Responding to Events – React

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2026-07-27 09:45:13

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Text Highlight2026-07-27 13:06:13

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"Functions passed to event handlers must be passed, not called."

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Makes sense, otherwise it runs immediately. I learned this the hard way too.

Text Highlight2026-07-27 12:57:13

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"Functions passed to event handlers must be passed, not called."

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Wait so I can't just do onClick={handleClick()}? That's been breaking my app for days, oops.

Text Highlight2026-07-27 10:03:13

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"Event handlers are your own functions that will be triggered in response to interactions"

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But how do preventDefault and stopPropagation fit in here?

Text Highlight2026-07-27 09:54:13

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"Event handlers are your own functions that will be triggered in response to interactions"

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This is why React feels so natural once you get the hang of it.

Text Highlight2026-07-27 09:45:13

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"Event handlers are your own functions that will be triggered in response to interactions"

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So basically it's just callbacks, but they make it sound fancy.

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