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Refs In React.Js






Purpose





Example




import React, { Component, useRef } from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'

const Home = () => {

    const nameInputRef = useRef();
    
    const handleClick = () => {
        
        alert(nameInputRef.current.value);        
    }


    return (
        <form >
            Name:
            <input type="text" name="txtName" ref={nameInputRef} />
            <button onClick={handleClick}>Click Me</button>
        </form>
    );

}

ReactDOM.render(<Home />, document.getElementById('root'));




  1. Initializing ref and assigning the value to the nameInputRef variable
  2. Set the ref property of the textbox
  3. Get the value of the textbox using the current.value

Output


Picture showing the output of refs in react.js
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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Thursday, October 28, 2021

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