content/snippets/react/s/use-hover.md
---
title: React useHover hook
type: snippet
language: react
tags: [hooks,state,callback]
cover: camper-school-bus
dateModified: 2021-10-05
---
Handles the event of hovering over the wrapped component.
- Use the `useState()` hook to create a variable that holds the hovering state.
- Use the `useCallback()` hook to memoize two handler functions that update the state.
- Use the `useCallback()` hook to create a callback ref and create or update the listeners for the `'mouseover'` and `'mouseout'` events.
- Use the `useRef()` hook to keep track of the last node passed to `callbackRef` to be able to remove its listeners.
```jsx
const useHover = () => {
const [isHovering, setIsHovering] = React.useState(false);
const handleMouseOver = React.useCallback(() => setIsHovering(true), []);
const handleMouseOut = React.useCallback(() => setIsHovering(false), []);
const nodeRef = React.useRef();
const callbackRef = React.useCallback(
node => {
if (nodeRef.current) {
nodeRef.current.removeEventListener('mouseover', handleMouseOver);
nodeRef.current.removeEventListener('mouseout', handleMouseOut);
}
nodeRef.current = node;
if (nodeRef.current) {
nodeRef.current.addEventListener('mouseover', handleMouseOver);
nodeRef.current.addEventListener('mouseout', handleMouseOut);
}
},
[handleMouseOver, handleMouseOut]
);
return [callbackRef, isHovering];
};
const MyApp = () => {
const [hoverRef, isHovering] = useHover();
return <div ref={hoverRef}>{isHovering ? 'Hovering' : 'Not hovering'}</div>;
};
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
<MyApp />
);
```