this.refs.something returns “undefined”

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Check that you are not accessing ref before the child component has been mounted. E.g. it doesn’t work in componentWillMount. A different pattern which auto invokes ref related callback after the element has been mounted is this-

<div ref={(elem)=>(console.log(elem))}/>

You can use this notation to get mounted elements in deep nesting as well –

<div ref={this.props.onMounted}/>

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