Reactjs Page Refreshing Upon Onclick Handle Of Button

Have you ever encountered a situation where your ReactJs page keeps refreshing every time you click a button, disrupting your user interface and user experience? Worry not! This article will guide you through understanding why this happens and offer a simple solution to prevent it.

So, what causes this annoying page refresh when you click a button in your React application? Well, the default behavior of an HTML button element inside a form is to submit the form when clicked. This form submission triggers a page refresh in React, which may not be what you intended.

To overcome this issue, you can use the `event.preventDefault()` method in your event handler function. This method prevents the default behavior of an event, such as form submission, allowing you to control what happens when the button is clicked.

Here's an example of how you can prevent the page from refreshing when a button is clicked in a React component:

import React from 'react';

function ButtonComponent() {
  function handleClick(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    // Your custom logic here
  }

  return (
    <button>Click me</button>
  );
}

export default ButtonComponent;

In this example, the `handleClick` function is called when the button is clicked. By including `event.preventDefault()` in the function, you prevent the default behavior of the button click event, which in turn stops the page from refreshing.

Another approach to avoid page refreshing is by using a `` instead of just ``. Adding `type="button"` explicitly specifies that the button should not trigger a form submission.

Here's how you can modify your button element:

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<button type="button">Click me</button>