Invoke .emit() on a ref for Animation?

[maxkrieger]

As from the docs, following this pattern:

<Entity ref="box" geometry="primitive: box" material="opacity: 1">
  <Animation attribute="material.opacity" begin="fade" to="2 2 2" />
</Entity>

this.refs.box.emit("fade");

Uncaught TypeError: _this.refs.box.emit is not a function

How does one properly implement this?

[ngokevin]

Hmm...isn't ref a callback nowadays? https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/more-about-refs.html#the-ref-callback-attribute

[maxkrieger]

Although the string method is outdated, it can still give you access to the domelement pretty easily.

[ngokevin]

Ah. So what does refs.box give you? Is that an <a-entity> DOM element?

[maxkrieger]

Oop, it gives an Entity :confused:. Is there a better way to implement this if any?

[ngokevin]

I guess react-dom.findDOMNode

[ngokevin]

Somehow React should let you grab the DOM element, else write a component.