Events

Events are how Reflex responds to user interactions like clicking a button, submitting a form, or hovering over an element. In Reflex, events trigger Event Handlers in your State class.

Event Handlers

An event handler is a method in your state class that logic.

class CounterState(rx.State):
    count: int = 0

    def increment(self):
        self.count += 1

You hook this up in your UI using component props:

rx.el.button("Add", on_click=CounterState.increment)

Async Handlers & Yielding

If an event handler performs a long-running task (like an API call), it should be async. Reflex also allows you to yield actions to update the UI progressively.

class SearchState(rx.State):
    results: list[str] = []
    loading: bool = False

    async def run_search(self, query: str):
        self.loading = True
        yield  # Update UI to show loading spinner

        # Simulate API call
        await asyncio.sleep(2)
        self.results = ["Result 1", "Result 2"]

        self.loading = False

Chaining Events

You can trigger multiple events from a single interaction by passing a list to the event prop.

rx.el.button(
    "Save", 
    on_click=[
        State.save_data,
        rx.toast("Data Saved!"),
        rx.redirect("/dashboard")
    ]
)

Common Event Triggers

Triggers than can be attached to Reflex components:

Special Actions

Reflex provides built-in "Special Actions" that can be triggered from handlers: