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is it possible to get a ref to the created component?

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Hi, if I specify component="div" is it possible to get a ref to that div? The current ref returned is the React Class Component, not the div…not sure why? Thanks!

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Aarbelcommented, Nov 30, 2019

Ok solved, that works with it :

class TestTappable extends React.Component {
    divTapped = () => {
        const tappableDOMElement = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(tappableRef)
        const divPosition = tappableDOMElement.getBoundingClientRect();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Tappable
                type="div"
                ref={element => thisTappableElement = element}
                onTap={this.divTapped}
            >
                TEST
            </Tappable>
        )
    }
}

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Aarbelcommented, Nov 30, 2019

Thanks a lot @mattcolman ! Doesn’t work for me, it doesn’t return the DOM element but the React Class of Tappable as ref, here’s my code :

class TestTappable extends React.Component {
    divTapped = () => {
        // Returns error "getBoundingClientRect() not defined" BECAUSE this.TappableElement is not the <div> element generated by <Tappable> but the javascript React Class
        const divPosition = this.TappableElement.getBoundingClientRect();
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <Tappable
                type="div"
                ref={element => thisTappableElement = element}
                onTap={this.divTapped}
            >
                TEST
            </Tappable>
        )
    }
}