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Add ref property
See original GitHub issueReact has a ref property for all components, that refers to the DOM element. Any plans to add this one on Preact?
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- Created 8 years ago
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- Comments:49 (21 by maintainers)
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100% voted for function refs only, so that seals the deal.
4.0.1now (only) supports function refs. There are also now some decent tests 🌈@JeromeDane not sure what you are looking for an update on… If you mean an update on support for the
refprop, it’s already been supported for almost a year (when this issue was closed, in Feb of 2016). Support for String refs will never be included in Preact’s core since they are deprecated and a poor design that impacts performance. They have always been available in preact-compat, however.There is also a standalone helper utility called linkRef that emulates React’s String ref behaviour in a way that doesn’t fall victim to the same issues.