Console.log() after setState() doesn't return the updated state
I've created a simple todo list to learn react and i'm trying to add some additional features. At the moment i'm trying to add buttons that toggle the list of items, so it either shows all the tasks or just those that are completed.
I've written a function to change the state of my visabilityFilter so I can later use this to toggle the items in the list, but it isn't behaving how it should be.
I console log the visabilityFilter variable but it always shows the wrong state before changing to the correct state. e.g. the 'show all' button will console log 'show completed' then if you press it again it will console log 'show all'
App.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import './App.css';
import TodoList from './components/TodoList.js'
import VisabilityFilter from './components/VisabilityFilter.js'
export const SHOW_ALL = 'show_all'
export const SHOW_COMPLETED = 'show_completed'
class App extends Component {
constructor (props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
inputValues: {
'newTodo': ''
},
todos: [
{
task: 'My First Todo',
completed: false
}
],
visabilityFilter: SHOW_ALL
}
this.addTodo = this.addTodo.bind(this)
this.handleInputChange = this.handleInputChange.bind(this)
this.handleKeyUp = this.handleKeyUp.bind(this)
this.toggleCompleted = this.toggleCompleted.bind(this)
this.removeTodo = this.removeTodo.bind(this)
this.checkCompleted = this.checkCompleted.bind(this)
this.setVisabilityFilter = this.setVisabilityFilter.bind(this)
}
handleInputChange (e) {
const { inputValues } = this.state
const { id, value } = e.target
this.setState({
inputValues: {
...inputValues,
[id]: value
}
})
}
handleKeyUp (e) {
var code = e.key
if(code === 'Enter') {
this.addTodo(e);
}
}
toggleCompleted (e, index) {
const { todos } = this.state
todos[index].completed = !todos[index].completed
todos.sort((a, b) => b.completed - a.completed)
this.setState({ todos })
}
removeTodo (e, index) {
const { todos } = this.state
this.setState ({ todos: todos.filter((todo, i) => i !== index) })
}
addTodo (e) {
const { todos, inputValues } = this.state
const { dataset } = e.target
if (inputValues[dataset.for] === '') return
const newTodo = { task: inputValues[dataset.for], completed: false }
todos.push(newTodo)
this.setState({
todos,
inputValues: { ...inputValues, [dataset.for]: '' }
})
}
checkCompleted (e, index) {
const { todos } = this.state
return { todos } && todos[index].completed
}
setVisabilityFilter (e) {
const { visabilityFilter } = this.state
const { dataset } = e.target
this.setState({
visabilityFilter: dataset.for
})
console.log ({ visabilityFilter })
}
render() {
const { todos, inputValues, visabilityFilter } = this.state
return (
<div className="App">
<TodoList
todos={todos}
inputValues={inputValues}
addTodo={this.addTodo}
handleInputChange={this.handleInputChange}
removeTodo={this.removeTodo}
toggleCompleted={this.toggleCompleted}
handleKeyUp={this.handleKeyUp}
checkCompleted={this.checkCompleted}
/>
<VisabilityFilter setVisabilityFilter={this.setVisabilityFilter} />
</div>
);
}
}
export default App;
VisabilityFilter.js
import React from 'react'
import { func } from 'prop-types'
import { SHOW_ALL, SHOW_COMPLETED } from '../App'
const VisabilityFilter = props => {
return (
<div>
<button data-for={SHOW_COMPLETED} onClick={ props.setVisabilityFilter } >
Show Completed Tasks
</button>
<button data-for={SHOW_ALL} onClick={ props.setVisabilityFilter }>
Show All Tasks
</button>
</div>
)
}
VisabilityFilter.propTypes = {
setVisabilityFilter: func.isRequired
}
export default VisabilityFilter
setState()
is async (React docs), so the state changes won't be applied immediately. If you want to log out the new state,setState()
takes in a function as the second argument and performs that function when the state is updated. So:
this.setState({
abc: xyz
},
() => console.log(this.state.abc),
)
Or you can also use componentDidUpdate()
, which is recommended