Simplest react form: useRef

simple-form-useref.jsx

//  using a useRef hook to manage form state with uncontrolled text area component
import { useRef } from 'react';

export default function TextInputForm() {
  const ref = useRef();
  const text = 'input';

  function submitForm() {
    console.log(ref.current);
  }

  return (
    <form onSubmit={submitForm}>
      <textarea id='txt' ref={ref} defaultValue={text}>
        {ref.current}
      </textarea>
    </form>
  );
}