How to get input text value on click in ReactJS

Question

I am learning ReactJS and I want to understand how to get the input text values in ReactJS using simple onclick event. I have followed there tutorial and although i am able to g

Answer 1

There are two ways to go about doing this.

1. Create a state in the constructor that contains the text input. Attach an onChange event to the input box that updates state each time. Then onClick you could just alert the state object.

2. handleClick: function() { alert(this.refs.myInput.value); },