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React - get div reference
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In this article we would like to show you how to get a div element reference in React.
In below example we create a reference using React.useRef hook. Then by a div ref property we attach the div reference to divRef.
That kind of reference let's us to access pure DOM element reference in React via divRef.current property.
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//Note: Uncomment import lines during working with JSX Compiler.2
//import React from 'react';3
//import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';4
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const divStyle = {6
height: '20px',7
background: 'yellow',8
border: 'solid',9
borderColor: 'red'10
};11
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const App = () => {13
const divRef = React.useRef();14
return (15
<div>16
<div ref={divRef} style={divStyle}>17
<b>My div</b>18
</div>19
<br />20
<button onClick={() => console.log(divRef.current)}>Check reference</button>21
<button onClick={() => console.log(divRef.current.innerText)}>Check innerText</button>22
<button onClick={() => console.log(divRef.current.innerHTML)}>Check innerHTML</button>23
<button onClick={() => console.log(divRef.current.outerHTML)}>Check outerHTML</button>24
</div>25
);26
}27
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const root = document.querySelector('#root');29
ReactDOM.render(<App />, root);