Predefined Events

Event Handlers are attached to tags and components using the on method.

SELECT ... do
  ...
end.on(:change) do |e|
  mutate @mode = e.target.value.to_i
end

The on method takes the event name symbol (note that onClick becomes :click) and the block is passed the React.js event object.

BUTTON { 'Press me' }.on(:click) { do_something }
# you can add an event handler to any HTML element
H1(class: :cursor_hand) { 'Click me' }.on(:click) { do_something }

Event handlers can be chained like so

  INPUT ... do
  ...
  end.on(:key_up) do |e|
  ...
  end.on(:change) do |e|
  ...
  end

Event Handling and Synthetic Events

The React engine ensures that all events behave identically in IE8 and above by implementing a synthetic event system. That is, React knows how to bubble and capture events according to the spec, and the events passed to your event handler are guaranteed to be consistent with the W3C spec, regardless of which browser you're using.

Under the Hood: Event Delegation

React doesn't actually attach event handlers to the nodes themselves. When React starts up, it starts listening for all events at the top level using a single event listener. When a component is mounted or unmounted, the event handlers are simply added or removed from an internal mapping. When an event occurs, React knows how to dispatch it using this mapping. When there are no event handlers left in the mapping, React's event handlers are simple no-ops. To learn more about why this is fast, see David Walsh's excellent blog post ....

React::Event

Your event handlers will be passed instances of Hyperstack::Component::Event, a wrapper around react.js's SyntheticEvent which in turn is a cross browser wrapper around the browser's native event. It has the same interface as the browser's native event, including stop_propagation() and prevent_default(), except the events work identically across all browsers.

For example:

class YouSaid < HyperComponent
  state_accessor :value
  render(DIV) do
    INPUT(value: value)
    .on(:key_down) do |e|
      next unless e.key_code == 13

      alert "You said: #{value}"
      self.value = ""
    end
    .on(:change) do |e|
      self.value = e.target.value
    end
  end
end

Hyperstack also includes an enter event that fires on key_down when the key_code == 13. See that version here ...

If you find that you need the underlying browser event for some reason use the native_event method (i.e. evt.native_event).

In the following responses shown as (native ...) indicate the value returned is a native object with an Opal wrapper. In some cases there will be opal methods available (i.e. for native DOMNode values) and in other cases you will have to convert to the native value with .to_n and then use javascript directly.

Every Event has the following methods:

bubbles                -> Boolean
cancelable             -> Boolean
current_target         -> (native DOM node)
default_prevented      -> Boolean
event_phase            -> Integer
is_trusted             -> Boolean
native_event           -> (native Event)
prevent_default        -> Proc
is_default_prevented   -> Boolean
stop_propagation       -> Proc
is_propagation_stopped -> Boolean
target                 -> (native DOMEventTarget)
timestamp              -> Integer (use Time.at to convert to Time)
type                   -> String

Event pooling

The underlying React SyntheticEvent is pooled. This means that the SyntheticEvent object will be reused and all properties will be nullified after the event method has been invoked. This is for performance reasons. As such, you cannot access the event in an asynchronous way - don't store the whole event and think you can use it later after you ate breakfast.

Clipboard Events

Event names:

:copy, :cut, :paste

Available Methods:

clipboard_data -> (native DOMDataTransfer)

Composition Events (not tested)

Event names:

:composition_end, :composition_start, :composition_update

Available Methods:

data -> String

Keyboard Events

Event names:

:key_down, :key_press, :key_up, :enter

The enter event is fired on key_down where key_code == 13 (the enter key)

Available Methods:

alt_key                 -> Boolean
char_code               -> Integer
ctrl_key                -> Boolean
get_modifier_state(key) -> Boolean (i.e. get_modifier_key(:Shift)
key                     -> String
key_code                -> Integer
locale                  -> String
location                -> Integer
meta_key                -> Boolean
repeat                  -> Boolean
shift_key               -> Boolean
which                   -> Integer

Focus Events

Event names:

:focus, :blur

Available Methods:

related_target -> (Native DOMEventTarget)

These focus events work on all elements in the React DOM, not just form elements.

Form Events

Event names:

:change, :input, :submit

Mouse Events

Event names:

:click, :context_menu, :double_click, :drag, :drag_end, :drag_enter, :drag_exit
:drag_leave, :drag_over, :drag_start, :drop, :mouse_down, :mouse_enter,
:mouse_leave, :mouse_move, :mouse_out, :mouse_over, :mouse_up

The :mouse_enter and :mouse_leave events propagate from the element being left to the one being entered instead of ordinary bubbling and do not have a capture phase.

Available Methods:

alt_key                 -> Boolean
button                  -> Integer
buttons                 -> Integer
client_x                -> Integer
number client_y         -> Integer
ctrl_key                -> Boolean
get_modifier_state(key) -> Boolean
meta_key                -> Boolean
page_x                  -> Integer
page_y                  -> Integer
related_target          -> (Native DOMEventTarget)
screen_x                -> Integer
screen_y                -> Integer
shift_key               -> Boolean

Drag and Drop example

Here is a Hyperstack version of this w3schools.com example:

DIV(id: :div1, style: { width: 350, height: 70, padding: 10, border: '1px solid #aaaaaa' })
.on(:drop) do |evt|
  evt.prevent_default
  data = `#{evt.native_event}.native.dataTransfer.getData("text")`
  `#{evt.target}.native.appendChild(document.getElementById(data))`
end
.on(:drag_over, &:prevent_default)

IMG(id: :drag1, src: "https://www.w3schools.com/html/img_logo.gif", draggable: "true", width: 336, height: 69)
.on(:drag_start) do |evt|
  `#{evt.native_event}.native.dataTransfer.setData("text", #{evt.target}.native.id)`
end

Selection events

Event names:

onSelect

Touch events

Event names:

:touch_cancel, :touch_end, :touch_move, :touch_start

Available Methods:

alt_key                 -> Boolean
changed_touches         -> (Native DOMTouchList)
ctrl_key                -> Boolean
get_modifier_state(key) -> Boolean
meta_key                -> Boolean
shift_key               -> Boolean
target_touches          -> (Native DOMTouchList)
touches                 -> (Native DomTouchList)

UI Events

Event names:

:scroll

Available Methods:

detail -> Integer
view   -> (Native DOMAbstractView)

Wheel Events

Event names:

wheel

Available Methods:

delta_mode -> Integer
delta_x    -> Integer
delta_y    -> Integer
delta_z    -> Integer

Media Events

Event names:

:abort, :can_play, :can_play_through, :duration_change,:emptied, :encrypted, :ended, :error, :loaded_data,
:loaded_metadata, :load_start, :pause, :play, :playing, :progress, :rate_change, :seeked, :seeking, :stalled,
:on_suspend, :time_update, :volume_change, :waiting

Image Events

Event names:

:load, :error