rrf

rrf

Refs in React, but easy. A dependency-less, replacement for string refs in react.js. Motivated by all sorts of copy paste refName in our react classes. You need the refs to do beautiful animations with GSAP, so might as well make it painless.

yarn add rrf

Usage

API

Create a ref by calling ref with a reference to this, and the name you want the ref to use. If the name ends with an 's' a plural reference will be created. A plural reference allows you to easily create an array of refs to similar objects.

  ref(this, 'name')

Examples

Exmaple of a singular ref

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ref from 'rrf'

export default class TheBest extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    console.log(this.refs.div) // div
  }
  render() {
    return <div ref={ref(this, 'div')} />
  }
}

Exmaple of a plural ref

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ref from 'rrf'

export default class TheBest extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    console.log(this.refs.divs) // [div, div, div, div]
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <div ref={ref(this, 'divs')} />
        <div ref={ref(this, 'divs')} />
        <div ref={ref(this, 'divs')} />
        <div ref={ref(this, 'divs')} />
      </div>
    )
  }
}

Example of passing a ref to a child

import React, { Component } from 'react'
import ref from 'rrf'

export default class TheBest extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    console.log(this.refs.div) // div
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <Child reference={ref(this, 'div')} />
      </div>
    )
  }
}

function Child({ reference }) {
  return <div ref={reference} />
}