content/snippets/react/s/use-window-size.md
---
title: React useWindowSize hook
type: snippet
language: react
tags: [hooks,state,effect]
cover: polar-bear
dateModified: 2021-10-18
---
Tracks the dimensions of the browser window.
- Use the `useState()` hook to initialize a state variable that will hold the window's dimensions. Initialize with both values set to `undefined` to avoid mismatch between server and client renders.
- Create a function that uses `Window.innerWidth` and `Window.innerHeight` to update the state variable.
- Use the `useEffect()` hook to set an appropriate listener for the `'resize'` event on mount and clean it up when unmounting.
```jsx
const useWindowSize = () => {
const [windowSize, setWindowSize] = React.useState({
width: undefined,
height: undefined,
});
React.useEffect(() => {
const handleResize = () =>
setWindowSize({ width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight });
window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize);
handleResize();
return () => {
window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
};
}, []);
return windowSize;
};
const MyApp = () => {
const { width, height } = useWindowSize();
return (
<p>
Window size: ({width} x {height})
</p>
);
};
ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
<MyApp />
);
```