Click” with an onclick event set to call the handler method passed to it via onChange in its props argument object. So now this.props.onChange in the child holds the output method in the parent class.
Reference and credits: Bits and Pieces
If this same scenario is not spread everywhere you can use React's context, especially if you don't want to introduce all the overhead that state management libraries introduce. Plus, it's easier to learn. But be careful; you could overuse it and start writing bad code. Basically you define a Container component (that will hold and keep that piece of state for you) making all the components interested in writing/reading that piece of data to/from its children (not necessarily direct children).
Context - React
You could also use a plain React properly instead.
<Component5 onSomethingHappenedIn5={this.props.doSomethingAbout5} />
Pass doSomethingAbout5 up to Component 1:
<Component1>
<Component2 onSomethingHappenedIn5={somethingAbout5 => this.setState({somethingAbout5})}/>
<Component5 propThatDependsOn5={this.state.somethingAbout5}/>
<Component1/>
If this is a common problem, you should starting thinking moving the whole state of the application to somewhere else. You have a few options, the most common are:
Redux
Flux
Basically, instead of managing the application state in your component you send commands when something happens to get the state updated. Components pull the state from this container as well so all the data is centralized. This doesn't mean you can't use local state any more, but that's a more advanced topic.
We can set the parent state from a child component by passing a function into the child component as props as below:
class Parent extends React.Component{
state = { term : ''}
onInputChange = (event) => {
this.setState({term: event.target.value});
}
onFormSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
this.props.onFormSubmit(this.state.term);
}
render(){
return (
<Child onInputChange={this.onInputChange} onFormSubmit=
{this.onFormSubmit} />
)
}
}
class Child extends React.Component{
render(){
return (
<div className="search-bar ui segment">
<form className="ui form" onSubmit={this.props.onFormSubmit}>
<div class="field">
<label>Search Video</label>
<input type="text" value={this.state.term} onChange=
{this.props.onInputChange} />
</div>
</form>
</div>
)
}
}
This way, the child will update the parent state onInputChange and onFormSubmit are props passed from parents. This can be called from event listeners in the child, hence the state will get updated there.
Parent Component
function Parent() {
const [value, setValue] = React.useState("");
function handleChange(newValue) {
setValue(newValue);
}
// We pass a callback to Child
return <Child value={value} onChange={handleChange} />;
}
Child Component
function Child(props) {
function handleChange(event) {
// Here, we invoke the callback with the new value
props.onChange(event.target.value);
}
return <input value={props.value} onChange={handleChange} />
}
Here is a short snippet to get two ways binding data.
The counter show the value from the parent and is updated from the child
class Parent extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.handler = this.handler.bind(this)
this.state = {
count: 0
}
}
handler() {
this.setState({
count: this.state.count + 1
})
}
render() {
return <Child handler={this.handler} count={this.state.count} />
}
}
class Child extends React.Component {
render() {
return <button onClick={this.props.handler}>Count {this.props.count}</button>
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<Parent />, document.getElementById("root"));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>
This is the way I do it:
type ParentProps = {}
type ParentState = { someValue: number }
class Parent extends React.Component<ParentProps, ParentState> {
constructor(props: ParentProps) {
super(props)
this.state = { someValue: 0 }
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this)
}
handleChange(value: number) {
this.setState({...this.state, someValue: value})
}
render() {
return <div>
<Child changeFunction={this.handleChange} defaultValue={this.state.someValue} />
<p>Value: {this.state.someValue}</p>
</div>
}
}
type ChildProps = { defaultValue: number, changeFunction: (value: number) => void}
type ChildState = { anotherValue: number }
class Child extends React.Component<ChildProps, ChildState> {
constructor(props: ChildProps) {
super(props)
this.state = { anotherValue: this.props.defaultValue }
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this)
}
handleChange(value: number) {
this.setState({...this.state, anotherValue: value})
this.props.changeFunction(value)
}
render() {
return <div>
<input onChange={event => this.handleChange(Number(event.target.value))} type='number' value={this.state.anotherValue}/>
</div>
}
}
As per your question, I understand that you need to display some conditional data in Component 3 which is based on the state of Component 5. Approach:
The state of Component 3 will hold a variable to check whether Component 5's state has that data
An arrow function which will change Component 3's state variable.
Passing an arrow function to Component 5 with props.
Component 5 has an arrow function which will change Component 3's state variable
An arrow function of Component 5 called on loading itself
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
Class Component3 extends React.Component {
state = {
someData = true
}
checkForData = (result) => {
this.setState({someData : result})
}
render() {
if(this.state.someData) {
return(
<Component5 hasData = {this.checkForData} />
//Other Data
);
}
else {
return(
//Other Data
);
}
}
}
export default Component3;
class Component5 extends React.Component {
state = {
dataValue = "XYZ"
}
checkForData = () => {
if(this.state.dataValue === "XYZ") {
this.props.hasData(true);
}
else {
this.props.hasData(false);
}
}
render() {
return(
<div onLoad = {this.checkForData}>
//Conditional Data
</div>
);
}
}
export default Component5;
To set state of parent in the child you can use callback.
const Child = ({handleClick}) => (
<button on click={() => handleClick('some vale')}>change value</button>
)
const parent = () => {
const [value, setValue] = useState(null)
return <Child handleClick={setValue} />
}
In your structure it seems Components 1 an 3 are brothers. So you has 3 options:
1- Put the state into the parent of them(not recommended for 4 layer parent-child).
2- Use useContext and useRducer(or useState) together.
3- Use state managers like redux, mobx ...
This seem to work for me
Parent:
...
const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);
const handleDrawerClose = () => {
setOpen(false);
};
...
return (
<PrimaryNavigationAccordion
handleDrawerClose={handleDrawerClose}
/>
);
Child:
...
export default function PrimaryNavigationAccordion({
props,
handleDrawerClose,
})
...
<Link
to={menuItem.url}
component={RouterLink}
color="inherit"
underline="hover"
onClick={() => handleDrawerClose()}
>
{menuItem.label}
</Link>
You can do it by passing a reference for the parent to child, as:
Having a parent component A in A.js with a method updateAState
Having a child component B in B.js
Having a wrapper function that renders <A><B></B></A> in C.js
In C.js you can use useRef as following:
import React, { useRef } from "react";
export default function C()
{
const parentARef = useRef();
const handleChildBClick = () => parentARef.current.updateAState();
return (
<A ref={parentARef}>
<B onClick={handleChildBClick}>
</B>
</A>
);
}
Guidance Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56496607/1770571
Data cannot be passed from child to parent in React. Data must be passed from parent to child. In this case, you can use either the built-in Context API or a third-party state management solution such as Redux, Mobx, or Apollo GraphQL. However, if your app structure is too small, you can store your data in your parent element and then send it to your child via prop drilling. But if your project is larger, it will be messy.
<Footer
action={()=>this.setState({showChart: true})}
/>
<footer className="row">
<button type="button" onClick={this.props.action}>Edit</button>
{console.log(this.props)}
</footer>
Try this example to write inline setState, it avoids creating another function.
I am new to ReactJs.I tried a small snippet with React.But this.state is not working in ES6 ReactJs.Help me what I am missing!!
JS without ES6:
var App = React.createClass({
getInitialState: function() {
return {value:''};
},
handleClick: function(e){
this.setState({value:e.target.value});
console.log(this.state.value);//getting value here
},
render: function() {
return(
<div>
Hello {this.props.name}
<input type="text" onChange={this.handleClick}/>
{this.state.value}// no value
</div>);
}
});
React.render(<App name="Praveen" />, document.getElementById('content'));
This case is working fine. Jsbin code
JS with ES6:
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props){
super(props)
this.state ={value:''};
}
handleClick(e){
this.setState({value:e.target.value});
console.log(this.state.value);//getting value here
}
render() {
return(
<div>
Hello {this.props.name}
<input type="text" onChange={this.handleClick}/>
{this.state.value}// no value
</div>);
}
}
React.render(<App name="Praveen" />, document.getElementById('content'));
In this case whenever I am setting this.setState() render function is not called. Jsbin code
React in ES6 removed auto binding of this which means that functions declared on a class that extends React.Component must either .bind(this) explicitly or use arrow function syntax.
<input type="text" onChange={this.handleClick.bind(this)} />
or
class App extends React.Component {
handleClick = (e) => {}
}
For performance reasons, it is recommended to do the binding in the constructor instead so that the binding only happens upon initialization instead of on every render.
Read more about event handlers on React docs here.
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {value:''};
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
}
handleClick(e) {
this.setState({value:e.target.value}, () => {
console.log(this.state.value); // Updated value here
});
}
render() {
return(
<div>
Hello {this.props.name}
<input type="text" onChange={this.handleClick}/>
{this.state.value}// no value
</div>
);
}
}