useEmit

Emit a CustomEvent from the current host without reaching for this.dispatchEvent(...). Think of useEmit as the small authored bridge between component logic and public DOM events.

• Kind: Hook

Reference

import { useEmit } from "litsx";

useEmit<T = undefined>(type: string, detail?: T, options?: { bubbles?: boolean; composed?: boolean; cancelable?: boolean; }): boolean

Usage

Use useEmit when a component needs to publish a DOM event as part of its public API.

This is a good fit for input-like controls, disclosure widgets, and selection components.

Behavior

• The returned function keeps a stable identity across renders.
• Events default to { bubbles: true, composed: true, cancelable: false }.
• Passing options overrides those defaults without replacing the rest of the event init object.

Mental Model

useEmit keeps event emission explicit in authored code while still lowering directly to the native CustomEvent model.

Examples

const emit = useEmit();

emit("change", value);
emit("submit", value, { cancelable: true });

Pitfalls

• useEmit publishes events; it does not make internal values reactive for parents by itself.

Parameters

type

Type: string

detail

Type: T

options

Type: { bubbles?: boolean; composed?: boolean; cancelable?: boolean; }

Returns

Type: boolean

Related

• Primitives
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