Editable Textbox in React

by Abdul Rawoof A R Updated: Jan 24, 2023

In this kit, we're going to see how to implement editable textbox in React with simple steps. Using react we can simply able to create an text field with editable. The standard way to handle form input value changes is to handle them with React. This is a technique called controlled components. We can create controlled components with input , textarea , and select elements. They maintain their own state, and updates are based on user input. To implement this, use ready-made code snippet blow with added required library. Just copy the code and paste it in your IDE. Explore more top trending libraries and snippets on kandi.

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we are using React library.

Editable textbox in react js

Lines of Code : 35License : CC BY-SA 4.0

class Info extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      name: ""
    };
    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
    this.updateIsEdit = this.updateIsEdit.bind(this);
  }

  handleChange(e) {
    this.setState({
      name:e.target.value
    })
  }
  updateIsEdit(e, value="null") {
    this.setState({
        isEdit: value
    });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <input type="text" name="userName" value={this.state.name} placeholder="Enter your name..." onChange={this.handleChange} onBlur={this.updateIsEdit}/>
        <img src="https://img.icons8.com/android/24/000000/edit.png" className="edit" />
        <p id="name">{this.state.name}</p>
      </div>

    );
  }
}

render(<Info />, document.getElementById('root'));

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
cd foldername.
Open the folder in IDE.
Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in index.js file(remove the earlier code from index.js).
Import React, Component and ReactDOM in index.js file.
Open the terminal from IDE.
npm start to run the file.

You can also refer this url 'DEMO' for getting the above output.

I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.

I found this code snippet by searching for 'how to make editable textbox in react' in kandi. You can try any such use case!

Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
React version-18.2.0.

Using this solution, we are able to create an editable textbox in React with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy way to use, hassle-free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us to create an editable textbox in React.