React to ref changes

documentation/docs/documentation/typescript.mdx

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const MyComponent = ({hotKey}: Props) => {
 
 ***
 
-Using TypeScript to infer the type of the given ref.
+Using TypeScript with refs.
 
 ```tsx
 import { useHotkeys } from "react-hotkeys-hook";
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ interface Props {
 const MyComponent = ({hotKey}: Props) => {
   const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
 
-  // ref will have the type of React.MutableRef<HTMLDivElement>
-  const ref = useHotkeys(hotKey, () => setCount(prevCount => prevCount + 1));
+  const ref = useHotkeys<HTMLDivElement>(hotKey, () => setCount(prevCount => prevCount + 1));
 
   return (
     <div ref={ref}>

documentation/docs/documentation/useHotkeys/scoping-hotkeys.mdx

@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ render(
 ```
 
 Everytime we press down the `c` key, both component trigger the callback. But how can we separate those two components
-and their assigned hotkeys? The answer is [`Refs`](https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html). `useHotkeys` returns
-a mutable React reference that we can attach to any component that takes a ref. This way we
-can tell the hook which element should receive the users focus before it triggers the callback.
+and their assigned hotkeys? The answer is [`Refs`](https://react.dev/learn/manipulating-the-dom-with-refs). `useHotkeys`
+returns a [React ref callback function](https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/components/common#ref-callback) that we
+can attach to any component that takes a ref. This way we can tell the hook which element should receive the users focus
+before it triggers its callback.
 
 ```jsx live noInline
 function ScopedHotkey() {

src/useHotkeys.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HotkeyCallback, Keys, Options, OptionsOrDependencyArray, RefType } from './types'
-import { DependencyList, useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { DependencyList, RefCallback, useCallback, useEffect, useState, useLayoutEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import { mapKey, parseHotkey, parseKeysHookInput } from './parseHotkeys'
 import {
   isHotkeyEnabled,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
   options?: OptionsOrDependencyArray,
   dependencies?: OptionsOrDependencyArray
 ) {
-  const ref = useRef<RefType<T>>(null)
+  const [ref, setRef] = useState<RefType<T>>(null)
   const hasTriggeredRef = useRef(false)
 
   const _options: Options | undefined = !(options instanceof Array)
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
 
       // TODO: SINCE THE EVENT IS NOW ATTACHED TO THE REF, THE ACTIVE ELEMENT CAN NEVER BE INSIDE THE REF. THE HOTKEY ONLY TRIGGERS IF THE
       // REF IS THE ACTIVE ELEMENT. THIS IS A PROBLEM SINCE FOCUSED SUB COMPONENTS WON'T TRIGGER THE HOTKEY.
-      if (ref.current !== null) {
-        const rootNode = ref.current.getRootNode()
+      if (ref !== null) {
+        const rootNode = ref.getRootNode()
         if (
           (rootNode instanceof Document || rootNode instanceof ShadowRoot) &&
-          rootNode.activeElement !== ref.current &&
-          !ref.current.contains(rootNode.activeElement)
+          rootNode.activeElement !== ref &&
+          !ref.contains(rootNode.activeElement)
         ) {
           stopPropagation(e)
           return
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
       }
     }
 
-    const domNode = ref.current || _options?.document || document
+    const domNode = ref || _options?.document || document
 
     // @ts-ignore
     domNode.addEventListener('keyup', handleKeyUp)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
         )
       }
     }
-  }, [_keys, memoisedOptions, enabledScopes])
+  }, [ref, _keys, memoisedOptions, enabledScopes])
 
-  return ref
+  return setRef as RefCallback<T>
 }

tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx

@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ test('should reflect set splitKey character', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
   const callback = jest.fn()
 
-  const { rerender } = renderHook<MutableRefObject<HTMLElement | null>, HookParameters>(
+  const { rerender } = renderHook<RefCallback<HTMLElement>, HookParameters>(
     ({ keys, options }) => useHotkeys(keys, callback, options),
     {
       initialProps: { keys: 'a, b', options: undefined },
@@ -774,6 +774,48 @@ test('should only trigger when the element is focused if a ref is set', async ()
   expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
 })
 
+test('should trigger when the ref is re-attached to another element', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup()
+  const callback = jest.fn()
+
+  const Component = ({ cb }: { cb: HotkeyCallback }) => {
+    const ref = useHotkeys<HTMLDivElement>('a', cb)
+    const [toggle, setToggle] = useState(false)
+
+    if (toggle) {
+      return (
+        <span ref={ref} tabIndex={0} data-testid={'div'}>
+          <button data-testid={'toggle'} onClick={() => setToggle((t) => !t)}>
+            Toggle
+          </button>
+          <input type={'text'} />
+        </span>
+      )
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <div ref={ref} tabIndex={0} data-testid={'div'}>
+        <button data-testid={'toggle'} onClick={() => setToggle((t) => !t)}>
+          Toggle
+        </button>
+        <input type={'text'} />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const { getByTestId } = render(<Component cb={callback} />)
+
+  await user.keyboard('A')
+
+  expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+  await user.click(getByTestId('toggle'))
+  await user.click(getByTestId('div'))
+  await user.keyboard('A')
+
+  expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+})
+
 test.skip('should preventDefault and stop propagation when ref is not focused', async () => {
   const callback = jest.fn()