To use the useRef hook with Typescript, make sure to define a return type that matches your element type. In this example, the ref is to an HTMLInputElement.

function MyComponent() {
	const input = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);

	return (
		<form
			onSubmit={(e) => {
				e.preventDefault();
				alert("Value: " + input.current.value);
			}}
		>
			<input ref={input} />
		</form>
	);
}

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