CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

ref in functional components

function CustomTextInput(props) {
  // textInput must be declared here so the ref can refer to it  const textInput = useRef(null);  
  function handleClick() {
    textInput.current.focus();  }

  return (
    <div>
      <input
        type="text"
        ref={textInput} />      <input
        type="button"
        value="Focus the text input"
        onClick={handleClick}
      />
    </div>
  );
}