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Using Draft js mention plugin with react hooks


I have been trying to get draft js mention plugin to work with react hooks but can't seem to figure what's wrong with the code. Appreciate any help on this.

import React, { useRef, useState, useEffect } from "react";
import { EditorState } from "draft-js";
import Editor from "draft-js-plugins-editor";
import createMentionPlugin, { defaultSuggestionsFilter } from "draft-js-mention-plugin";
import mentions from "./mentions";

export default function MentionEditor() {
  const [editorState, setEditorState] = useState(EditorState.createEmpty());
  const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState(mentions);
  const editor = useRef(null);

  useEffect(() => {
    editor.current.focus();
  }, [])

  const mentionPlugin = createMentionPlugin();
  const { MentionSuggestions } = mentionPlugin;
  const plugins = [mentionPlugin];

  const onSearchChange = ({ value }) => {
    setSuggestions(defaultSuggestionsFilter(value, mentions))
  };

  return (
    <div style={{ border: "1px solid gray" }}>
      <Editor
        editorState={editorState}
        onChange={editorState => setEditorState(editorState)}
        plugins={plugins}
        ref={editor}
      />
      <MentionSuggestions
        onSearchChange={onSearchChange}
        suggestions={suggestions}
      />
    </div> 
  );
}

Solution

  • You need to move the draft-js plugin configuration outside the component arrow function. This is a pretty basic Draft-JS implementation using a functional component and hooks:

    import React, { useState, useRef } from 'react'
    import { EditorState } from 'draft-js'
    import Editor from 'draft-js-plugins-editor'
    import createMentionPlugin, { defaultSuggestionsFilter } from 'draft-js-mention-plugin'
    import 'draft-js/dist/Draft.css'
    import 'draft-js-mention-plugin/lib/plugin.css'
    import mentions from "./mentions"
    
    // Draft-JS-Mentions plugin configuration
    const mentionPlugin = createMentionPlugin()
    const { MentionSuggestions } = mentionPlugin
    const plugins = [mentionPlugin]
    
    const MyEditor= () => {
        const [suggestions, setSuggestions] = useState(mentions)
    
        // Draft-JS editor configuration
        const [editorState, setEditorState] = useState(
            () => EditorState.createEmpty(),
        )
        const editor = useRef(null)
    
        // Check editor text for mentions
        const onSearchChange = ({ value }) => {
            setSuggestions(defaultSuggestionsFilter(value, mentions))
        }
    
        const onAddMention = () => {
    
        }
    
        // Focus on editor window
        const focusEditor = () => {
            editor.current.focus()
        }
    
        return (
                <div onClick={() => focusEditor()}>
                    <Editor
                        ref={editor}
                        editorState={editorState}
                        plugins={plugins}
                        onChange={editorState => setEditorState(editorState)}
                        placeholder={'Type here...'}
                    />
                    <MentionSuggestions
                        onSearchChange={onSearchChange}
                        suggestions={suggestions}
                        onAddMention={onAddMention}
                    />
                </div>
        )
    }
    
    export default MyEditor