use-typed-event-listener

use-typed-event-listener is a React Hook for DOM event listeners with TypeScript supported

With TypeScript helps, this package can detect which event type the element supports, and automatically cast a correct typing for event

Installation

npm install use-typed-event-listener
# or
yarn add use-typed-event-listener

Interface

useEventListener(element, eventType, listener[, options])

• element can be window, document or any HTMLElement. If it is undefined, no event will not be bound

• eventType is a case-sensitive string representing the event type to listen for

• listener is the callback function when an event of eventType occurs

• options (optional) see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener#Parameters

Usage

• listener typings will be automatically casted based on element and eventType

  import useEventListener from 'use-typed-event-listener'
  
  export default (props: Props) => {
    // typings for `event` will be `MouseEvent` as this package recognizes the `click` event type
    useEventListener(window, 'click', (event) => {
      console.log(event.buttons)
    })
  
    return <SomeComponent />
  }

• No need to avoid passing new reference to listener or options, they are memorized and will not trigger the hook again

  import useEventListener from 'use-typed-event-listener'
  
  export default (props: Props) => {
    // this hook will only run once
    useEventListener(window, 'click', (event) => {}, {
      capture: true,
    })
  
    return <SomeComponent />
  }

• Prevent casting eventType as string

  import useEventListener from 'use-typed-event-listener'
  
  export default (props: Props) => {
    const eventType: string = 'click'
  
    useEventListener(window, eventType, (event) => {
      // as `eventType` is a wild card string, `event` will fallback to general `Event` type
      // this line will throw `Property 'buttons' does not exist on type 'Event'.ts(2339)`
      console.log(event.buttons)
    })
  
    return <SomeComponent />
  }

• Checks if element support this event type

  import useEventListener from 'use-typed-event-listener'
  
  export default (props: Props) => {
    // this pass as HTMLElement supports copy event
    useEventListener(document.body, 'copy', (event) => {
      console.log(event.clipboardData)
    })
  
    // as Window doesn't support copy event
    useEventListener(window, 'copy', (event) => {
      // this throws `Property 'clipboardData' does not exist on type 'Event'.ts(2339)`
      console.log(event.clipboardData)
    })
  
    return <SomeComponent />
  }