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State becomes empty

Counter File
import React, { useState } from "react";
import Widget from "./widget";
const Counter = () => {
const [form, setForm] = useState(<></>)
const [text, setText] = useState("")
const onCounterChange =() => {
setText(text)
}
const formLoad =() =>{
setForm(
<Widget
onCounterChange={onCounterChange}
children={
<input type="text" onChange={(e) =>{
setText(e.target.value)
}}/>
}
/>
)
}
return (
<div>
{text}
<button onClick={formLoad}>
load widget
</button>
{form}
</div>
)
}
export default Counter
Widget File
import React from 'react'
export default function Widget(props) {
return (
<div className="buttons">
{props.children}
<button onClick={props.onCounterChange}>Save</button>
</div>
)
}
I have created small text printing page . for some purpose I have added children in a diff component and handling widget in a state , so when I try to change the data , text state is changing but when I click save text state becomes empty

As I mentioned in my comment putting a component in state probably isn't the best way of approaching this. Instead I would have a boolean state that allows you to toggle the component on/off.
const { useState } = React;
function Example() {
const [ showWidget, setShowWidget ] = useState(false);
const [ text, setText ] = useState('');
function handleChange(e) {
setText(e.target.value);
}
function handleClick() {
setShowWidget(!showWidget);
}
function handleSave() {
console.log(`Saved state: ${text}`);
}
return (
<div>
<p className="text">Current state: {text}</p>
<button onClick={handleClick}>
Load widget
</button>
{showWidget && (
<Widget>
<input
type="text"
onChange={handleChange}
/>
<button onClick={handleSave}>Save</button>
</Widget>
)}
</div>
);
}
function Widget({ children }) {
return <div className="widget">{children}</div>;
}
ReactDOM.render(
<Example />,
document.getElementById('react')
);
.widget { margin-top: 1em; }
.text { margin-bottom: 1em; }
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/17.0.2/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/17.0.2/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="react"></div>

React: Render and link toggle button outside the class

I have the following example where the toggleComponent.js is working perfectly.
The problem here is that I don't want to render the <ContentComponent/> inside the toggle, rather I want the opposite, I want to toggle the <ContentComponent/> that will be called in another component depending on the state of the toggle.
So the <ContentComponent/> is outside the toggleComponent.js, but they are linked together. So I can display it externally using the toggle.
An image to give you an idea:
Link to funtional code:
https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-fwn3rn?file=src/App.js
import React, { Component } from "react";
import ToggleComponent from "./toggleComponent";
import ContentComponent from "./content";
export default class App extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<div>
<ToggleComponent
render={({ isShowBody, checkbox }) => (
<div>
{isShowBody && <h1>test</h1>}
<button onClick={checkbox}>Show</button>
</div>
)}
/>
<ToggleComponent
render={({ isShowBody, checkbox }) => (
<div>
{isShowBody && (
<h1>
<ContentComponent />
</h1>
)}
<button onClick={checkbox}>Show</button>
</div>
)}
/>
</div>
);
}
}

Bit tweaked your source.
Modified ToggleComponent
import React from "react";
export default class ToggleComponent extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
checked: false
};
this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
}
handleClick = () => {
this.setState({ checked: !this.state.checked });
this.props.toggled(!this.state.checked);
};
checkbox = () => {
return (
<div>
<label>Toggle</label>
<span className="switch switch-sm">
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="select" onClick={this.handleClick} />
<span />
</label>
</span>
</div>
);
};
render() {
return this.checkbox();
}
}
Added OtherComponent with ContentComponent inside.
import React, { Component } from "react";
import ContentComponent from "./content";
export default class OtherComponent extends React.Component {
render() {
return <div>{this.props.show ? <ContentComponent /> : null}</div>;
}
}
Separated as per your requirement.
Modified App
import React, { Component, PropTypes } from "react";
import ToggleComponent from "./toggleComponent";
import OtherComponent from "./otherComponent";
export default class App extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.toggled = this.toggled.bind(this);
this.state = { show: false };
}
toggled(value) {
this.setState({ show: value });
}
render() {
return (
<div>
<ToggleComponent toggled={this.toggled} />
<OtherComponent show={this.state.show} />
</div>
);
}
}
Working demo at StackBlitz.

If you want to share states across components a good way to do that is to use callbacks and states. I will use below some functional components but the same principle can be applied with class based components and their setState function.
You can see this example running here, I've tried to reproduce a bit what you showed in your question.
import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from "react";
import "./style.css";
const ToggleComponent = props => {
const { label: labelText, checked, onClick } = props;
return (
<label>
<input type="checkbox" checked={checked} onClick={onClick} />
{labelText}
</label>
);
};
const ContentComponent = props => {
const { label, children, render: renderFromProps, onChange } = props;
const [checked, setChecked] = useState(false);
const defaultRender = () => null;
const render = renderFromProps || children || defaultRender;
return (
<div>
<ToggleComponent
label={label}
checked={checked}
onClick={() => {
setChecked(previousChecked => !previousChecked);
}}
/>
{render(checked)}
</div>
);
};
const Holder = () => {
return (
<div>
<ContentComponent label="First">
{checked => (
<h1>First content ({checked ? "checked" : "unchecked"})</h1>
)}
</ContentComponent>
<ContentComponent
label="Second"
render={checked => (checked ? <h1>Second content</h1> : null)}
/>
</div>
);
};
PS: A good rule of thumb concerning state management is to try to avoid bi-directional state handling. For instance here in my example I don't use an internal state in ToggleComponent because it would require to update it if given checked property has changed. If you want to have this kind of shared state changes then you need to use useEffect on functional component.
const ContentComponent = props => {
const { checked: checkedFromProps, label, children, render: renderFromProps, onChange } = props;
const [checked, setChecked] = useState(checkedFromProps || false);
const defaultRender = () => null;
const render = renderFromProps || children || defaultRender;
// onChange callback
useEffect(() => {
if (onChange) {
onChange(checked);
}
}, [ checked, onChange ]);
// update from props
useEffect(() => {
setChecked(checkedFromProps);
}, [ checkedFromProps, setChecked ]);
return (
<div>
<ToggleComponent
label={label}
checked={checked}
onClick={() => {
setChecked(previousChecked => !previousChecked);
}}
/>
{render(checked)}
</div>
);
};
const Other = () => {
const [ checked, setChecked ] = useState(true);
return (
<div>
{ checked ? "Checked" : "Unchecked" }
<ContentComponent checked={checked} onChange={setChecked} />
</div>
);
};

How can i pass props through methods inside components?

i have a react component named "List" that renders smaller components "Post" using a button through method "Addpost()" that takes 2 props from the input form. I have saved the input in 2 varables but i don't know how to pass these props to the Addpost() method inside the return of List's render().
//=========== List component ==============
class List extends React.Component{
renderPost(title,content){
return(
<Post titolo={title} contenuto={content}/>
);
}
renderPost just render the Post component in a in the HTML
addPost(title,content){
title = document.getElementById("inputTitle").value;
content = document.getElementById("inputContent").value;
console.log(title, content)
this.renderPost(title,content);
}
addPost should take the input value and use renderPost to render the Post component with that title and content
render(){
return(
<div>
{this.renderPost("testTitle","testContent")}
<form>
Title:<br></br>
<input type="text" id="inputTitle"/><br></br>
Content:<br></br>
<input type="text" id="inputContent"/>
</form><br></br>
<button className="square"
how can i make this work? title and content are not defined
onClick={() =>
this.addPost(title,content)
Add Post!
</button>
</div>
);
}
}
//=========== Post component ==============
class Post extends React.Component {
render() {
return (
<li className="w3-padding-16">
<img src="/w3images/workshop.jpg" alt="Imagedf" className="w3-left w3-margin-right" />`enter code here`
<span className="w3-large">
{this.props.titolo}
</span><br></br>
<span>{this.props.contenuto}</span>
</li>
);
}
}

Basically, whenever you're dealing with forms and inputs, you would use refs.
App.js
import React from 'react';
import logo from './logo.svg';
import './App.css';
import PostList from './components/PostList'
import AddPostForm from './components/AddPostForm'
class App extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
posts: [] //state is handled here
}
this.addPost = this.addPost.bind(this)
}
addPost(title, content) {
let newPost = { title, content }
this.setState(({ posts }) => { return { posts: [...posts, newPost] } } )
}
render() {
const { posts } = this.state
return (
<div>
<AddPostForm onNewPost={this.addPost} /> //we pass addPost to the component
<br />
<PostList posts={posts} />
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
Post.js
import React from 'react';
function Post({titolo, contenuto}) {
return (
<li className="w3-padding-16">
<img src="/w3images/workshop.jpg" alt="Imagedf" className="w3-left w3-margin-right" />`enter code here`
<span className="w3-large">
{titolo}
</span><br></br>
<span>{contenuto}</span>
</li>
);
}
export default Post
AddPostForm.js
import React from 'react';
const addPostForm = ({onNewPost = f => f}) => { //onNewPost method is passed by props from the parent
let _titleInput, _contentInput //these are our refs, see the docs for more information
const submit = (e) => {
e.preventDefault()
onNewPost(_titleInput.value, _contentInput.value) //here we call the addPost function that was passed to the component
_titleInput.value = '' //empty the inputs
_contentInput.value = ''
_titleInput.focus() //set focus
}
return (
<form onSubmit={submit}>
Title:<br></br>
<input type="text" ref={title => _titleInput = title} /><br></br>{/* Note the ref attribute */}
Content:<br></br>
<input type="text" ref={content => _contentInput = content} />
<button className="square">Add a new post</button>
</form>
)
}
export default addPostForm
PostList.js
import React from 'react';
import Post from './Post';
const PostList = ({ posts=[] }) => {
return (
<div className="post-list">
{
posts.map((post, index) =>
<Post key={index} titolo={post.title} contenuto={post.content} />
)
}
</div>
)
}
export default PostList
And the result:

edit
renderPost just render the Post component in a in the HTML
state = { inputTitle: '', inputContent: '' }
addPost(title,content){
title = document.getElementById("inputTitle").value;
content = document.getElementById("inputContent").value;
console.log(title, content)
this.renderPost(title,content);
}
addPost should take the input value and use renderPost to render the Post
component with that title and content
render(){
return(
<div>
{this.renderPost("testTitle","testContent")}
<form>
Title:<br></br>
<input type="text" value={this.inputTitle} onChnage={event => setState({ inputTitle: event.target.value }) }><br></br>
Content:<br></br>
<input type="text" value={this.inputContent} onChnage={event => setState({ inputContent: event.target.value }) } />
</form><br></br>
<button className="square"
on click function
onClick={() =>
this.addPost(this.inputTitle,this.inputContent)
Add Post!
</button>
</div>
);
}
}

Using dynamic onClick with ref

Passing a dynamic property of onClick= do something by the use of ref gives me back: TypeError: _this.listReference is null listReference is defined in one of my components that i will show below.
In Component #1
class Component1 extends Component {
constructor(props){
super(props)
this.listReference= null;
}
//Returns
<div>
<SomeComponent list={(ref) => this.listReference= ref} />
<Component2 onMarkerClick = {(index) => {
this.listReference.scrollTop = 48 * index
}}/>
In Component #2
render() {
const {classes, driversStore, onMarkerCLick} = this.props
...
{driversStore.sortedSelectedOrders.map((order , index) => {
return (
<Component3
onClick={ () => onMarkerClick(index)} />
In Component #3
render() {
const { onClick } = this.props;
return (
<div
onClick={onClick}>
I expect upon click to trigger the scroll functionality (as Stated in Component #1).
Thanks in advance!

Check this example. Hope it can help you!
const Component2 = (props) =>(
<button onClick={props.onClick}>click me</button>
);
const SomeCompo = (props) =>(
<div>SomeComponent</div>
);
class Component1 extends React.Component{
listReference = React.createRef();
render(){
return(
<div>
<SomeCompo list={this.listReference}>reference</SomeCompo>
<Component2 onClick={this.handleClick} />
</div>
);
}
handleClick = () => {
if(this.listReference){
this.listReference={scrollTop:100};
}
console.log(this.listReference)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<Component1/>,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>
You should do the following in constructor,
this.listReference = React.createRef()

Changing specific index of an array in state instead of all of my state object

I'm doing a React refresher. I set state in App.js and created an event called handleUserNameChange() to change usernames in the state object. Each input from UserInput.js should change it's relative UserOutput component's username in state that's set in App.js. How can I make so that when I type text into one input it only changes one index in my users array in state? Do I need to change my handleUserNameChange event?
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
//Components
import UserInput from './UserInput/UserInput';
import UserOutput from './UserOutput/UserOutput';
class App extends Component {
state = {
users: [
{user: 'Debbie'},
{user: 'Ronald'}
]
};
handleUserNameChange = (event) => {
this.setState({
users: [
{user: event.target.value},
{user: event.target.value}
]
});
};
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
<UserOutput
username = {this.state.users[0].user}
/>
<UserInput
nameChange={this.handleUserNameChange} />
<UserOutput
username={this.state.users[1].user}
/>
<UserInput
nameChange={this.handleUserNameChange}
/>
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
UserOuput.js
import React from 'react';
const UserOutput =(props) => {
return (
<div>
<h3>{props.username}</h3>
</div>
);
}
export default UserOutput;
UserInput.js
import React from 'react';
const UserInput = (props) => {
return (
<div>
<input type="text"
onChange={props.nameChange}
/>
</div>
);
}
export default UserInput;

In App.js:
<UserInput
nameChange={this.handleUserNameChange(0)}//0 for first, 1 for second
/>
handleUserNameChange = (index) => (event) => {
this.setState({
users: this.state.users.map(
(user,i)=>
(i===index)
? event.target.value
: user
)
});
};
It would probably be better to not hardcode user 0 and user 1 but just map the state to react modules.
render() {
const userInput = index =>
<UserInput
nameChange={this.handleUserNameChange(index)} />;
const UserOutput = user =>
<UserOutput
username = {user}/>;
return (
<div className="App">
this.state.users.map(
(user,index)=>
<div>{userInput(index)}{UserOutput(user)}</div>
)
</div>
);
}

pass the index value in handleUserNameChange function from render function and use double arrow in handleUserNameChange to get the index value.
handleUserNameChange = index => event => {
this.setState(prevState => {
const users = [...prevState.users];
users[index].user = event.target.value;
return { users };
});
};
render() {
return (
<div className="App">
{this.state.users.map((user, index) => (
<React.Fragment>
<UserOutput username={user} />
<UserInput nameChange={this.handleUserNameChange(index)} />
</React.Fragment>
))}
</div>
);
}