title: Is it possible to call dom element methods like focus() without using a ref? (Stateless Component Functions)
body: <p>I try to use refs as least often as possible, but it seems there's no way around it for calling native dom methods (focus(), reset(), blur() etc) so I'm okay with that. <em>Except</em>, that I'd like to use the new <strong>stateless component functions</strong> for such basic things as form inputs, which as it stands, these stateless components do not allow refs pointing to them (they will return null). I understand that I can add a regular React class component wrapper around the stateless component to allow for ReactDOM.findDOMNode(ref) to work correctly, but what's the point of having the stateless function if it always has to be wrapped? Am I missing something?</p>