ReactJs: Prevent multiple times button press

Question

In my React component I have a button meant to send some data over AJAX when clicked. I need to happen only the first time, i.e. to disable the button after it's first use.

How I'm trying to do this:

var UploadArea = React.createClass({

  getInitialState() {
    return {
      showUploadButton: true
    };
  },

  disableUploadButton(callback) {
    this.setState({ showUploadButton: false }, callback);
  },

  // This was simpler before I started trying everything I could think of
  onClickUploadFile() {
    if (!this.state.showUploadButton) {
      return;
    }
    this.disableUploadButton(function() {
      $.ajax({
        [...]
      });

    });
  },

  render() {
    var uploadButton;
    if (this.state.showUploadButton) {
      uploadButton = (
        <button onClick={this.onClickUploadFile}>Send</button>
      );
    }

    return (
      <div>
        {uploadButton}
      </div>
    );
  }

});

What I think happens is the state variable showUploadButton not being updated right away, which the React docs says is expected.

How could I enforce the button to get disabled or go away all-together the instant it's being clicked?

Answer 1

What you could do is make the button disabled after is clicked and leave it in the page (not clickable element).

To achieve this you have to add a ref to the button element

<button ref="btn" onClick={this.onClickUploadFile}>Send</button>

and then on the onClickUploadFile function disable the button

this.refs.btn.setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");

You can then style the disabled button accordingly to give some feedback to the user with

.btn:disabled{ /* styles go here */}

If needed make sure to reenable it with

this.refs.btn.removeAttribute("disabled");

Update: the preferred way of handling refs in React is with a function and not a string.

<button 
  ref={btn => { this.btn = btn; }} 
  onClick={this.onClickUploadFile}
>Send</button>


this.btn.setAttribute("disabled", "disabled");
this.btn.removeAttribute("disabled");

here is a small example using the code you provided https://jsfiddle.net/69z2wepo/30824/

Answer 2

The solution is to check the state immediately upon entry to the handler. React guarantees that setState inside interactive events (such as click) is flushed at browser event boundary. Ref: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11171#issuecomment-357945371

// In constructor
this.state = {
    disabled : false
};


// Handler for on click
handleClick = (event) => {
    if (this.state.disabled) {
        return;
    }
    this.setState({disabled: true});
    // Send     
}

// In render
<button onClick={this.handleClick} disabled={this.state.disabled} ...>
    {this.state.disabled ? 'Sending...' : 'Send'}
<button>

Answer 3

Tested as working one: http://codepen.io/zvona/pen/KVbVPQ

class UploadArea extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props)

    this.state = {
      isButtonDisabled: false
    }
  }

  uploadFile() {
    // first set the isButtonDisabled to true
    this.setState({
      isButtonDisabled: true
    });
    // then do your thing
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <button
        type='submit'
        onClick={() => this.uploadFile()}
        disabled={this.state.isButtonDisabled}>
        Upload
      </button>
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<UploadArea />, document.body);

Answer 4

You can try using React Hooks to set the Component State.

import React, { useState } from 'react';

const Button = () => {
  const [double, setDouble] = useState(false);
  return (
    <button
      disabled={double}
      onClick={() => {
        // doSomething();
        setDouble(true);
      }}
    />
  );
};

export default Button;

Make sure you are using ^16.7.0-alpha.x version of react and react-dom.

Hope this helps you!

Answer 5

If you want, just prevent to submit.

How about using lodash.js debounce

Grouping a sudden burst of events (like keystrokes) into a single one.

https://lodash.com/docs/4.17.11#debounce

<Button accessible={true}
    onPress={_.debounce(async () => {
                await this.props._selectUserTickets(this.props._accountId)
    }, 1000)}
></Button>