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Problem with unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer and refs #9808

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nikmilson opened this issue May 29, 2017 · 6 comments
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Problem with unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer and refs #9808

nikmilson opened this issue May 29, 2017 · 6 comments

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@nikmilson
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Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?
Report a bug.

What is the current behavior?
I use the usual technique of portals with unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer. Also I need to control portal children with refs (using legacy syntax I know).

The problem is unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer is async and can be called after componentDidUpdate. When refs are used in componentDidUpdate, they can be undefined due to async nature of unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem via https://jsfiddle.net or similar (template: https://jsfiddle.net/84v837e9/).
Demo. Open the browser console and press "add" button. You will got this error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'getBoundingClientRect' of undefined
    at App.componentDidUpdate (<anonymous>:33:64)
    at measureLifeCyclePerf (react-dom.js:4581)
    at react-dom.js:5235
    at CallbackQueue.notifyAll (react-dom.js:948)
    at ReactReconcileTransaction.close (react-dom.js:11454)
    at ReactReconcileTransaction.closeAll (react-dom.js:14882)
    at ReactReconcileTransaction.perform (react-dom.js:14829)
    at ReactUpdatesFlushTransaction.perform (react-dom.js:14816)
    at ReactUpdatesFlushTransaction.perform (react-dom.js:12936)
    at Object.flushBatchedUpdates (react-dom.js:13019)

It causes because of, according to logs

componentDidUpdate
complete unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer

componentDidUpdate called before unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer callback.

What is the expected behavior?
Are needed defined refs in componentDidUpdate. In the general case, a completely completed render.

I know about pattern with using unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer callback, but this is not preferred solution. Because of I have quite complex combination of two libraries and don't have access to unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer callback. If someone is interested in libs, this is react-autocomplete and react-tether.

There may be a way with avoiding rerender and saving the refs from the first render?

Which versions of React, and which browser / OS are affected by this issue? Did this work in previous versions of React?
I'm using v15.4.2.

@gaearon
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gaearon commented Jun 13, 2017

It's a bit hard for me to figure out what's going on there, but in any case we're going to eventually drop unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer in favor of a first-class portal API.

You can see a working example using unstable_createPortal here: https://jsfiddle.net/r442t0mk/. (It requires React 16 which is in alpha now.)

I'll close because it's unlikely we'll change unstable_renderSubtreeIntoContainer behavior, but I hope this helps.

@gaearon gaearon closed this as completed Jun 13, 2017
@oliviertassinari
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oliviertassinari commented Jun 13, 2017

@gaearon Thanks for the following up. We will try to refactor the portal implementation (using unstable_createPortal) of Material-UI to solve that regression introduced by the fiber reconciliation algo.

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gaearon commented Jun 13, 2017

I don't think there is any regression there, is there? It seems like the example in this issue is with 15.4.x. So Fiber does not change the behavior there.

@oliviertassinari
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oliviertassinari commented Jun 13, 2017

I'm not sure it's a regression either, it could be an edge case making it work with 15.4.x but not with the pre-release version. Still, we have noticed a breaking-change on the Material-UI project. We have that open issue for more reference mui/material-ui#7025. Will dig more into it.

@gaearon
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gaearon commented Jun 13, 2017

I’m still confused. Are you saying there is a React version where https://jsfiddle.net/cassln/cusus029/2/ (which uses 15.4, not Fiber) ever worked? Or are you saying there is a different similar issue?

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I have managed to reproduce what we experience with a simple jsfiddle demo. mui/material-ui#7025 (comment) The behaviour definitely changed between latest (v15.6.1) and next (16.0.0-alpha.13). However, that's most likely not important as affecting a unstable API that is going to have a first class one on the fiber version. @gaearon Thanks for the support.

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