useNavigate

declare function useNavigate(): NavigateFunction;

interface NavigateFunction {
  (to: To, options?: NavigateOptions): void;
  (delta: number): void;
}

interface NavigateOptions {
  replace?: boolean;
  state?: any;
  preventScrollReset?: boolean;
  relative?: RelativeRoutingType;
}

type RelativeRoutingType = "route" | "path";

It's usually better to use redirect in loaders and actions than this hook

The useNavigate hook returns a function that lets you navigate programmatically, for example in an effect:

import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";

function useLogoutTimer() {
  const userIsInactive = useFakeInactiveUser();
  const navigate = useNavigate();

  useEffect(() => {
    if (userIsInactive) {
      fake.logout();
      navigate("/session-timed-out");
    }
  }, [userIsInactive]);
}

The navigate function has two signatures:

• Either pass a To value (same type as <Link to>) with an optional second options argument (similar to the props you can pass to <Link>), or
• Pass the delta you want to go in the history stack. For example, navigate(-1) is equivalent to hitting the back button

options.replace

Specifying replace: true will cause the navigation to replace the current entry in the history stack instead of adding a new one.

options.state

You may include an optional state value in to store in history state

options.preventScrollReset

When using the <ScrollRestoration> component, you can disable resetting the scroll to the top of the page via options.preventScrollReset

options.relative

By default, navigation is relative to the route hierarchy (relative: "route"), so .. will go up one Route level. Occasionally, you may find that you have matching URL patterns that do not make sense to be nested, and you'd prefer to use relative path routing. You can opt into this behavior with relative: "path":

// Contact and EditContact do not share additional UI layout
<Route path="/" element={<Layout />}>
  <Route path="contacts/:id" element={<Contact />} />
  <Route
    path="contacts/:id/edit"
    element={<EditContact />}
  />
</Route>;

function EditContact() {
  // Since Contact is not a parent of EditContact we need to go up one level
  // in the path, instead of one level in the Route hierarchy
  navigate("..", { relative: "path" });
}

options.unstable_viewTransition

The unstable_viewTransition option enables a View Transition for this navigation by wrapping the final state update in document.startViewTransition(). If you need to apply specific styles for this view transition, you will also need to leverage the unstable_useViewTransitionState().

unstable_viewTransition only works when using a data router, see Picking a Router

Please note that this API is marked unstable and may be subject to breaking changes without a major release