React-Bootstrap Dropdown with Input won't stay open

Question

I am using React-Bootstrap DropDown with an Input inside a MenuItem (otherwise the console yells at me Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'focus' of undefined)

Okay so the drop down renders, and the input is inside a menu item (all is well) except when I click inside the input, the dropdown closes.

Here is my JSX

<Bootstrap.DropdownButton title={this.state.callIdTitle} id="callId">
  <Bootstrap.MenuItem eventKey='1'>
   <input ref="callIdInput" type='text' eventKey='2' placeholder='Enter Call ID' />
  </Bootstrap.MenuItem>
</Bootstrap.DropdownButton>

Any pointing in the right direction is very much appreciated, I have been trying to solve this all day.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I managed to get it working by having a custom onToggle for dropdown that does nothing if click comes from input element. I basically ended up with something like this:

So something like this:

var React = require('react');

var ReactBootstrap = require('react-bootstrap'),
    Dropdown = ReactBootstrap.Dropdown,
    DropdownToggle = Dropdown.Toggle,
    DropdownMenu = Dropdown.Menu,
    Input = ReactBootstrap.Input,
    MenuItem = ReactBootstrap.MenuItem;

module.exports = React.createClass({
  displayName: 'DropdownWithInput',

  setValue: function(e) {
    var value = e.target.value;

    this.setState({value: value});
  },

  onSelect: function(event, value) {
    this.setState({value: value});
  },

  inputWasClicked: function() {
    this._inputWasClicked = true;
  },

  onToggle: function(open) {
    if (this._inputWasClicked) {
      this._inputWasClicked = false;
      return;
    }
    this.setState({open: open});
  },

  render: function() {
    return (
        <Dropdown id={this.props.id} open={this.state.open} onToggle={this.onToggle}
                  className="btn-group-xs btn-group-default">
          <DropdownToggle bsStyle="default" bsSize="xs" className="dropdown-with-input dropdown-toggle">
            Dropdown with input
          </DropdownToggle>

          <DropdownMenu>
            <Input
                type="text"
                ref="inputElem"
                autoComplete="off"
                name={this.props.name}
                placeholder="Type something here"
                onSelect={this.inputWasClicked}
                onChange={this.setValue}
                />
            <MenuItem divider key={this.props.id + '-dropdown-input-divider'}/>
            <MenuItem eventKey={1} onSelect={this.onSelect}>One</MenuItem>
            <MenuItem eventKey={2} onSelect={this.onSelect}>Two</MenuItem>
            <MenuItem eventKey={3} onSelect={this.onSelect}>Three</MenuItem>
          </DropdownMenu>
        </Dropdown>
    );
  }

});

Hope this works for you as well.