no-find-dom-node.md

Prevent usage of findDOMNode (react/no-find-dom-node)

Facebook will eventually deprecate findDOMNode as it blocks certain improvements in React in the future.

It is recommended to use callback refs instead. See Dan Abramov comments and examples.

Rule Details

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

class MyComponent extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    findDOMNode(this).scrollIntoView();
  }
  render() {
    return <div />
  }
}

Examples of correct code for this rule:

class MyComponent extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    this.node.scrollIntoView();
  }
  render() {
    return <div ref={node => this.node = node} />
  }
}