I'm using MUI library to create my React Js app.
Here I'm using the controlled Text Field component to create a simple search UI.
But there is something strange. The Text Field component loses focus after its value is changed.
This is my first time facing this problem. I never faced this problem before.
How this could happen? And what is the solution.
Here is the code and the playground: https://codesandbox.io/s/mui-autocomplete-lost-focus-oenoo?
Note: if I remove the breakpoint type from the code, the Text Field component still loses focus after its value is changed.
It's because you're defining a component inside another component, so that component definition is recreated every time the component renders (and your component renders every time the user types into the input).
Two solutions:
Don't make it a separate component. Instead of:
const MyComponent = () => {
const MyInput = () => <div><input /></div>; // you get the idea
return (
<div>
<MyInput />
</div>
);
};
Do:
const MyComponent = () => {
return (
<div>
<div><input /></div>; // you get the idea
</div>
);
};
Define the component outside its parent component:
const MyInput = ({value, onChange}) => (
<div>
<input value={value} onChange={onChange} />
</div>
);
const MyComponent = () => {
const [value, setValue] = useState('');
return (
<div>
<MyInput
value={value}
onChange={event => setValue(event.target.value)}
/>
</div>
);
};