How to Make Toggles With React Hooks

Ferenc Almasi • 🔄 2021 February 08 • 📖 2 min read

To toggle between a boolean flag in React, you can use the below custom hook that uses setState internally:

import { useState } from 'react'

const useToggle = initialState => {
    const [state, setState] = useState(initialState || false);

    return [state, () => setState(!state)];
};

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Since the function returns an array, with a state and a callback function, you can use it in your component, just like you would for other built-in React hooks, like so:

import React, { useState } from 'react'
import useToggle from 'useToggle'

const toggleComponent = () => {
    const [lightsOn, toggleLights] = useToggle();
    const [isVisible, toggleSidebar] = useToggle();

    return (
        <React.Fragment>
            <button onClick={toggleLights}>{lightsOn ? '🌞' : '🌒'}</button>;
            <button onClick={toggleSidebar}>Toggle sidebar</button>;
            <Sidebar visible={isVisible} />
        </React.Fragment>
    );
};

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If you would like to see it in action, give it a try on Codesandbox

If you are interested in reading more about React hooks, see more examples for custom hooks or just learn about the basics, make sure to check out the article below.