Stack Overflow Asked by peter flanagan on February 10, 2021
I am using react and useRef
Previously I was checking the rows of a table using the following:
const rows = document.querySelectorAll('table tr');
But now I have multiple tables on my page so I need to use a ref
to ensure I target the correct table
.
When I try and use the ref I get the following error:
Failed to execute ‘querySelectorAll’ on ‘Document’: ‘[object
HTMLTableElement] tr’ is not a valid selector.
My code looks like the following:
const App = () => {
const tableRef = React.useRef(null);
const someMethod = () => {
// this gives the error specified above
const rows = document.querySelectorAll(`${testRef.current} tr`);
}
return (
<>
<table ref={tableRef}>
//code here
</table>
<button onClick={() => someMethod()}>Random Button</button>
</>
)
}
Can anyone advise how to correctly target the ref in document.querySelectorAll
?
You can also use window.document.querySelectorAll
within react to access any component you wish.
Answered by Diego Fortes on February 10, 2021
ref.current
is a DOM node (or null). So you need
const rows = testRef.current.querySelectorAll('tr');
Also you could use testRef.current.rows
to access rows. MDN
Answered by Yury Tarabanko on February 10, 2021
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