How to call another component from onClick function in ReactJS

Question

I am learning Reactjs. I have implemented one sample react app with rails. I have search a lots to find the solution but I didn't find any. I wanted to call another component from onClick function. But nothing happen. Is that possible what I try to achieve? If yes, then please point me where I do mistake and If not, then which way I can implement. Here is my code:

var Comment = React.createClass({
  render: function () {
    return (
      <div id={"comment_"+ this.props.id }>
        <h4>{ this.props.author } said:</h4>
        <p>{ this.props.desc }</p>
        <a href='' onClick={this.handleDelete}>Delete</a> | #this is for delete which works great
        <a href='' onClick={this.handleEdit}>Edit</a> 
         # If I put here then it works fine <UpdateComments comments={ this.props} /> but I don't want it here
      </div>
    )
  },
  handleDelete: function(event) {
    $.ajax({
      url: '/comments/'+ this.props.id,
      type: "DELETE",
      dataType: "json",
      success: function (data) {
       this.setState({ comments: data });
      }.bind(this)
    });

  },
  handleEdit: function(event) {
    var Temp = React.createClass({
      render: function(event){
        return(<div>
          <UpdateComments comments={ this.props} /> #here I want to call UpdateComments component
          </div>
        )
      }
    });
  }
});

Update: If I try below trick then it call the component but reload the page and again disappear called component :(

 handleEdit: function() {

    React.render(<UpdateComments comments={ this.props} /> , document.getElementById('comment_'+ this.props.id));
 }

any other detail if you required then feel free to ask. Thanks in advance. :)

Answer 1

Maybe this fiddle could point you in right way

 var Hello = React.createClass({ render: function() { return <div>Hello {this.props.name} <First1/> <First2/> </div>; } }); var First1 = React.createClass({ myClick: function(){ alert('Show 1'); changeFirst(); }, render: function() { return <a onClick={this.myClick}> Saludo</a>; } }); var First2 = React.createClass({ getInitialState: function(){ return {myState: ''}; }, componentDidMount: function() { var me = this; window.changeFirst = function() { me.setState({'myState': 'Hey!!!'}) } }, componentWillUnmount: function() { window.changeFirst = null; }, render: function() { return <span> Saludo {this.state.myState}</span>; } }); React.render(<Hello name="World" />, document.getElementById('container')); 

 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.13.1/react-with-addons.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.13.1/JSXTransformer.js"></script> <script src="https://facebook.github.io/react/js/jsfiddle-integration.js"></script> <div id="container"> <!-- This element's contents will be replaced with your component. --> </div> 

Basically I use those links:

communicate between components

dom event listeners

It hopes this helps.

Also, you could use the container component and use it like a bridge between both components.