Getting the value that was entered into the input initially

I am trying to get the original value that the user types into the input. I have found valueBeforeUpDown in the state which looks to be exactly what I need but I don’t see any documentation around it. Is valueBeforeUpDown or a similar property available to use or is it a part of private api? I personally need this value for onSuggestionSelected and I can make a PR to add this value to the meta values object if need be.

[plee-nm]

@aarondack I actually got it working with the valueBeforeUpDown property I just didn’t see it documented and wanted to know if I could add it to onSuggestionSelected.

[aarondack]

@plee-nm

Gotcha that makes a ton of sense. You can pass arbitrary props within inputProps. My suggestion to you would be to pass in an onKeyUp within inputProps and then have logic around the arrow keys to get your desired result. I still believe this is something that can be handled outside the scope of this lib. Maybe something like this?

const inputProps = {
      placeholder: "Type 'c'",
      value,
      onChange: this.onChange,
      onKeyUp: this.onKeyUp
    };

onKeyUp = (e) => {
 if (e.keyCode !== 38 && e.keyCode !== 40) { //Or whatever you need exactly (13, etc)
	// Do something with event.target.value
}