I'm so confused about useState in React hooks.
I do not know why console.log in setTimeout function calls more than one time when I use useState.
If I remove useState it normally calls only once.
And If I use Class state instead hooks, it normally calls only once as well.
Why is it happened that ? And how can I handle it ?
(here is my code)
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import "./App.css";
const usePassword = () => {
const [passwordValue, setPasswordValue] = useState({
password: "",
passwordHidden: "",
});
let timer = null;
const trigger = () => {
clearTimeout(timer);
timer = setTimeout(() => console.log("end"), 1000);
};
const onPasswordChanged = (name, value) => {
setPasswordValue((prev) => ({ ...passwordValue, passwordHidden: value }));
trigger();
};
return { passwordValue, onPasswordChanged };
};
function App() {
const { passwordValue, onPasswordChanged } = usePassword();
const onChanged = (event) => {
const { name, value } = event.target;
onPasswordChanged(name, value);
};
const onSubmit = () => {
console.log("submitted!", passwordValue);
};
return (
<div className="App">
<header className="App-header">
<input name="password" onKeyUp={onChanged} />
<button onClick={onSubmit}>Submit</button>
</header>
</div>
);
}
export default App;
Whenever you set the state using useState you get a new timer variable, as the function is called again. This is why your clearTimeout does not work.
You can use a ref to hold on to the value between render cycles:
const timer = useRef(null);
const trigger = () => {
clearTimeout(timer.current);
timer.current = setTimeout(() => console.log("end"), 1000);
};