How to programmatically trigger click event in React?
You could use the ref prop to acquire a reference to the underlying HTMLInputElement
object through a callback, store the reference as a class property, then use that reference to later trigger a click from your event handlers using the HTMLElement.click
method.
This can be done in two steps:
Create ref in render method:
<input ref={(input) => (this.inputElement = input)} />Apply click event in your event handler:
this.inputElement.click();