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React's Hook for detecting whether the text is truncated or not. It is useful if you need to show a tooltip with full-length text.
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import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'; | |
export function useIsEllipsisActive() { | |
const textRef = useRef<HTMLParagraphElement>(null); | |
const [isEllipsisActive, setIsEllipsisActive] = useState(false); | |
const [rerenderSignal, setRerenderSignal] = useState({}); | |
// Instead of this method you can use some useDebounce hook (if your project includes any). | |
function debounce(cb: (...args: unknown[]) => void, wait: number) { | |
let timer: number; | |
return (...args: unknown[]) => { | |
clearTimeout(timer); | |
timer = window.setTimeout(() => cb(...args), wait); | |
}; | |
} | |
const handleResize = debounce(() => setRerenderSignal({}), 300); | |
useEffect(() => { | |
const element = textRef.current; | |
window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize); | |
setIsEllipsisActive( | |
element | |
? element.offsetWidth < element.scrollWidth || | |
element.offsetHeight < element.scrollHeight | |
: false, | |
); | |
return () => { | |
window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize); | |
}; | |
}, [rerenderSignal, handleResize]); | |
return { | |
textRef, | |
isEllipsisActive, | |
}; | |
} |
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