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June 8, 2023

Some usefull react hooks – window size, click outside, intersection observer

// src/hooks/useWindowSize.js

Used to get window size, very useful in responsive

import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

export const useWindowSize = () => {
  const [windowSize, setWindowSize] = useState({
    width: undefined,
    height: undefined
  });

  useEffect(() => {
    // only execute all the code below in client side
    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
      // Handler to call on window resize
      function handleResize() {
        // Set window width/height to state
        setWindowSize({
          width: window.innerWidth,
          height: window.innerHeight
         });
      }

    // Add event listener
    window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize);

    // Call handler right away so state gets updated with initial window size
    handleResize();

    // Remove event listener on cleanup
    return () => window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
  }
  }, []); // Empty array ensures that effect is only run on mount
  return windowSize;
};

 

// src/hooks/useClickOutside.js

Used to know use has clicked inside a element or outside

/*
* ref - reference of element need to check
* handler - callback function when clicked outside
*/
import { useEffect } from 'react';
export function useOnClickOutside(ref, handler) {
  useEffect(
    () => {
      const listener = (event) => {
        // Do nothing if clicking ref's element or descendent elements
        if (!ref.current || ref.current.contains(event.target)) {
          return;
        }
        handler(event);
      };
      document.addEventListener('mousedown', listener);
      document.addEventListener('touchstart', listener);
      return () => {
        document.removeEventListener('mousedown', listener);
        document.removeEventListener('touchstart', listener);
      };
    },
    // Add ref and handler to effect dependencies
    // It's worth noting that because passed in handler is a new ...
    // ... function on every render that will cause this effect ...
    // ... callback/cleanup to run every render. It's not a big deal ...
    // ... but to optimize you can wrap handler in useCallback before ...
    // ... passing it into this hook.
    [ref, handler]
  );
}

 

// src/hooks/useIntersectionObserver.js

Used to know a section is in viewport using intersection observer api

import { useRef, useEffect, useState } from "react";

/*
* ref - reference of the element to check
*/
function useIntersectionObserver(ref) {
    const [isOnScreen, setIsOnScreen] = useState(false);
    const observerRef = useRef(null);

    useEffect(() => {
        observerRef.current = new IntersectionObserver(([entry]) => {
            setIsOnScreen(entry.isIntersecting);
            // add class when enter to viewport
            // if (entry.isIntersecting) {
            //     ref.current.classList.add("inView");
            // }
        });
    }, []);

    useEffect(() => {
        observerRef.current.observe(ref.current);

        return () => {
            observerRef.current.disconnect();
        };
    }, [ref]);

    return isOnScreen;
}

export default useIntersectionObserver;
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