Simulate click event on react element

Question

I\'m trying to simulate a .click() event on a React element but I can\'t figure out why it is not working (It\'s not reacting when I\'m firing the

Answer 1

Use refs to get the element in the callback function and trigger a click using click() function.

class Example extends React.Component{
  simulateClick(e) {
    e.click()
  }
  render(){
    return 
 console.log('clicked')}>
      hello
      
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById('app'))