Introduction
Explore the concept of Refs in React to understand how they enable direct access to DOM elements. This lesson helps you identify cases when using Refs is appropriate, such as setting focus on inputs, handling media controls, or triggering imperative animations, while emphasizing best practices for declarative UI updates.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
What are Refs?
Refs allow us to directly access DOM elements that were created during the render process. ven if this is unnecessary in most cases, it can be useful in a few situations where it is unavoidable. Examples are calculating the position or size of an element to display a tooltip based on ...