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Can't update state in React via key event

I'm making a calculator with React, when I click the divs they trigger a function to update the state which goes into the display output of the calculator, I have no problem at all doing this with clicking the divs. This is the code that is working as expected:
const Calculator = () => {
const initialState = {
val: "0",
}
const [value, setValue] = useState(initialState);
const sendCharacter = (number) =>{
let str = number.toString();
if (value.val != "0") {
const conc = value.val.concat(str);
setValue({
val: conc
});
} else {
setValue({
val: str
});
}
};
return (
<div id='calculator'>
<div id='display'>{value.val}</div>
<div id='one' className='numbers keys' onClick={() => sendCharacter(1)}>1</div>
</div>
);
Now, I want to do the same but instead of clicking div id="one" to add "ones" to my state I want those ones added to the state when I press the key 1. I added an eventsListener via useEffect() that loads only once after initial render. When I click 1 it calls the exact same function with the same exact argument that is called when clicking which is sendCharacter(1), here is my code:
useEffect(() => {
console.log("useEffect");
document.addEventListener("keyup", detectKey, true);
}, []);
const detectKey = (e) => {
if (e.key == "1") {
sendCharacter(1)
}
};
However when I press the i key I'm only able to update the state only the first time, if I try to add the second digit to my number it acts as if my actual state was "0" instead of "1" which doesn't allow it to enter the if statement.
To be clear and short: If if click my div id="one" I can enter the first condition of my if statement and update val via my conc variable, if i do it pressing the key i it always enters the else statement.
if (value.val != "0") {
const conc = value.val.concat(str);
setValue({
val: conc
});
} else {
setValue({
val: str
});
}
I tried logging messages everywhere and to see if my argument "1" is the same via clicking or via pressing my key, they send the exact same value, I'm totally lost in here and frustrated because I've got more than 1 hour trying to figure out what's going on. Also, I checked to see if the component was rendering before pressing the key, which was not the case.
BTW sorry for my English, not my first language, if someone can help me and needs clarification on one part I will answer asap, thanks in advance.

It seems you are falling into closures trap. Try updating your sendCharacter code to following.
const sendCharacter = (number) =>{
let str = number.toString();
setValue(value => {
if (value.val != "0") {
const conc = value.val.concat(str);
return {
val: conc
};
} else {
return {
val: str
};
}
});
};

React: Handling focus using array of useRef

I have created a basic Todo app but having a hard time in implementing proper focus into it. Following are the requirements for focus:
Focus should be on the newly created input field when "Add" is clicked so the user can begin typing right away.
On deleting an item "Button X", focus will move to the input field in the row which replaced the deleted row, nowhere if there are no fields left, or on the new last row if the last row was deleted.
On moving an item up, focus should be placed on the newly moved field, and all associated buttons should move alongside the element. If a field is already at the top of a list, no reordering should occur, but focus should be transferred to the topmost field nonetheless.
On moving an item down, same principle should apply here (focus should be placed on the field that is moved down). If its the last field, focus it nonetheless.
Here is my implementation.
App.js:
import React, { useState, useRef } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/react#17.0.1";
import ReactDOM from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/react-dom#17.0.1";
const App = () => {
const [myRows, setMyRows] = useState([]);
const focusInput = useRef([]);
const onAddRow = () => {
setMyRows((prevRows) => {
return [
...prevRows,
{ id: prevRows.length, text: "", up: "↑", down: "↓", delete: "X" },
];
});
focusInput.current[myRows.length - 1].focus();
};
const onMoveUp = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
if (index !== 0) {
const prevObject = currentState[index - 1];
const nextObject = currentState[index];
currentState[index - 1] = nextObject;
currentState[index] = prevObject;
setMyRows(currentState);
}
};
const onMoveDown = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
if (index !== myRows.length - 1) {
const currObject = currentState[index];
const nextObject = currentState[index + 1];
currentState[index] = nextObject;
currentState[index + 1] = currObject;
setMyRows(currentState);
}
};
const onDelete = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
currentState.splice(index, 1);
setMyRows(currentState);
};
const onTextUpdate = (id) => (event) => {
setMyRows((prevState) => {
const data = [...prevState];
data[id] = {
...data[id],
text: event.target.value,
};
return data;
});
};
return (
<div className="container">
<button onClick={onAddRow}>Add</button>
<br />
{myRows?.map((row, index) => {
return (
<div key={row.id}>
<input
ref={(el) => (focusInput.current[index] = el)}
onChange={onTextUpdate(index)}
value={row.text}
type="text"></input>
<button onClick={onMoveUp(index)}>{row.up}</button>
<button onClick={onMoveDown(index)}>{row.down}</button>
<button onClick={onDelete(index)}>{row.delete}</button>
</div>
);
})}
</div>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />,
document.getElementById("root"))
In my implementation when I click Add, focus changes but in unexpected way (First click doesn't do anything and subsequent click moves the focus but with the lag, i.e. focus should be on the next item, but it is at the prior item.
Would really appreciate if someone can assist me in this. Thanks!

The strange behaviour that you observe is caused by the fact that state updates are asynchronous. When you, in onAddRow, do this:
focusInput.current[myRows.length - 1].focus()
then myRows.length - 1 is still the last index of the previous set of rows, corresponding to the penultimate row of what you're actually seeing. This explains exactly the behaviour you're describing - the new focus is always "one behind" where it should be, if all you're doing is adding rows.
Given that description, you might think you could fix this by just replacing myRows.length - 1 with myRows.length in the above statement. But it isn't so simple. Doing this will work even less well, because at the point this code runs, right when the Add button is clicked, focusInput hasn't yet been adjusted to the new length, and nor in fact has the new row even been rendered in the DOM yet. That all happens a little bit later (although appears instantaneous to the human eye), after React has realised there has been a state change and done its thing.
Given that you are manipulating the focus in a number of different ways as described in your requirements, I believe the easiest way to fix this is to make the index you want to focus its own piece of state. That makes it quite easy to manage focus in any way you want, just by calling the appropriate state-updating function.
This is implemented in the code below, which I got working by testing it out on your Codepen link. I've tried to make it a snippet here on Stack Overflow, but for some reason couldn't get it to run without errors, despite including React and enabling Babel to transform the JSX - but if you paste the below into the JS of your Codepen, I think you'll find it working to your satisfaction. (Or, if I've misinterpreted some requirements, hopefully it gets you at least a lot closer than you were.)
Rather than just leaving you to study the code yourself though, I'll explain the key parts, which are:
the introduction of that new state variable I just mentioned, which I've called focusIndex
as mentioned, the calling of setFocusIndex with an appropriate value whenever rows are added, removed or moved. (I've been trying to follow your requirements here and it seems to work well to me, but as I said, I may have misunderstood.)
the key is the useEffect which runs whenever focusIndex updates, and does the actual focusing in the DOM. Without this, of course, the focus will never be updated on calling setFocusIndex, but with it, calling that function will "always" have the desired effect.
one last subtlety is that the "always" I put above is not strictly true. The useEffect only runs when focusIndex actually changes, but when moving rows there are some situations where it is set to the same value it had before, but where you still want to move focus. I found this happening when clicking outside the inputs, then moving the first field up or the last one down - nothing happened, when we want the first/last input to be focused. This was happening because focusIndex was being set to the value it already had, so the useEffect didn't run, but we still wanted it to in order to set the focus. The solution I came up with was to add an onBlur handler to each input to ensure that the focus index is set to some "impossible" value (I chose -1, but something like null or undefined would have worked fine as well) when focus is lost - this may seem artificial but actually better represents the fact that when the focus is on no inputs, you don't want to have a "sensible" focusIndex, otherwise the React state is saying one of the inputs is focused, when none are. Note that I also used -1 for the initial state, for much the same reason - if it starts at 0 then adding the first row doesn't cause focus to change.
I hope this helps and my explanations are clear enough - if you're confused by anything, or notice anything going wrong with this implementation (I confess I have not exactly tested it to destruction), please let me know!
import React, { useState, useRef, useEffect } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/react#17.0.1";
import ReactDOM from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/react-dom#17.0.1";
const App = () => {
const [myRows, setMyRows] = useState([]);
const focusInput = useRef([]);
const [focusIndex, setFocusIndex] = useState(-1);
const onAddRow = () => {
setMyRows((prevRows) => {
return [
...prevRows,
{ id: prevRows.length, text: "", up: "↑", down: "↓", delete: "X" },
];
});
setFocusIndex(myRows.length);
};
useEffect(() => {
console.log(`focusing index ${focusIndex} in`, focusInput.current);
focusInput.current[focusIndex]?.focus();
}, [focusIndex]);
const onMoveUp = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
if (index !== 0) {
const prevObject = currentState[index - 1];
const nextObject = currentState[index];
currentState[index - 1] = nextObject;
currentState[index] = prevObject;
setMyRows(currentState);
setFocusIndex(index - 1);
} else {
setFocusIndex(0);
}
};
const onMoveDown = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
if (index !== myRows.length - 1) {
const currObject = currentState[index];
const nextObject = currentState[index + 1];
currentState[index] = nextObject;
currentState[index + 1] = currObject;
setMyRows(currentState);
setFocusIndex(index + 1);
} else {
setFocusIndex(myRows.length - 1);
}
};
const onDelete = (index) => (event) => {
const currentState = [...myRows];
currentState.splice(index, 1);
setMyRows(currentState);
const newFocusIndex = index < currentState.length
? index
: currentState.length - 1;
setFocusIndex(newFocusIndex);
};
const onTextUpdate = (id) => (event) => {
setMyRows((prevState) => {
const data = [...prevState];
data[id] = {
...data[id],
text: event.target.value,
};
return data;
});
};
return (
<div className="container">
<button onClick={onAddRow}>Add</button>
<br />
{myRows?.map((row, index) => {
return (
<div key={row.id}>
<input
ref={(el) => (focusInput.current[index] = el)}
onChange={onTextUpdate(index)}
onBlur={() => setFocusIndex(-1)}
value={row.text}
type="text"></input>
<button onClick={onMoveUp(index)}>{row.up}</button>
<button onClick={onMoveDown(index)}>{row.down}</button>
<button onClick={onDelete(index)}>{row.delete}</button>
</div>
);
})}
</div>
);
}
ReactDOM.render(<App />,
document.getElementById("root"))

Update DOM elements when state is updated using setTimeout() React

I have the following code in React. This code uses a time expensive function that performs some coputations over a large number of data. in the begining the state is filled with an array that says no computations. When the button is pressed, I want that array of the state to be filled with waiting, and after each iteration over i is complete, the element on potition i to be 'Done'. The problem is that by using set timeout, the DOM elements are not updating untill the whole function is over. Ignore the computations in the for, they are meaningless in this example. To have an ideea the function performs polynomial fit over the given data. My problem is how can I update the Dom elements while the function is running, So i can knwow which data is done and which is computing in real time
const Component = ( {data1, data2} ) => {
const [state, setState] = useState(Array(data1.length).fill('No Computations'))
const timeExpensiveFunction = () => {
// data1.length = 10
let variable0
let variable1
let variable2
let variable3
for(let i = 0; i< data1.length; i++){
//data1[i].length = 40 000
for(let j = 0; j< data1[i].length; j++){
variable1 += data1[i][j]
variable2 += variable1*data2[i][j]**3
variable3 += data2[i][j]**2
variable1 += data1[i][j]*data2[i][j]
}
setTimeout(() => {
setState(state => {
return[
...state.slice(0,i),
'Done',
...state.slice(i+1),
]
})
},1000)
}
return([variable1,variable2,variable3,variable4])
}
const randomFunc = (e) => {
setTimeout((e) => setState(Array(data1.length).fill('Waiting ...')),1000)
timeExpensiveFunction() //Duration depends on the number of data, it is usually higher that 10-15 seconds
}
return (
<div>
<div>
{state.map((element) => (
{element} //This does not update with the function setTimeout. It sets after the expensive computation is over
))}
</div>
<div>
<button onClick = {(e) => randomFunc(e)}>press</button>
</div>
</div>
)
}

First of all, You must use useState and useEffect to set a state and re-render the DOM.
You can use like below:
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
const Component = () => {
const [state, setState] = useState([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])
const [isPress, setPress] = useState(false); // use it to not call a method on first render
const timeExpensiveFunction = () => {
// lot of work here
}
const randomFunc = (e) => {
setState([10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1])
setPress(true)
}
useEffect({
if (isPress) setTimeout(() => timeExpensiveFunction(),1000)
}, [state])
return (
<div>
<div>
{state.map((element) => (
{element}
))}
</div>
<div>
<button onClick = {(e) => randomFunc(e)}>press</button>
</div>
</div>
)
}

REACT Dynamic checkboxes

Purpose: I want to create any # of rows containing any # of checkboxes that will be handled by a useState hook.
Problem: Page becomes frozen / constant loading state with nothing showing. No console logs, and debugger doesn't even start. React usually will prevent endless loops of updates. But in this case it didn't get caught.
What I've tried:
console.logs (nothing gets outputted)
debugger statements (nothing
gets paused)
Cant do much bc of frozen page.
CODE:
const CreateCheckboxes = ({ rows, cols }) => {
const classes = useStyles()
const [checked, setChecked] = useState({})
const [isLoaded, setIsLoaded] = useState(false)
//temp initializer
let state = {};
//configures state based on unique checkbox name.
const handleChange = (e) => {
const value = {
...checked,
[e.target.name]: e.target.checked,
}
setChecked(value)
};
//Helper function
const createBoxes = (row, col) => {
let rowArr = [];
for (let i = 0; i < row; i++) {
let checkboxArr = []
for (let j = 0; i < col; j++) {
checkboxArr.push(
<Checkbox
name={`row-${i}-checkbox-${j}`} //unique identifier in the state.
checked={checked[`row-${i}-checkbox-${j}`]}
onChange={(e) => handleChange(e)}
/>
)
//store temp state so that react useState is given a list of initialized 'controlled' states.
//react deosnt like undefined states.
state[`row-${i}-checkbox-${j}`] = false;
}
rowArr.push(
<div className={classes.row}>
<Typography>{`Sound ${i}`}</Typography>
{/* JSX array */}
{checkboxArr}
</div>
)
}
// JSX array
return rowArr
}
//output as a jsx array of 'x row divs' contiaining 'y checkboxes'
const sequenceData = createBoxes(rows, cols)
useEffect(() => {
setChecked(state)
setIsLoaded(true)
}, [])
return isLoaded && (
<>
{sequenceData}
</>
);
}

Solution: Check your loop conditions. Inner loop set to i instead of j.
yes, but I think that component doesn't need to have state various.
I tried to create one. You can check it out following when you have time to see :)
https://codesandbox.io/s/stackoverflow-dynamic-checkboxes-5dh08

Solution: Check your loop conditions. Inner loop set to i instead of j.

React useState not updating because of useRef

I am experiencing a very odd issue with my react code : useState isn't updating the view and after literally trying everything the issue is still there. I made a simple code to explain the issue :
function(){
const [enterJob, setEnterJob] = useState(false);
const [jobSelection, setJobSelection] = useState(Array(someList.length).fill(false));
const jobRef = useRef();
const handleJobClick = i => {
const n = parseInt(i.target.id.charAt(0)); // the list is small enough to allow this
let c = jobSelection;
c[n] = !c[n];
setJobSelection(c);
};
const handleMouse = (e) =>{
if (!jobRef.current.contains(e.target)){
setEnterJob(false);
};
};
useEffect(() => {
window.addEventListener("mousedown", handleMouse);
return () => window.removeEventListener("mousedown", handleMouse);
});
return(
<div ref={jobRef}>
<input onFocus={()=> setEnterJob(true)} />
<div style={{display: `${enterJob ? 'flex' : 'none'}`}} >
<ul>
{ someList.map((item,index)=>
<li id={`${index}`} onClick={handleJobClick}> {jobSelection[index] ? item : "you clicked on the button"} </li> )}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
)
}
Some explanations: I am using UseEffect and useRef to create a dropDown menu that disappears when you clic outside the container. Now when I want to clic on a value of this drop-down menu it doesn't update the DOM while I am using useState to update the value of the string responsible for the change.
Thank you in advance,
Charbel

The problem is that you are mutatiing your jobSelection instead of creating a new object. And react will skip the rerender if the the objects has the same reference as before:
const handleJobClick = i => {
const n = parseInt(i.target.id.charAt(0)); // the list is small enough to allow this
let c = [...jobSelection]; // Create a new array
c[n] = !c[n];
setJobSelection(c);
};

Issues
If I understand your issue then I believe it is because you are directly mutating your state.
const handleJobClick = i => {
const n = parseInt(i.target.id.charAt(0)); // the list is small enough to allow this
let c = jobSelection;
c[n] = !c[n]; // <-- mutation!
setJobSelection(c);
};
You are also missing react keys on the mapped list items.
Solution
Since the next state depends on the previous state you should use a functional state update to copy your state first, then update it.
I suggest:
converting handleJobClick to consume the index directly, a curried function handles this cleanly
Add a react key to the mapped list items
Code
const handleJobClick = index => () => {
setJobSelection(jobSelection => jobSelection.map(
(selection, i) => index === i ? !selection : selection // <-- toggle selection at matched index
);
};
...
<ul>
{someList.map((item, index)=> (
<li
key={index} // <-- index as react key, ok since not adding/removing/sorting jobs
onClick={handleJobClick(index)} // <-- pass index to handler
>
{jobSelection[index] ? item : "you clicked on the button"}
</li>
))}
</ul>