Wrapped components cannot be referenced via parent components.

[xdc0]

Wrapped components can't be referenced directly, since the reference ends up being the connectBackboneToReact and not the wrapped component. Quick example:

class MyComponent extends Component {
  constructor() {
    super();
    this.ref = null;
  }

  render() {
    return (<WrappedComponent ref={(ref) => this.ref = ref}/>);
  }
}

Where WrappedComponent is wrapped by connect-backbone-react.

this.ref is a connectBackboneToReact object instead a WrappedComponent object.

react-redux fixes this by with an option withRef, see here: https://github.com/reduxjs/react-redux/blob/master/docs/api.md#connectadvancedselectorfactory-connectoptions

A similar pattern can allow connect-backbone-to-react to expose the wrapped object reference instead the wrapper itself.

[hswolff]

Great idea! Pull request for this is most welcome!

[hswolff]

This may be good to use the forwardRef API!

[jetpacmonkey]

This was resolved by #20