Mastering the useTitle Hook in React

Introduction

In this lab, we will learn how to use the useTitle hook in React to dynamically set the title of a web page. This hook is useful when building web applications that require changing the page title dynamically based on the content being displayed. Through this lab, we will explore how to implement the useTitle hook and use it in a practical example.

React useTitle Hook

index.html and script.js have already been provided in the VM. In general, you only need to add code to script.js and style.css.

To set the title of the page, you can use the useTitle custom hook. This hook uses typeof to check if the Document is defined. If it is defined, the useRef() hook is used to store the original title of the Document. The useEffect() hook is then used to set Document.title to the passed value when the component mounts and clean up when unmounting.

const useTitle = (title) => {
  const documentDefined = typeof document !== "undefined";
  const originalTitle = React.useRef(documentDefined ? document.title : null);

  React.useEffect(() => {
    if (!documentDefined) return;

    if (document.title !== title) {
      document.title = title;
    }

    return () => {
      document.title = originalTitle.current;
    };
  }, [title]);
};

In the example code, the Alert component uses the useTitle hook to set the title to "Alert". The MyApp component renders a button that toggles the Alert component.

const Alert = () => {
  useTitle("Alert");

  return (
    <div>
      <p>Alert! Title has changed</p>
    </div>
  );
};

const MyApp = () => {
  const [alertOpen, setAlertOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <div>
      <button onClick={() => setAlertOpen(!alertOpen)}>Toggle alert</button>
      {alertOpen && <Alert />}
    </div>
  );
};

ReactDOM.render(<MyApp />, document.getElementById("root"));

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React useTitle Hook

Introduction

React useTitle Hook

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