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React onChange text input is moving cursor to end of text in input field

I have a bug when I set the value from the state and change the value in a input.

when you write in the input and you try to correct the text the cursor move to the end.

This is my element

<div className="campo">
  <p>Nombre</p>
  <div className="campo-input">
    <input
     type="text"
     name="name"
     value={this.state.name}
     onChange={this.handleInputChangeUpperCase}
     />
  </div>
</div>

This is my function

handleInputChangeUpperCase = (e) => {
    let { name, value } = e.target;
    this.setState({ [name]: value.toUpperCase() });
  };

Working Snippet:

class App extends React.Component {
  state = {
    name: "Ronaldo",
  };
  
  // This is the function
  handleInputChangeUpperCase = (e) => {
    let { name, value } = e.target;
    this.setState({
      [name]: value.toUpperCase(),
    });
  };
  render() {
  
  // This is the Element
    return (
      <div className="campo">
        <p> Nombre </p>
        <div className="campo-input">
          <input
            type="text"
            name="name"
            value={this.state.name}
            onChange={this.handleInputChangeUpperCase}
          />
          {this.state.name}
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>
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Edsen Avatar asked Dec 07 '25 10:12

Edsen


1 Answers

Based on the original answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49648061/7427111

class App extends React.Component {
  state = {
    name: "Ronaldo",
  };
  
  handleInputChangeUpperCase = (e) => {
  
    // Here is the addition
    const pointer = e.target.selectionStart;
    const element = e.target;
    window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
      element.selectionStart = pointer;
      element.selectionEnd = pointer;
    });

    let { name, value } = e.target;
    this.setState({
      [name]: value.toUpperCase(),
    });
  };
  render() {
    return (
      <div className="campo">
        <p> Nombre </p>
        <div className="campo-input">
          <input
            type="text"
            name="name"
            value={this.state.name}
            onChange={this.handleInputChangeUpperCase}
          />
          {this.state.name}
        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("root"));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>
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Dhaval Jardosh Avatar answered Dec 09 '25 00:12

Dhaval Jardosh



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