React - Get text of div on click without refs

Question

Is there an example where we can retrieve the value of a React element without the usage of refs? Is that possible?

var Test = React.createClass({

  handle         


        

Answer 1

I suppose you can just get the DOM Node with ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);, and then get its innerText or whatever you need from it.

var Hello = React.createClass({
  handleClick: function() {
    var domNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this);
    alert(domNode.innerText);
  },
  render: function() {
    return 
 HEkudsbdsu 
  }
});

This is a bit of a runabout way of doing it, but it will work.

Note that pre 0.14 React, you'll just be using React and not ReactDOM.