Trigger onblur event on click of enter keypress in React js

Question

I have an input text field . When a user inputs any text and clicks enter button I need to activate the blur event to remove the focus and also to validate the textinput .

<input type="text" 
    style={{marginTop:'20%', marginLeft:'40%'}} 
    value={value} 
    onFocus={onFocus}
    onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)}
    onKeyPress={handleKeyPress}
/>

Answer 1

Instead of onKeyPress, use onKeyDown which detects keyCode events.

<input type="text"
    style={{marginTop:'20%', marginLeft:'40%'}} 
    value={value} 
    onFocus={onFocus} 
    onChange={e => setValue(e.target.value)}
    onKeyDown={(e) => this.handleKeyPress(event)}
/>

And the function will be like,

handleKeyPress(e){
   if(e.keyCode === 13){
     e.target.blur(); 
     //Write you validation logic here
   }
}

Answer 2

Use refs and this.inputRef.current.blur().This is working solution.

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.inputRef = React.createRef();
    this.state = {
      value: ""
    };
  }
  keypressHandler = event => {
    if (event.key === "Enter") {
      this.setState({ value: this.inputRef.current.value });
      this.inputRef.current.blur();
      this.inputRef.current.value = "";
    }
  };
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
      <label>Enter Text</label>
        <input
          type="text"
          ref={this.inputRef}
          onKeyPress={event => this.keypressHandler(event)}
        />
        <p>{this.state.value}</p>
      </div>
    );
  }
}
ReactDOM.render(<App/>, document.getElementById('root'));

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>
<div id='root' />