React is messing with me. I have a checkbox which ...

# react

[Björn Mayer]

React is messing with me.
I have a checkbox which gets its “checked”-state from my component state:

checked = state.active == true

I do have a custom onChange handler, which sets the state:

val target = event.target as HTMLInputElement

setState {
    active = target.checked
}

When checking the checkbox, react throws this message:

react_devtools_backend.js:6 Warning: A component is changing an uncontrolled input of type checkbox to be controlled. Input elements should not switch from uncontrolled to controlled (or vice versa). Decide between using a controlled or uncontrolled input element for the lifetime of the component. More info: <https://fb.me/react-controlled-components>

[turansky]

Will it work with precalculated value?

val target = event.target as HTMLInputElement
val newActive = target.checked

setState {
    active = newActive
}

[Björn Mayer]

same result.
I tried to set active to true, when initialising:

override fun State.init(props: Props) {
    active = true
}

And then the message appears, without me doing any click. Refreshing the page is enough

[Björn Mayer]

Holy moly…
I got it.

Just as there is defaultValue and value.
There is also defaultChecked.
When I change my code to:

defaultChecked = state.active == true

the error disappears.

Seen here: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/6779#issuecomment-223818616

[spand]

You have this issue https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-wrappers/issues/35