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@lynx-js/react / createContext

Function: createContext()

function createContext<T>(defaultValue: T): Context<T>

Lets you create a Context that components can provide or read.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
defaultValueTThe value you want the context to have when there is no matching Provider in the tree above the component reading the context. This is meant as a "last resort" fallback.

Returns

Context<T>

See

Example

import { createContext } from 'react';

const ThemeContext = createContext('light');

Defined in

.pnpm/@types+react@18.3.11/node_modules/@types/react/ts5.0/index.d.ts:775

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