React useDefault hook
Creates a stateful value with a default fallback if it's null or undefined, and a function to update it.
- Use the
useState()hook to create stateful value. - Check if the value is either
nullorundefined. - Return the
defaultStateif it is, otherwise return the actualvaluestate, alongside thesetValuefunction.
const useDefault = (defaultState, initialState) => {
const [value, setValue] = React.useState(initialState);
const isValueEmpty = value === undefined || value === null;
return [isValueEmpty ? defaultState : value, setValue];
};
const UserCard = () => {
const [user, setUser] = useDefault({ name: 'Adam' }, { name: 'John' });
return (
<>
<div>User: {user.name}</div>
<input onChange={e => setUser({ name: e.target.value })} />
<button onClick={() => setUser(null)}>Clear</button>
</>
);
};
ReactDOM.render(<UserCard />, document.getElementById('root'));