React use hook for global event dispatch and listening
npm install react-use-event> React use hook for global event dispatch and listening




This package provide a simple mechanism for components across any level in the hierarchy to communicate via events. ~~Without a top-level redux store and verbose reducer.~~
- Realtime event-based communication across multiple components
- Support any javascript data type
- Do not need to combine states and reducers into a centralized redux store
- Compatible with React.useState() and other stateful use hooks
- Works in both react-dom and react-native environment
Demo: https://react-use-event-demo.surge.sh
The event listener is auto registered when the component is mount, and got unregistered when the component is unmounted.
You can store the state in any component using ClassComponent.state or React.useState() or any use hooks that fit your need. And you can dispatch event from any component.
The events are dispatched using the native DOM (using window as target), therefore it can work outside react as well.
``bashusing npm
npm install react-use-event
Typescript Signature
`typescript
export function useEvent(
type: E['type'],
onEvent?: (event: E) => void,
): Dispatchexport function dispatch(
type: E['type'],
data: Omit,
): void
export type EventType<
Type extends string = string,
Data extends object = {}
> = {
type: Type
} & Data
export type Dispatch = (data: Omit) => void
export default useEvent
`Usage
`tsx
import React, { useState } from 'react'
import { useEvent } from 'react-use-event'const DemoApp = () => {
return (
<>
>
)
}
type CounterEvent = {
type: 'Counter'
delta: number
}
const View = () => {
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
// auto add listener when mount, and remove listener when unmount
useEvent('Counter', event => {
setCount(count + event.delta)
})
return {count}
}
const Buttons = () => {
// setup event dispatcher
const dispatchCounter = useEvent('Counter')
return (
)
}
export default DemoApp
``Details see Example.tsx and DemoApp.tsx
This project is licensed with BSD-2-Clause
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