@bedrock-layout/use-stateful-ref

Full docs at: bedrock-layout.dev

React RefObjects are not stateful, or in other words, changing the current property on the RefObject doesn't trigger a rerender. One can use a ref callback to updated state, but now we are no longer using RefObjects and there is great power in consistency and knowing we will be getting a RefObject every time. useStatefulRef will return a RefObject that can be passed around and used just like anyother RefObject, except that changes to the current property will trigger a refrender just like updating state.

Usage

  npm install @bedrock-layout/use-stateful-ref

import useStatefulRef from '@bedrock-layout/use-stateful-ref';

const App = () => {
  const ref = useStatefulRef(null);
  //... Use the ref object will trigger a rerender
  return <Div ref={ref}>{...content}</Div>;
};