React Checkbox not sending onChange

Question

TLDR  Use defaultChecked instead of checked  working jsbin   Trying to setup a simple checkbox that will cross out its label text when it is checked   For some reason handleChange is not getting fired when I use the component   Can anyone explain what I m doing wrong   var CrossoutCheckbox   React createClass     getInitialState  function          return           complete     this props complete     false                 handleChange  function        console log  handleChange   this refs complete checked      Never gets logged     this setState         complete  this refs complete checked                render  function        var labelStyle          text-decoration   this state complete  line-through                return          lt span gt           lt label style  labelStyle  gt             lt input             type  checkbox              checked  this state complete              ref  complete              onChange  this handleChange              gt             this props text           lt  label gt         lt  span gt                   Usage   React renderComponent CrossoutCheckbox  text   Text Text   complete  false    mountNode     Solution   Using checked doesn t let the underlying value change  apparently  and thus doesn t call the onChange handler   Switching to defaultChecked seems to fix this   var CrossoutCheckbox   React createClass     getInitialState  function          return           complete     this props complete     false                 handleChange  function        this setState         complete   this state complete                render  function        var labelStyle          text-decoration   this state complete  line-through                return          lt span gt           lt label style  labelStyle  gt             lt input             type  checkbox              defaultChecked  this state complete              ref  complete              onChange  this handleChange              gt             this props text           lt  label gt         lt  span gt

User · Answer

It s better not to use refs in such cases  Use    lt input     type  checkbox      checked  this state active      onClick  this handleClick    gt    There are some options   checked vs defaultChecked  The former would respond to both state changes and clicks  The latter would ignore state changes   onClick vs onChange  The former would always trigger on clicks  The latter would not trigger on clicks if checked attribute is present on input element

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To get the checked state of your checkbox the path would be   this refs complete state checked   The alternative is to get it from the event passed into the handleChange method   event target checked

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onChange will not call handleChange on mobile when using defaultChecked  As an alternative you can can use onClick and onTouchEnd    lt input onClick  this handleChange  onTouchEnd  this handleChange  type  checkbox  defaultChecked    this state complete    gt

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In the scenario you would NOT like to use the onChange handler on the input DOM  you can use the onClick property as an alternative  The defaultChecked  the condition may leave a fixed state for v16 IINM    class CrossOutCheckbox extends Component         constructor init             super init             this handleChange   this handleChange bind this                 handleChange  target              if  target checked                target removeAttribute  checked                 target parentNode style textDecoration                   else                target setAttribute  checked   true                target parentNode style textDecoration    line-through                             render             return                lt span gt                 lt label style   textDecoration  this props complete  line-through       gt                    lt input type  checkbox                          onClick  this handleChange                          defaultChecked  this props complete                      gt                 lt  label gt                   this props text               lt  span gt                       I hope this helps someone in the future

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If you have a handleChange function that looks like this   handleChange    e    gt      this setState        e target name   e target value            You can create a custom onChange function so that it acts like an text input would    lt input   type  checkbox    name  check    checked  this state check    onChange   e    gt        this handleChange         target            name  e target name          value  e target checked                          gt

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In case someone is looking for a universal event handler the following code can be used more or less  assuming that name property is set for every input        this handleInputChange    e    gt            item e target name    e target type      checkbox    e target checked   e target value

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In material ui  state of checkbox can be fetched as  this refs complete state switched

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