use-event-listener

Declarative React hook for eventListener



Demo on CodeSandbox

 

#### install

``
npm install use-event-listener
`

 

#### usage

`js
import useEventListener from 'use-event-listener'

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

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

return


}
``

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#### but why?

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

#### like it?

:star: this repo

 

#### license

MIT © siddharthkp