How to clear the text in textarea

[yongxinxu]

I am trying to clear the text in mention's textarea by javascript in React. I have tried

const textarea = document.getElementById("id");
textarea.value = "";

but this doesn't work for me.

[schmoninator]

You can do this:

inputRef.current.setState({ ...inputRef.current.state, value: "" });

For this to work, you have to have set

import React, { useRef } from 'react';
const inputRef = useRef<Mentions>(null);
...
<Mentions
   ref={inputRef}
   ....