Non standard custom attributes in ReactJS?

Question

This is regarding non-standard attributes. https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/tags-and-attributes.html

In react I have done this:

 React.createElement('div', {image:'blah', etc:'blah'});

I need image and etc to be set on the element with setAttribute, and I need react to use its smarts to maintain it as it changes.

A solution here https://stackoverflow.com/a/21654914/1828637 says to add it on componentDidMount but this is not a solution. The attribute will not be maintained as it changes by the react framework.

Is there anyway to tell react to set the attribute on my custom tags?

Answer 1

In react 16 custom attributes are now possible

// Your code:
<div mycustomattribute="something" />

// React 15 output:
<div /> 

// React 16 output:
<div mycustomattribute="something" />

react 16 custom attributes