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return `usePrompt` capabilities from react-router
/**
* Prompts a user when they exit the page
*/
import { useCallback, useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
import { UNSAFE_NavigationContext as NavigationContext } from 'react-router-dom';
function useConfirmExit(confirmExit: () => boolean, when = true) {
const { navigator } = useContext(NavigationContext);
useEffect(() => {
if (!when) {
return;
}
const push = navigator.push;
navigator.push = (...args: Parameters<typeof push>) => {
const result = confirmExit();
if (result !== false) {
push(...args);
}
};
return () => {
navigator.push = push;
};
}, [navigator, confirmExit, when]);
}
export function usePrompt(message: string, when = true) {
useEffect(() => {
if (when) {
window.onbeforeunload = function () {
return message;
};
}
return () => {
window.onbeforeunload = null;
};
}, [message, when]);
const confirmExit = useCallback(() => {
const confirm = window.confirm(message);
return confirm;
}, [message]);
useConfirmExit(confirmExit, when);
}
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dkovah commented Jul 16, 2024

@denchiklut useBlocker and usePrompt don't work with routers that don't have access to the new data API, like BrowserRouter component, this gist does

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