Within a child component I have state to store input.
My goal is to pass the input state to the parent component.
//Child component
const [userInput, setUserInput] = useState("");
<TextField value={input} onInput={e => setInput(e.target.value)} />
I tried creating a function to be called on input within the parent function but I cannot seem to get the value "input" passed. What is the correct way to do this? Thanks!
you were approaching correctly. You can pass a function to get the data from the child to the parent. Check this example:
import { useState } from "react";
import "./styles.css";
export default function App() {
const [text, setText] = useState("");
const getInput = (t) => {
console.log(t);
setText(t);
};
return (
<div className="App">
<Component getInput={getInput} value={text} />
<p>{text}</p>
</div>
);
}
const Component = ({ getInput, value }) => {
return (
<>
<h1> Test </h1>
<input type="text" value={value} onChange={(e) => getInput(e.target.value)}></input>
</>
);
};
The parent App is retrieving the text from the child Component passing the function getInput. You only have to decide with event you want to detonate. Of course, this is with input not with TextField. I think that you are using TextField from React Material UI, if that's the case you may check the docs to know how to trigger an event.
You can move the state to the parent component. Then pass the props from the child to the parent.
function Child({
...rest
}) {
return <TextField {...rest} />
}
function Parent() {
const [input, setInput] = useState(''); // '' is the initial state value
return (
<Child value={value} onInput={e => setInput(e.target.value)} />
)
}
I finally figured this out.
// This is in the parent component
const [userInput, setUserInput] = useState("");
// Step 1: Create a function that handles setting the state
const inputHandler = (userInput) => {
setUserInput(userInput);
}
<PhaseTwoTemplate onInput={inputHandler} />
//Step 2: Add a function that calls the handler
...
// This is the child component PhaseTwoTemplete.js
const [input, setInput] = useState("");
// This second state holds the input data for use on child component
// It also is an easy way to hold the data for the parent function.
<TextField
onChange={e => setInput(e.target.value)}
value={input}
onInput={onInputHandler}
/>
// Step 3: Pass the user input to the parent
const onInputHandler = () => {
props.onInput(input);
}
