Создавая ссылку, вы получаете доступ ко всем свойствам элемента, таким как offsetWidth.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element
class TodoApp extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props)
this.state = {
items: [
{ text: "Learn JavaScript" },
{ text: "Learn React" },
{ text: "Play around in JSFiddle" },
{ text: "Build something awesome" }
]
}
this.myRef = React.createRef();
}
componentDidMount() {
console.log(this.myRef.current.offsetWidth);
}
render() {
return (
<div ref={this.myRef}>
{this.state.items.map((item, key) => (
<div className="rootContainer" key={key}>
<div className="item">{item.text}</div>
</div>
))}
</div>
)
}
}
ReactDOM.render(<TodoApp />, document.querySelector("#app"))
body {
background: #20262E;
padding: 20px;
font-family: Helvetica;
}
#app {
background: #fff;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 20px;
transition: all 0.2s;
}
.rootContainer {
display: inline-block;
}
.item {
display: inline-block;
width: auto;
height: 100px;
background: red;
border: 1px solid green;
}
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.development.js"></script>
<script crossorigin src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.development.js"></script>
<div id="app"></div>