Populate 2nd dropdown based on selection from 1st dropdown in React.Js

Question

I am learning react and struggling to get a second dropdown to populate based on which option is clicked from first dropdown.

I have included my code below.

I think the issue is where I try to set this.state.selected = param.tableName. I don't think that will work, but I'm not sure what to use instead.

I need an onClick event to change the this.state.selected variable to the option that is selected I think, and then check when tableName === selected. I will also include my JSON below so the context is more clear.

import React from 'react';
import axios from 'axios';
class Search extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props)
        this.state = {
            params: [],
            columnParams: [],
            selected: ''
        }
    }

    componentWillMount() {
        axios.get('http://localhost:3010/api/schema')
        .then( response => {
            this.setState({params: response.data})
        })
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <div className="Search">
                <select>{this.state.params.map((param, i) =>
                    <option key={i} onClick={this.setState(this.state.selected ={param.tableName})}>
                        {param.tableName}
                    </option>)}
                </select>
                <select>
                  {
                    this.state.params
                      .filter(({tableName}) => tableName === selected)
                      .map(({columns}) => columns.map((col) =><option>{col}</option>))}

[
{
"tableName": "customer",
"columns": [
"customerid",
"title",
"prefix",
"firstname",
"lastname",
"suffix",
"phone",
"email"
]
},
{
"tableName": "product",
"columns": [
"productid",
"name",
"color",
"price",
"productadjective",
"productmaterial"
]
},

madhurgarg · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-29 20:32:52Z

3

You're doing it wrong way. You cannot call onClick method on <option>. Instead you should use onChange method on <select> (see react docs) like this:

<select onChange={this.handleChange} >
  <option>1</option>
  <option>2</option>
  <option>3</option>
</select>

Then on 'onChange' event you can set your state to the selected option. Let's understand this scenario with an example.

Suppose you have two dropdowns. One for showing companies and one for jobs corresponding to each company. Each company has its own set of jobs like this:

 companies:[
    { name: 'company1',  jobs: ['job1-1', 'job1-2', 'job1-3']},
    { name: 'company2', jobs: ['job2-1', 'job2-2', 'job2-3']},
    { name: 'company3', jobs: ['job3-1', 'job3-2', 'job3-3']}
  ]

Now you have to just set a state, lets say 'selectedCompany' and then filter the companies array by 'selectedCompany'. Then you can just get that particular company object and map your 'jobs' dropdown by iterating over jobs array inside the company object.

Here is the code snippet: https://codepen.io/madhurgarg71/pen/pRpoMw

edited Jan 29, 2017 at 20:32

answered Jan 29, 2017 at 20:22

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Alex Over a year ago

This was what I was seeking, this worked perfectly, thanks!

freedayum Over a year ago

codepen.io/madhurgarg71/pen/pRpoMw But how do you use this in a page where the select boxes are just fields among other fields?. My web page is a class that extends the react Component .

NonPolynomial · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-29 02:01:28Z

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event handlers for e.g. onClick must be a function
this.setState expects an object, which will be merged with the state so the part where you set selected in your state must be
```
<option key={i} onClick={() => {
    this.setState({selected: param.tableName})
}>{param.tableName}}}</option>
```
you use an undefined variable in your filter (selected), you have to use .filter(({tableName}) => tableName === this.state.selected) instead

answered Jan 29, 2017 at 2:01

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Pineda · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-29 02:20:22Z

Some things to look at:

The syntax in your call to setState in your <option> onClick event handler looks incorrect.

You also make try to reference this.state.selected in your .filter condition without the path to the variable (this.state)

Suggested solution(s):

// The .setState method expects an object to be passed to it rather
// than an expression that mutates the state directly

// Pass it an object containing the properties you want to change,
// ensure your use colon (':') rather than equals sign ('=') to set property:
<option key={i} onClick={
  this.setState({
    selected: param.tableName
  })
</option>


// In the <select> tag,
// you need to refer to the selected property in it as this.state.selected:

// Don't forget the closing select tag, it's missing from your snippet
<select>
{
  this.state.params
    .filter(tableName => (tableName === this.state.selected))
    .map(columns => columns.map(col => <option>{col}</option>))
}
</select>

to240 · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-27 12:56:11Z

This issue can easily be dealt with by chaining a filter and map together on the second input, which filters it's options depending on the input of the first drop down.

            <select value={country} onChange={e => setCountry(e.target.value)}>
              {countries.map(country => (
                    <option value={country}>{country}</option>
                ))}
            </select>
            
            <select value={school} onChange={e => setSchool(e.target.value)}>
              {schools.filter(school => school.Country === country).map(school => (
                    <option value={school.Name}>{school.Name}</option>
                ))}
            </select>

Above we have two selects. The first selects a value, and then the options for the second will render based on this.

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