setState() inside of componentDidUpdate()

Question

I\'m writing a script which moves dropdown below or above input depending on height of dropdown and position of the input on the screen. Also I want to set modifier to dropd

Answer 1

This example will help you to understand the React Life Cycle Hooks.

You can setState in getDerivedStateFromProps method i.e. static and trigger the method after props change in componentDidUpdate.

In componentDidUpdate you will get 3rd param which returns from getSnapshotBeforeUpdate.

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// Child component
class Child extends React.Component {
  // First thing called when component loaded
  constructor(props) {
    console.log("constructor");
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      value: this.props.value,
      color: "green"
    };
  }

  // static method
  // dont have access of 'this'
  // return object will update the state
  static getDerivedStateFromProps(props, state) {
    console.log("getDerivedStateFromProps");
    return {
      value: props.value,
      color: props.value % 2 === 0 ? "green" : "red"
    };
  }

  // skip render if return false
  shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
    console.log("shouldComponentUpdate");
    // return nextState.color !== this.state.color;
    return true;
  }

  // In between before real DOM updates (pre-commit)
  // has access of 'this'
  // return object will be captured in componentDidUpdate
  getSnapshotBeforeUpdate(prevProps, prevState) {
    console.log("getSnapshotBeforeUpdate");
    return { oldValue: prevState.value };
  }

  // Calls after component updated
  // has access of previous state and props with snapshot
  // Can call methods here
  // setState inside this will cause infinite loop
  componentDidUpdate(prevProps, prevState, snapshot) {
    console.log("componentDidUpdate: ", prevProps, prevState, snapshot);
  }

  static getDerivedStateFromError(error) {
    console.log("getDerivedStateFromError");
    return { hasError: true };
  }

  componentDidCatch(error, info) {
    console.log("componentDidCatch: ", error, info);
  }

  // After component mount
  // Good place to start AJAX call and initial state
  componentDidMount() {
    console.log("componentDidMount");
    this.makeAjaxCall();
  }

  makeAjaxCall() {
    console.log("makeAjaxCall");
  }

  onClick() {
    console.log("state: ", this.state);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      

        
Color: {this.state.color}
         this.onClick()}>{this.props.value}
      
    );
  }
}

// Parent component
class Parent extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = { value: 1 };

    this.tick = () => {
      this.setState({
        date: new Date(),
        value: this.state.value + 1
      });
    };
  }

  componentDidMount() {
    setTimeout(this.tick, 2000);
  }

  render() {
    return (
      

        
Parent
        
      
    );
  }
}

function App() {
  return (
    
      
    
  );
}

const rootElement = document.getElementById("root");
ReactDOM.render(, rootElement);