How to use forwardRef?

[albertorestifo]

What is the correct way to type a component which uses forwardRef form React 16.3?

[IOuser]

You can try to use this way:

export type ComponentProps = {
    foo?: boolean;
    bar: string;
    className?: string;
};


export const Component = React.forwardRef(
    (props: ComponentProps, ref?: React.Ref<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
        const { className, foo, bar } = props;

        return (
            <button className={className} ref={ref}>
                {foo ? bar : 'Buz'}
            </button>
        );
    },
);

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[kyle-villeneuve]

export const Component = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ComponentProps>(
  (props, ref) => {
    return (
      <button {...props} ref={ref}>
         Submit
      </button>
    );
  }
);

[martisj]

So @kyle-villeneuve do you have to deconstruct props to make it work? Can't do this?

export const Component = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ComponentProps>(
  (props, ref) => {
    return (
      <button ref={ref} {...props}>Stuff</button>
    );
  }
);

[sebastiandg7]

So @kyle-villeneuve do you have to deconstruct props to make it work? Can't do this?

export const Component = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ComponentProps>(
  (props, ref) => {
    return (
      <button ref={ref} {...props}>Stuff</button>
    );
  }
);

Yes @martisj, just make sure your ComponentProps interface extends React.HTMLProps<HTMLButtonElement>

[thainabiudes]

@IOuser great! thank u

[DedaDev]

export const Component = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ComponentProps>(
  (props, ref) => {
    return (
      <button {...props} ref={ref}>
         Submit
      </button>
    );
  }
);

Brooo <3 <3 <3

[piotrwitek]

I'm proposing this updated version instead, which adds usage example and has a more dev friendly displayName in the DevTools:

export interface FancyButtonProps {
  className?: string;
  children?: React.ReactNode;
}

// using function DevTools will show "ForwardRef(FancyButton)" instead of just "ForwardRef"
export const FancyButton = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, FancyButtonProps>(
  function FancyButton(props, ref) {
    return (
      <button ref={ref} className="FancyButton" {...props} >
         {props.children}
      </button>
    );
  }
);

const ref = React.createRef<HTMLButtonElement>();
<FancyButton ref={ref}>Click me!</FancyButton>;