Listen to contentEditable div modifications in React

.jsx

// TYPESCRIPT
import * as React from 'react';

export default class Editor extends React.Component {
    private _root: HTMLDivElement; // Ref to the editable div
    private _mutationObserver: MutationObserver; // Modifications observer
    private _innerTextBuffer: string; // Stores the last printed value

    public componentDidMount() {
        this._root.contentEditable = "true";
        this._mutationObserver = new MutationObserver(this.onContentChange);
        this._mutationObserver.observe(this._root, {
            childList: true, // To check for new lines
            subtree: true, // To check for nested elements
            characterData: true // To check for text modifications
        });
    }

    public render() {
        return (
            <div ref={this.onRootRef}>
                Modify the text here ...
            </div>
        );
    }

    private onContentChange: MutationCallback = (mutations: MutationRecord[]) => {
        mutations.forEach(() => {
            // Get the text from the editable div
            // (Use innerHTMl to get the HTML)
            const {innerText} = this._root; 

            // Content changed will be triggered several times for one key stroke
            if (!this._innerTextBuffer || this._innerTextBuffer !== innerText) {
                console.log(innerText); // Call this.setState or this.props.onChange here
                this._innerTextBuffer = innerText;
            }
        });
    }

    private onRootRef = (elt: HTMLDivElement) => {
        this._root = elt;
    }
}