From 4af4e04bb109e425671230e0d09b894d3240042c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Levi McCallum Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:29:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add explination of autoBind to DOM Event Listener tip --- tips/11-dom-event-listeners.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tips/11-dom-event-listeners.md b/tips/11-dom-event-listeners.md index 46e577ff..16953915 100644 --- a/tips/11-dom-event-listeners.md +++ b/tips/11-dom-event-listeners.md @@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ React.renderComponent(, mountNode); ``` `componentDidMount` is called after the component is mounted and has a DOM representation. This is often a place where you would attach generic DOM events. + +Notice that the event callback is bound to the react component and not the original element. React automatically binds methods to the current component instance for you through a process of [autobinding](../docs/interactivity-and-dynamic-uis.html#under-the-hood-autobind-and-event-delegation).