@rooks/use-timeout

@rooks/use-timeout

About

setTimeout hook for react.

Installation

npm install --save @rooks/use-timeout

Importing the hook

import useTimeout from "@rooks/use-timeout"

Usage

function TimeoutComponent() {
  function doAlert() {
    window.alert("timeout expired!");
  }
  const { start, clear } = useTimeout(doAlert, 2000);
  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={start}> Start timeout </button>
      <button onClick={clear}> Clear timeout </button>
    </>
  );
}

render(<TimeoutComponent/>)

Arguments

Arguments	Type	Description	Default value
callback	function	Function to be executed in timeout	undefind
delay	Number	Number in milliseconds after which callback is to be run	0

Returned Object keys

Returned object attributes	Type	Description
clear	function	Clear the timeout
start	function	Start the timeout
isActive	boolean	Is the timeout active