React - changing an uncontrolled input

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I have a simple react component with the form which I believe to have one controlled input   import React from  react    export default class MyForm extends React Component       constructor props            super props           this state                 render             return                lt form className  add-support-staff-form  gt                   lt input name  name  type  text  value  this state name  onChange  this onFieldChange  name   bind this    gt               lt  form gt                       onFieldChange fieldName            return function  event                this setState   fieldName   event target value                       export default MyForm    When I run my application I get the following warning      Warning  MyForm is changing an uncontrolled input of type text to be   controlled  Input elements should not switch from uncontrolled to   controlled  or vice versa   Decide between using a controlled or   uncontrolled input element for the lifetime of the component   I believe my input is controlled since it has a value   I am wondering what am I doing wrong   I am using React 15 1 0

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If the props on your component was passed as a state  put a default value for your input tags   lt input type  text  placeholder  object property  value  object property   object property       gt

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Another approach it could be setting the default value inside your input  like this     lt input name  name  type  text  value  this state name        onChange  this onFieldChange  name   bind this    gt

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Set a value to  name  property in initial state    x000D   x000D  this state   name      x000D   x000D   x000D

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Simply create a fallback to    if the this state name is null     lt input name  name  type  text  value  this state name        onChange  this onFieldChange  name   bind this    gt    This also works with the useState variables

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One potential downside with setting the field value to     empty string  in the constructor is if the field is an optional field and is left unedited  Unless you do some massaging before posting your form  the field will be persisted to your data storage as an empty string instead of NULL    This alternative will avoid empty strings   constructor props        super props       this state             name  null                 lt input name  name  type  text  value  this state name         gt

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In my case  I was missing something really trivial     lt input value  state myObject inputValue    gt   My state was the following when I was getting the warning   state        myObject  undefined     By alternating my state to reference the input of my value  my issue was solved   state        myObject          inputValue

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I believe my input is controlled since it has a value    For an input to be controlled  its value must correspond to that of a state variable   That condition is not initially met in your example because this state name is not initially set  Therefore  the input is initially uncontrolled  Once the onChange handler is triggered for the first time  this state name gets set  At that point  the above condition is satisfied and the input is considered to be controlled  This transition from uncontrolled to controlled produces the error seen above   By initializing this state name in the constructor   e g   this state     name          the input will be controlled from the start  fixing the issue  See React Controlled Components for more examples   Unrelated to this error  you should only have one default export  Your code above has two

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For dynamically setting state properties for form inputs and keeping them controlled you could do something like this   const inputs           name   email   type   email   placeholder   Enter your email          name   password   type   password   placeholder   Enter your password          name   passwordConfirm   type   password   placeholder   Confirm your password       class Form extends Component     constructor props       super props      this state         Notice no explicit state is set in the constructor        handleChange    e    gt        const   name  value     e target       this setState          name   value              handleSubmit    e    gt           do something        render           lt form onSubmit   e    gt  handleSubmit e   gt           inputs length            inputs map input   gt               const   name  placeholder  type     input             const value   this state name            Does it exist  If so use it  if not use an empty string             return  lt input key  name   type  type  name  name  placeholder  placeholder  value  value  onChange  this handleChange   gt                       null                  lt button type  submit  onClick   e    gt  e preventDefault   gt Submit lt  button gt        lt  form gt

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This generally happens only when you are not controlling the value of the filed when the application started and after some event or some function fired or the state changed  you are now trying to control the value in input field    This transition of not having control over the input and then having control over it is what causes the issue to happen in the first place   The best way to avoid this is by declaring some value for the input in the constructor of the component   So that the input element has value from the start of the application

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Simple solution to resolve this problem is to set an empty value by default      lt input name  myInput  value  this state myInput        onChange  this handleChange    gt

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When you first render your component  this state name isn t set  so it evaluates to undefined or null  and you end up passing value  undefined  or  value  null to your input   When ReactDOM checks to see if a field is controlled  it checks to see if value    null  note that it s     not       and since undefined    null in JavaScript  it decides that it s uncontrolled   So  when onFieldChange   is called  this state name is set to a string value  your input goes from being uncontrolled to being controlled   If you do this state    name      in your constructor  because       null  your input will have a value the whole time  and that message will go away

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An update for this  For React Hooks use const  name  setName    useState

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I know others have answered this already  But a very important factor here that may help other people experiencing similar issue   You must have an onChange handler added in your input field  e g  textField  checkbox  radio  etc   Always handle activity through the onChange handler    Example     lt input     onChange   this myChangeHandler        gt    When you are working with checkbox you may need to handle its checked state with      Example    lt input type  checkbox  checked    this state someValue  onChange          gt       Reference  https   github com facebook react issues 6779 issuecomment-326314716

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When you use onChange  this onFieldChange  name   bind this   in your input you must declare your state empty string as a value of property field   incorrect way   this state           fields             errors             disabled   false         correct way   this state           fields             name              email               message                      errors             disabled   false

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