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> when you actually want to know when the component was put into the DOM

You can use componentDidMount for that and its semantics are still the same.

Yes, componentDidMount is the place to work with DOM. componentWillMount never worked this way—it is basically a glorified constructor from pre-ES6 era.

Oh apologies - I really the comment as componentDidMount. My bad.

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