React.js: Add/Remove input field on click of a button:

When a user click Add, I want a new input field to be added.

The name property is changing for every input, by increment the number in the middle:

document-0-document document-1-document

I receive the following error:

"TypeError: this is undefined var arr = this.state.documents;"

I have an idea what is creating the error but I didn't found a fix.

HTML Code.

<fieldset class="fieldset">
  <input type="file" name="document-0-document">
  <div class="more-documents">
    <input type="file" name="document-1-document">
    <button data-reactid=".0.1">Add</button>
  </div>
 </fieldset>

Main Component code:

class DocumentsFieldSet extends Component{

  constructor(props){
      super(props);
      this.state = {documents:[]}
  }

  add(i) {
      var arr  = this.state.documents;
      arr.push(i);
      this.setState({documents: arr});
  }

  eachDocument () {
      return <DocumentInput key={i}/>
  }

  render (){
      return (
        <div>
            {this.state.documents.map(this.eachDocument)}
            <button onClick={this.add.bind()}>Add</button>
        </div>
      )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<DocumentsFieldSet/>, document.querySelector ('.more-    documents'))

Component Code

class DocumentInput extends Component {
  render() {
      return <input type="file" name="document-{i}-document" ref="" />;
  }
}

export default DocumentInput;

React.js: Add/Remove input field on click of a button:

When a user click Add, I want a new input field to be added.

The name property is changing for every input, by increment the number in the middle:

document-0-document document-1-document

I receive the following error:

"TypeError: this is undefined var arr = this.state.documents;"

I have an idea what is creating the error but I didn't found a fix.

HTML Code.

<fieldset class="fieldset">
  <input type="file" name="document-0-document">
  <div class="more-documents">
    <input type="file" name="document-1-document">
    <button data-reactid=".0.1">Add</button>
  </div>
 </fieldset>

Main Component code:

class DocumentsFieldSet extends Component{

  constructor(props){
      super(props);
      this.state = {documents:[]}
  }

  add(i) {
      var arr  = this.state.documents;
      arr.push(i);
      this.setState({documents: arr});
  }

  eachDocument () {
      return <DocumentInput key={i}/>
  }

  render (){
      return (
        <div>
            {this.state.documents.map(this.eachDocument)}
            <button onClick={this.add.bind()}>Add</button>
        </div>
      )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<DocumentsFieldSet/>, document.querySelector ('.more-    documents'))

Component Code

class DocumentInput extends Component {
  render() {
      return <input type="file" name="document-{i}-document" ref="" />;
  }
}

export default DocumentInput;

• javascript
• reactjs
• ecmascript-6

• What you want to add? – Alessander Franca Commented Jul 26, 2016 at 13:05

3 Answers 3

You have several mistakes in your example

1. You need bind this for .add method

2. You don't put to this.state.documents array index

3. Inside DocumentInput there is no i variable

class DocumentInput extends React.Component {
  render() {
    return <input 
      type="file" 
      name={ `document-${ this.props.index }-document` } 
    />;
  }
}

class DocumentsFieldSet extends React.Component{
  constructor(props){
    super(props);

    this.state = { 
      documents: []
    }
    
    this.add = this.add.bind(this);
  }

  add() {
    const documents = this.state.documents.concat(DocumentInput);
    this.setState({ documents });
  }
  
  render () {
    const documents = this.state.documents.map((Element, index) => {
      return <Element key={ index } index={ index } />
    });

    return <div>
      <button onClick={ this.add }>Add</button>
    
      <div className="inputs">
        { documents }
      </div>
    </div>
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(
  <DocumentsFieldSet />,
  document.getElementById('container')
);

.inputs {
  margin: 5px 0;
  padding: 10px;
  border: 2px solid #000;
}

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="container"></div>

Maybe you forgot to pass context into bind function.

replace

<button onClick={this.add.bind()}>Add</button>

to

<button onClick={this.add.bind(this)}>Add</button>

Write your add function as an arrow function. It would bind function to this for you. Read more about it here

add = (i) => {
    var arr = this.state.documents;
    arr.push(i);
    this.setState({documents: arr});
};

Also I would rewrite your function to be:

add = (i) => {
    const { documents } = this.state;
    documents.push(i);
    this.setState({ documents });
};