use-event-listener

install

npm install use-event-listener

usage

import useEventListener from 'use-event-listener'

function Example() {
  const [key, setKey] = useState()

  useEventListener(
    'keydown', // event to listen to
    event => setKey(event.key) // callback
  )

  return <div>{key} was pressed</div>
}

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but why?

Long answer long: overreacted.io/making-setinterval-declarative-with-react-hooks/

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license

MIT © siddharthkp