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robertoandred on Jan 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: A standards-first web framework

Using HTML features doesn't have to mean manipulating another component's nodes.

recursive on Jan 17, 2025 [–]

But sometimes it does.

robertoandred on Jan 17, 2025 | [–]

And that’s different from the primary use case of refs

recursive on Jan 17, 2025 | | [–]

Indeed, and it's also the most practical way to use standard DOM operations from inside of react.

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