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Controlled Components

Explore how React manages input fields as controlled components by syncing local state and form values. Understand unidirectional data flow, state updates, and how to keep input elements controlled for predictable UI behavior in your React applications.

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The same law applies for the input field as applied for unidirectional data flows, which updates the local state with the searchTerm to filter the list. When the state changes, the render() method runs again and uses the recent searchTerm from the local state to apply the filter condition.

But didn’t we forget something in the input element? An HTML input tag comes with a value attribute. ...