Handling form inputs properly is crucial for creating responsive user interfaces, data collection, and form validation in React applications. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented form input handling in numerous React components including login forms, search bars, and complex data entry interfaces. From my expertise, the most reliable approach is to use controlled components with useState and onChange event handlers. This method ensures React maintains complete control over form state and provides predictable behavior across all form interactions.