# `react-doctor/no-create-ref-in-function-component`

createRef in function component

- **Category:** Bugs
- **Severity:** warn
- **Source:** oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
- **Framework:** global
- **Enabled when:** react

## Validation prompt

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Confirm the reported code matches createRef in function component. Check the framework context and diagnostic message before suppressing it.

## Fix prompt

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Replace `createRef()` with the `useRef()` hook inside function components and hooks. `createRef` is only for class components.