simform-custom-hook v0.1.6

Documentation

📗 Index

• useLocalStorage
• useDebounce
• useToggle
• useMousePosition
• usePrevious
• useMediaQuery
• useCopyToClipboard

💾 useLocalStorage

Custom useState hook which saves the state value in localStorage

Usage

import React from "react";
import { useLocalStorage } from "simform-custom-hook";
const LocalValue = () => {
  const [name, setName] = useLocalStorage("ram", "name");
  /*
   If name exists in localStorage, the value of name state will be
   localStorage.getItem("name"). If name doesn't exist in localStorage, 
   the value of the state will be "ram" and a new item will be created in
   localStorage will key "name"
  */
  return <span>Value from localstorage is {name}</span>;
};

Parameters

1. initialValue (any) : Initial value of the state.
2. key (String) : Key for the localStorage.

Return value

[state,setState]

1. state (any) : The created state.
2. setState (function) : Function to change the state value.

🏀 useDebounce

Convert a normal function to a debounced function.

Note: More about Debouncing : here

Usage

import React, { useState } from "react";
import { useDebounce } from "simform-custom-hook";
const LocalValue = () => {
  const [value, setValue] = useState("");
  const debouncedValue = useDebounce(value, 500);

  const handleChange = (event) => {
    setValue(event.target.value);
  };

  return (
    <div>
      <p>Value real-time: {value}</p>
      <p>Debounced value: {debouncedValue}</p>
      <input type="text" value={value} onChange={handleChange} />
    </div>
  );
  /*
   No matter how many times we call this function in 500ms, it will only
   execute once.
  */
};

Parameters

[inputFunction,delay]

1. inputFunction (function) : Function which is to be modified.
2. delay (number) : The time delay in milliseconds.

Return value

debouncedFunction (function) : The modified function.

🔘 useToggle

Returns a boolean state and a state toggle function.

Usage

import React from "react";
import { useToggle } from "simform-custom-hook";
const Mood = () => {
  const [isHappy, toggleIsHappy] = useToggle(true);
  /*
    If isHappy state is true calling toggleIsHappy function will set
    the isHappy state to false, and vise versa.
  */
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Hello World</div>
      <p>{`The user is ${isHappy ? "Happy 😃" : "Sad 😢"}`}</p>
      <button onClick={toggleIsHappy}>Toggle</button>
    </div>
  );
};

Parameters

1. initialValue (boolean) : Initial value of the state.

Return value

[state,toggleFunction]

1. state (boolean) : The booelan state.
2. toggleFunction (function) : Function to toggle the state value.

🖱 useMousePosition

Returns an object with the current coordinates of the mouse pointer.

Usage

import React from "react";
import { useMousePointer } from "simform-custom-hook";
const Mouse = () => {
  const { x, y } = useMousePosition();
  /*
    Using Object destructuring to get x & y coordinates
    from mousePosition object.
  */
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Mouse Pointer Location</div>
      <p>The mouse pointer is at : {`(${x},${y})`}</p>
      {/* The x,y coordinates will be updated as you move your mouse.*/}
    </div>
  );
};

Parameters

None : This hooks takes no parameters.

Return value

{x,y}

1. x (number) : X Coordinate of the mouse.
2. y (number) : Y Coordinate of the mouse.

🕒 usePrevious

Custom hook for retrieving the previous useState value

Usage

import React from "react";
import { usePrevious } from "simform-custom-hook";
function App() {
  // normal usage of useState
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);

  // using the custom usePrevious hook to retrieve the value that was provided in the previous render
  const prevVisibility = usePrevious(visible);

  // Display both current and previous visibility states
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Current visibility: {visible ? "visible" : "not visible"}</h1>
      <h1>Previous visibility: {prevVisibility ? "visible" : "not visible"}</h1>
      <button onClick={() => setVisible(!visible)}>Toggle Visibility</button>
    </div>
  );
}

Parameters

presentState (any) : The current value (will be the previous value in the next render).

Return value

previousState (any) : The previous state.

📱 useMediaQuery

Custom hook which listens for a media query and updates the state when the query is active/inactive

Usage

import React from "react";
import { useMediaQuery } from "simform-custom-hook";
const BottomNav = () => {
  const isMobileDevice = useMediaQuery("(max-width:600px)");
  /*
   isMobileDevice will be true when the screen size is less than
   600px, and false otherwise
  */
  // Component will only be rendered in mobile devices
  return isMobileDevice ? <div className="bottom-nav"></div> : null;
};

Parameters

1. mediaQuery (String) : The media query to listen to.

Return value

1. isMediaQueryActive (any) : A boolean state denoting if the media query is active or not

📱 useCopyToClipboard

Custom hook which copy the data and can be used whenever needed.

Usage

import React from "react";
import { useCopyToClipboard } from "simform-custom-hook";

const App = () => {
const [values, copy] = useCopyToClipboard();
  /*
   isMobileDevice will be true when the screen size is less than
   600px, and false otherwise
  */
  // Component will only be rendered in mobile devices
  return (
    <>
      <h1>Click to copy:</h1>
      <div style={{ display: "flex" }}>
        <button onClick={() => copy("A")}>A</button>
        <button onClick={() => copy("B")}>B</button>
        <button onClick={() => copy("C")}>C</button>
      </div>
      <p>Copied value: {values ?? "Nothing is copied yet!"}</p>;
    </>
  );
};