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You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of React, Next, etc. They don't stop you from using native CSS or HTML functionality.

• recursive 2y ago
  Not technically, but they sure don't have to make it easy. Getting an element reference is clearly not the optimized-for use case. The docs even warn against it. > Refs are an escape hatch. Manually manipulating another component’s DOM nodes can make your code fragile. https://react.dev/learn/manipulating-the-dom-with-refs https://react.dev/learn/manipulating-the-dom-with-refs
  • robertoandred 2y ago
    Using HTML features doesn't have to mean manipulating another component's nodes.
    • recursive 2y ago
      But sometimes it does.
      • robertoandred 2y ago
        And that’s different from the primary use case of refs
        • recursive 2y ago
          Indeed, and it's also the most practical way to use standard DOM operations from inside of react.