First off, this is not “the point of React”. Second, direct use of setState is not somehow the only path to focused DOM updates with React. In order to understa

First off, this is not “the point of React”. Second, direct use of setState is not somehow the only path to focused DOM updates with React. In order to understand this better, I suggest you read up on the topic of Reconciliation in React - https://reactjs.org/docs/reconciliation.html https://reactjs.org/docs/reconciliation.html