flushSync
lets you force React to flush any updates inside the provided callback synchronously. This ensures that the DOM is updated immediately.
flushSync(callback)
Usage
Flushing updates for third-party integrations
When integrating with third-party code such as browser APIs or UI libraries, it may be necessary to force React to flush updates. Use flushSync
to force React to flush any state updates inside the callback synchronously:
flushSync(() => {
setState(true);
});
// By this line, the DOM is updated.
This ensures that, by the time the next line of code runs, React has already updated the DOM.
Using flushSync
is uncommon, and using it often can significantly hurt the performance of your app. If your app only uses React APIs, and does not integrate with third-party libraries, flushSync
should be unnecessary.
However, it can be helpful for integrating with third-party code like browser APIs.
Some browser APIs expect results inside of callbacks to be written to the DOM synchronously, by the end of the callback, so the browser can do something with the rendered DOM. In most cases, React handles this for you automatically. But in some cases it may be necessary to break outside of React and force a synchronous update.
For example, the browser onbeforeprint
API allows you to change the page immediately before the print dialog opens. This is useful for applying custom print styles that allow the document to display better for printing.
In the example below, you use flushSync
inside of the onbeforeprint
callback to immediately “flush” the React state to the DOM. By doing this, when the print dialog opens, the state has been updated in isPrinting
is “yes”:
import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'; import {flushSync} from 'react-dom'; export default function PrintApp() { const [isPrinting, setIsPrinting] = useState(false); useEffect(() => { function handleBeforePrint() { flushSync(() => { setIsPrinting(true); }) } function handleAfterPrint() { setIsPrinting(false); } window.addEventListener('beforeprint', handleBeforePrint); window.addEventListener('afterprint', handleAfterPrint); return () => { window.removeEventListener('beforeprint', handleBeforePrint); window.removeEventListener('afterprint', handleAfterPrint); } }, []); return ( <> <h1>isPrinting: {isPrinting ? 'yes' : 'no'}</h1> <button onClick={() => window.print()}> Print </button> </> ); }
If you remove the call to flushSync
, then when the print dialog will display isPrinting
as “no”. This is because React batches the updates asynchronously and the print dialog is displayed before the state is updated.
Reference
flushSync(callback)
Call flushSync
to force React to flush any pending work and update the DOM synchronously.
flushSync(() => {
setState(true);
});
Most of the time, flushSync
can be avoided. Use flushSync
as last resort.
Parameters
callback
: A function. React will immediately call this callback and flush any updates it contains synchronously. It may also flush any pending updates, or Effects, or updates inside of Effects. If an update suspends as a result of thisflushSync
call, the fallbacks may be re-shown.
Returns
flushSync
returns undefined
.
Caveats
flushSync
can significantly hurt performance. Use sparingly.flushSync
may force pending Suspense boundaries to show theirfallback
state.flushSync
may run pending effects and synchronously apply any updates they contain before returning.flushSync
may flush updates outside the callback when necessary to flush the updates inside the callback. For example, if there are pending updates from a click, React may flush those before flushing the updates inside the callback.