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Discussion on: Understanding the use of useRef hook & forwardRef in React

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Sajith Pradeep

Thanks for this comment. Very valuable info. I will definitely take a look at this and update this post with my learning!

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Mirko Vukušić • Edited

Just one example that I actually use more than refferencing elements... When you want to avoid running useEffect on mount of the component: stackoverflow.com/questions/594926...

More examples here: dmitripavlutin.com/react-useref-gu...

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Thanks for this! I'm sure this will come in handy for me.