beautiful-react-hooks/esm/useTimeout.js

A collection of beautiful (and hopefully useful) React hooks to speed-up your components and hooks development

import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
const defaultOptions = {
    cancelOnUnmount: true,
};
/**
 * An async-utility hook that accepts a callback function and a delay time (in milliseconds), then delays the
 * execution of the given function by the defined time.
 */
const useTimeout = (fn, milliseconds, options = defaultOptions) => {
    const opts = Object.assign(Object.assign({}, defaultOptions), (options || {}));
    const timeout = useRef();
    const callback = useRef(fn);
    const [isCleared, setIsCleared] = useState(false);
    // the clear method
    const clear = useCallback(() => {
        if (timeout.current) {
            clearTimeout(timeout.current);
            setIsCleared(true);
        }
    }, []);
    // if the provided function changes, change its reference
    useEffect(() => {
        if (typeof fn === 'function') {
            callback.current = fn;
        }
    }, [fn]);
    // when the milliseconds change, reset the timeout
    useEffect(() => {
        if (typeof milliseconds === 'number') {
            timeout.current = setTimeout(() => {
                callback.current();
            }, milliseconds);
        }
        return clear;
    }, [milliseconds]);
    // when component unmount clear the timeout
    useEffect(() => () => {
        if (opts.cancelOnUnmount) {
            clear();
        }
    }, []);
    return [isCleared, clear];
};
export default useTimeout;