Refs are created using React.createRef() and attached to React elements via the ref attribute. Refs are commonly assigned to an instance property when a component is constructed so they can be referenced throughout the component.<\/p>\n
class MyComponent extends React.Component {<\/p>\n
constructor(props) {<\/p>\n
super(props);<\/p>\n
this.myRef = React.createRef();<\/p>\n
}<\/p>\n
render() {<\/p>\n
return <div ref={this.myRef} \/>;<\/p>\n
}<\/p>\n
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Refs are created using React.createRef() and attached to React elements via the ref attribute. Refs are commonly assigned to an instance property when a component is constructed so they can be referenced throughout the component. class MyComponent extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.myRef = React.createRef(); } render() { return <div ref={this.myRef} \/>; } }<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8528],"tags":[8606],"class_list":["post-74391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-reactjs","tag-creating-refs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n