How to use refs in React with Typescript

Question

I\'m using Typescript with React. I\'m having trouble understanding how to use refs so as to get static typing and intellisense with respect to the react nodes referenced by

Answer 1

One way (which I've been doing) is to setup manually :

refs: {
    [string: string]: any;
    stepInput:any;
}

then you can even wrap this up in a nicer getter function (e.g. here):

stepInput = (): HTMLInputElement => ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.stepInput);