How to use refs in React with Typescript

Question

I\'m using Typescript with React. I\'m having trouble understanding how to use refs so as to get static typing and intellisense with respect to the react nodes referenced by

Answer 1

For those looking on how to do it when you have an array of elements:

const textInputRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([])

...

const onClickFocus = (event: React.BaseSyntheticEvent, index: number) => {
    textInputRefs.current[index]?.focus()
};

...

{items.map((item, index) => (
     textInputs.current[index] = ref}
    />
     onClickFocus(event, index)}
    />
}