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React, how do I track that the user has stopped typing in the input?

I have such a functional component. When a user enters input, I send a message to the server and output to other users what someone writes. Here is the code:

const ChatInput = (props) => {
  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');

  const typingMessage = () =>{
    socket.emit('typing',props.username);
  }

  return (
    <div className>
      <Input
        value = {message}
        onChange = {
          (e) => typingMessage(e.target.value)
        }
        placeholder="Type a message here"
      />
      <Button
        onClick={sendMessage}
        icon={<SendOutlined />
        }/>

    </div>
  );
};

How do I track that the user has stopped writing? If he does not enter anything into the input for more than 10 seconds?

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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You need deboune function, that will count 10sec (it may be different time, depends on you) after last input (onChange trigger)

function debounce(func, timeout = 10000){
  let timer;
  return (...args) => {
    clearTimeout(timer);
    timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout);
  };
}
function saveInput(){
  console.log('User has stopped writting 10 sec ago');
}
const processChange = debounce(() => saveInput());

const typingMessage = () =>{
    socket.emit('typing',props.username);
    processChange()

  }
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Denunciar

0

You can use a combination of onFocus, onBlur, and onMouseLeave, in such a way that when onFocus happens, he is writing, when onBlur happens, he is not writing anymore, and when onMouseLeave happens or when he clicks on send, you trigger onBlur yourself. Like below:

I assumed that your Input component can forward ref. If not make it so by following Forwarding Refs.

const ChatInput = (props) => {
  const [message, setMessage] = useState("");
  const inputRef = useRef();
  const typingMessage = () => {
    socket.emit("typing", props.username);
  };
  const notTypingMessage = () => {
    socket.emit("typing", "");
  };

  return (
    <div className>
      <Input
        ref={inputRef}
        value={message}
        onChange={(e) => setMessage(e.target.value)}
        onFocus={() => typingMessage()}
        onBlur={() => notTypingMessage()}
        onMouseLeave={() => inputRef?.current.blur()}
        placeholder="Type a message here"
      />
      <Button onClick={()=>{sendMessage(); inputRef?.current.blur()}} icon={<SendOutlined />} />
    </div>
  );
};
export default ChatInput;
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Denunciar

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  • This is a one solution waiting for a second after finish typing and emits stoppedTyping event.
  • you may still want to optimize it according to the your applications needs

const emit = (action, data) => {
  console.log(action, data)
}


function App() {
  const props = { username: 'me' }
  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
  const [isTyping, setIsTyping] = useState(false);

  useEffect(() => {
    if (message && !isTyping) {
      emit('stoppedTyping', props.username)
    }
  }, [isTyping])

  const typingMessage = (v) => {
    emit('typing', props.username);
    setMessage(v)
  }

  const sendMessage = (e) => {
    console.log(e)
  }

  return (
    <div className=''>
      <input
        value={message}
        onKeyDown={() => !isTyping && setIsTyping(true)}
        onKeyUp={() => {
          setTimeout(() => {
            setIsTyping((t) => t ? false : t)
          }, 1000)

        }}
        onChange={
          (e) => typingMessage(e.target.value)
        }
        placeholder="Type a message here"
      />
      <button
        onClick={sendMessage}
      >send</button>
      <pre>{
        JSON.stringify({ message, isTyping })
      }</pre>
    </div>
  );
}

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Denunciar
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