Merge pull request reactjs#101 from yangshun/controlled-components

Use controlled components for form inputs

Author: zpao

public/scripts/example.js

@@ -100,22 +100,40 @@ var CommentList = React.createClass({
 });
 
 var CommentForm = React.createClass({
+  getInitialState: function() {
+    return {author: '', text: ''};
+  },
+  handleAuthorChange: function(e) {
+    this.setState({author: e.target.value});
+  },
+  handleTextChange: function(e) {
+    this.setState({text: e.target.value});
+  },
   handleSubmit: function(e) {
     e.preventDefault();
-    var author = this.refs.author.value.trim();
-    var text = this.refs.text.value.trim();
+    var author = this.state.author.trim();
+    var text = this.state.text.trim();
     if (!text || !author) {
       return;
     }
     this.props.onCommentSubmit({author: author, text: text});
-    this.refs.author.value = '';
-    this.refs.text.value = '';
+    this.setState({author: '', text: ''});
   },
   render: function() {
     return (
       <form className="commentForm" onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
-        <input type="text" placeholder="Your name" ref="author" />
-        <input type="text" placeholder="Say something..." ref="text" />
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Your name"
+          value={this.state.author}
+          onChange={this.handleAuthorChange}
+        />
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Say something..."
+          value={this.state.text}
+          onChange={this.handleTextChange}
+        />
         <input type="submit" value="Post" />
       </form>
     );