why we use useref in react code example
Example 1: useref react
import React, {useRef, useEffect} from "react";
export default function (props) {
// Initialized a hook to hold the reference to the title div.
const titleRef = useRef();
useEffect(function () {
setTimeout(() => {
titleRef.current.textContent = "Updated Text"
}, 2000); // Update the content of the element after 2seconds
}, []);
return <div className="container">
{/** The reference to the element happens here **/ }
<div className="title" ref={titleRef}>Original title</div>
</div>
}
Example 2: what does useref do react
const refContainer = useRef(initialValue);
//useRef returns a mutable ref object whose .current property is initialized to the passed argument (initialValue).
//The returned object will persist for the full lifetime of the component.