Creating strongly-typed refs in function components
Explore how to create strongly typed refs in React function components with TypeScript. Understand the useRef hook, how to specify generic types for element references, and ensure safer, more precise access to element properties and methods.
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Understanding the useRef hook
The useRef hook can be used to access all the properties and methods of an element.
const element = React.useRef(null);
// can access all the properties and methods of `element` via `element.current`
...
return (
<SomeComponent ref={element} />
);
It is commonly used when we need ...