How can I use Fabric.js with React?

Question

I have an application using heavily HTML5 canvas via Fabric.js. The app is written on top of Angular 1.x, and I am planning to migrate it to React. My app allows writing tex

Answer 1

With react 16.8 or newer you can also create a custom hook:

import React, { useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
const useFabric = (onChange) => {
    const fabricRef = useRef();
    const disposeRef = useRef();
    return useCallback((node) => {
        if (node) {
            fabricRef.current = new fabric.Canvas(node);
            if (onChange) {
                disposeRef.current = onChange(fabricRef.current);
            }
        }
        else if (fabricRef.current) {
            fabricRef.current.dispose();
            if (disposeRef.current) {
                disposeRef.current();
                disposeRef.current = undefined;
            }
        }
    }, []);
};

Usage

const FabricDemo = () => {
  const ref = useFabric((fabricCanvas) => {
    console.log(fabricCanvas)
  });
  return 

    
  
}