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startTransition
startTransition lets you render a part of the UI in the
background.

startTransition(action)

Reference

startTransition(action)

Usage

Marking a state update as a non-blocking Transition

Reference

startTransition(action)

The startTransition function lets you mark a state update as a Transition.

import { startTransition } from 'react';

function TabContainer() {
const [tab, setTab] = useState('about');

function selectTab(nextTab) {
startTransition(() => {
setTab(nextTab);
});
}
// ...
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See more examples below.

Parameters

action : A function that updates some state by calling one or more set
functions. React calls action immediately with no parameters and marks
all state updates scheduled synchronously during the action function
call as Transitions. Any async calls awaited in the action will be included
in the transition, but currently require wrapping any set functions after
the await in an additional startTransition (see Troubleshooting). State
updates marked as Transitions will be non-blocking and will not display
unwanted loading indicators..

Returns

startTransition does not return anything.

Caveats

startTransition does not provide a way to track whether a Transition is

pending. To show a pending indicator while the Transition is ongoing, you
need useTransition instead.

You can wrap an update into a Transition only if you have access to the
set function of that state. If you want to start a Transition in response to
some prop or a custom Hook return value, try useDeferredValue instead.

The function you pass to startTransition is called immediately, marking

all state updates that happen while it executes as Transitions. If you try to
perform state updates in a setTimeout , for example, they won’t be
marked as Transitions.

You must wrap any state updates after any async requests in another
startTransition to mark them as Transitions. This is a known limitation
that we will fix in the future (see Troubleshooting).

A state update marked as a Transition will be interrupted by other state

updates. For example, if you update a chart component inside a

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Transition, but then start typing into an input while the chart is in the
middle of a re-render, React will restart the rendering work on the chart
component after handling the input state update.

Transition updates can’t be used to control text inputs.

If there are multiple ongoing Transitions, React currently batches them

together. This is a limitation that may be removed in a future release.

Usage

Marking a state update as a non-blocking Transition

You can mark a state update as a Transition by wrapping it in a

startTransition call:

import { startTransition } from 'react';

function TabContainer() {
const [tab, setTab] = useState('about');

function selectTab(nextTab) {
startTransition(() => {
setTab(nextTab);
});
}
// ...
}

Transitions let you keep the user interface updates responsive even on slow
devices.

With a Transition, your UI stays responsive in the middle of a re-render. For

example, if the user clicks a tab but then change their mind and click another
tab, they can do that without waiting for the first re-render to finish.

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Note

startTransition is very similar to useTransition , except that it

does not provide the isPending flag to track whether a Transition is

ongoing. You can call startTransition when useTransition is not
available. For example, startTransition works outside
components, such as from a data library.

Learn about Transitions and see examples on the useTransition

page.

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