You could use the ref prop to acquire a reference to the underlying HTMLInputElement
object through a callback, store the reference as a class property, then use that reference to later trigger a click from your event handlers using the HTMLElement.click
method. This can be done in two steps:
Create ref in render method:
<input ref={input => this.inputElement = input} />
Apply click event in your event handler:
this.inputElement.click()