moeka-project/.agents/skills/vueuse-functions/references/usePrevious.md

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Utilities

usePrevious

Holds the previous value of a ref.

Usage

import { usePrevious } from '@vueuse/core'
import { shallowRef } from 'vue'

const counter = shallowRef('Hello')
const previous = usePrevious(counter)

console.log(previous.value) // undefined

counter.value = 'World'

console.log(previous.value) // Hello

Type Declarations

/**
 * Holds the previous value of a ref.
 *
 * @see   {@link https://vueuse.org/usePrevious}
 */
export declare function usePrevious<T>(
  value: MaybeRefOrGetter<T>,
): Readonly<ShallowRef<T | undefined>>
export declare function usePrevious<T>(
  value: MaybeRefOrGetter<T>,
  initialValue: T,
): Readonly<ShallowRef<T>>