How to get value of textbox in React?

Question

I just started using React.js, and I\'m just not sure whether there is a special way to get the value of a textbox, returned in a component like this:

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Answer 1

just update your input to the value

var LoginUsername = React.createClass({
  getInitialState:function(){
     return {
        textVal:''
     }
 },
  render: function () {
    return (
      <input type="text" value={this.state.textVal} autofocus="autofocus" onChange={this.handleChange} />
    )
  },
  handleChange: function (evt) {
    this.setState({ textVal: evt.target.value.substr(0, 100) });
  }
});

Your text input value is always in the state and you can get the same by this.state.textVal

Answer 2

As described in documentation You need to use controlled input. To make an input - controlled you need to specify two props on it

1. onChange - function that would set component state to an input value every time input is changed
2. value - input value from the component state (this.state.value in example)

Example:

  getInitialState: function() {
    return {value: 'Hello!'};
  },
  handleChange: function(event) {
    this.setState({value: event.target.value});
  },
  render: function() {
    return (
      <input
        type="text"
        value={this.state.value}
        onChange={this.handleChange}
      />
    );
  }

More specifically about textarea - here