I have a problem with two web components created using lit-element v3.2.0 and I'm using custom events to emit the input value from the child component up to the parent component.
The form-input component is a reusable input that extracts the input value and emits it to the parent component with a custom event named "new-value" which is dispatched when the user writes in the field.
The form-container component contains the form-input, in here I'm binding the custom event "new-value" to a method called "updateInputValue" which should reassign the inputValue property with the emitted value from the child component, but instead is stuck with whatever value initialized in the parent constructor.
form-container.js
static get properties() {
return {
inputValue: { type: String },
items: { type: Array },
}
}
constructor() {
super()
this.inputValue = ''
this.items = []
}
render() {
return html`<form>
<h1>My form container</h1>
<form-input
@new-value=${this.updateInputValue}
fieldName="name"
id="name"
label="Name"
placeholder="Enter anything"
value="${this.inputValue}"
></form-input>
<button @click=${this.addNewItem} type="submit">Add</button>
<form-list .items="${this.items}"></form-list>
</form>`
}
updateInputValue(e) {
// Update input value with the value emitted from the form-input
this.inputValue = e.detail
}
addNewItem(e) {
// Add new item to the list
e.preventDefault()
console.log('add new item with the following value:', this.inputValue)
form-input.js
static get properties() {
return {
value: { type: String },
fieldName: { type: String },
label: { type: String },
placeholder: { type: String },
type: { type: String },
}
}
constructor() {
super()
}
render() {
return html`
<div>
<label for="name">${this.label}</label>
<input
@input=${this.dispatchEvent}
id="${this.fieldName}"
name="${this.fieldName}"
placeholder="${this.placeholder}"
type="${this.type || 'text'}"
value="${this.value}"
/>
</div>
`
}
dispatchEvent(e) {
// Emit the new value from the input to the parent component
const target = e.target
if (target) {
this.dispatchEvent(
new CustomEvent('new-value', {
detail: target.value,
})
)
}
}
Any help will be very much appreciated.
You are overwriting the dispatchEvent method and calling yourself. Rename the dispatchEvent Method and give it a meaningful name. It works perfectly.
<script type="module">
import {
LitElement,
html, css
} from "https://unpkg.com/lit-element/lit-element.js?module";
class FormInput extends LitElement {
static get properties() {
return {
value: { type: String },
fieldName: { type: String },
label: { type: String },
placeholder: { type: String },
type: { type: String },
};
}
render() {
return html`
<div>
<label for="name">${this.label}</label>
<input
@input=${this.changedInput}
id="${this.fieldName}"
name="${this.fieldName}"
placeholder="${this.placeholder}"
type="${this.type || 'text'}"
value="${this.value}"
/>
</div>
`
}
changedInput(e) {
// Emit the new value from the input to the parent component
console.log(e.target.value);
const myevent = new CustomEvent('my-event', {
bubbles: true,
composed: true,
detail: {
value: e.target.value
}
})
this.dispatchEvent(
myevent
);
}
}
class FormContainer extends LitElement {
static get properties() {
return {
name: {
inputValue: { type: String },
}
};
}
updateInputValue(e) {
console.log('received ' + e.detail.value);
this.inputValue = e.detail.value;
}
addNewItem(e) {
// Add new item to the list
e.preventDefault()
console.log('add new item with the following value:', this.inputValue);
}
render() {
return html`<form>
<h1>My form container</h1>
<form-input
@my-event="${this.updateInputValue}"
fieldName="name"
id="name"
label="Name"
placeholder="Enter anything"
value="${this.inputValue}"
></form-input>
<button @click=${this.addNewItem} type="submit">Add</button>
<form-list .items="${this.items}"></form-list>
</form>
`;
}
}
customElements.define("form-container", FormContainer);
customElements.define("form-input", FormInput);
</script>
<form-container></form-container>