'handling select options in React Hooks
I am trying to get the text value from a dropdown select using {useState} in React Hooks. I just get the value (number) rather than the text. I've copied the bits of code below which control the select dropdown. What am I missing here?
const [addrtype, setAddrType] = useState('Home')
function handleAddrTypeChange(e) {
setAddrType(e.target.value);
console.log(addrtype)
}
<select
defaultValue={addrtype}
onChange={handleAddrTypeChange}
className="browser-default custom-select">
<option selected value="1">Home</option>
<option value="2">Marketing</option>
<option value="3">Work</option>
<option value="3">Head Office</option>
</select>
Solution 1:[1]
import React, { useState, Component } from 'react';
import { render } from 'react-dom';
import Hello from './Hello';
import './style.css';
const App = () => {
const [addrtype, setAddrtype] = useState(["Work", "Home", "school"])
const Add = addrtype.map(Add => Add
)
const handleAddrTypeChange = (e) => console.log((addrtype[e.target.value]))
return (
< select
onChange={e => handleAddrTypeChange(e)}
className="browser-default custom-select" >
{
Add.map((address, key) => <option value={key}>{address}</option>)
}
</select >)
}
render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
Working example
https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-select-hook
Solution 2:[2]
If you want text then access text instead of value. event.target.text.
Check the reference here. http://output.jsbin.com/vumune/4/
Solution 3:[3]
Just change the option value
<option selected value="Home">Home</option>
<option value="Marketing">Marketing</option>
<option value="Work">Work</option>
<option value="Head Office">Head Office</option>
Solution 4:[4]
const [name, setName] = useState("");
const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
const [addrtype, setAddrtype] = useState(["Normal", "Admin"])
const Add = addrtype.map(Add => Add)
const handleAddrTypeChange = (e) => {
console.clear();
console.log((addrtype[e.target.value]));
setRole(addrtype[e.target.value])
}
const [role, setRole] = useState('Normal')
const handleSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault();
console.log
(`
Name: ${name}
Email: ${email}
Role: ${role}
`);
};
const UserForm = (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
<input
value={name}
placeholder="Name"
required
onChange={(event) => setName(event.target.value)}
></input>
<label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
<input
value={email}
placeholder="Email"
required
onChange={(event) => setEmail(event.target.value)}
></input>
<label for="role">Choose a Role:</label>
< select
onChange={e => handleAddrTypeChange(e)}
className="browser-default custom-select" >
{
Add.map((address, key) => <option key={key} value={key}>{address}
</option>)
}
</select >
<div class="wrapper">
<button type="submit" className="button">Create User</button>
</div>
</form >
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | |
| Solution 2 | Srigar |
| Solution 3 | L_J |
| Solution 4 | Ajay |

