aris/.claude/skills/vercel-react-best-practices/rules/rerender-transitions.md

title, impact, impactDescription, tags

title	impact	impactDescription	tags
Use Transitions for Non-Urgent Updates	MEDIUM	maintains UI responsiveness	rerender, transitions, startTransition, performance

Use Transitions for Non-Urgent Updates

Mark frequent, non-urgent state updates as transitions to maintain UI responsiveness.

Incorrect (blocks UI on every scroll):

function ScrollTracker() {
  const [scrollY, setScrollY] = useState(0)
  useEffect(() => {
    const handler = () => setScrollY(window.scrollY)
    window.addEventListener('scroll', handler, { passive: true })
    return () => window.removeEventListener('scroll', handler)
  }, [])
}

Correct (non-blocking updates):

import { startTransition } from 'react'

function ScrollTracker() {
  const [scrollY, setScrollY] = useState(0)
  useEffect(() => {
    const handler = () => {
      startTransition(() => setScrollY(window.scrollY))
    }
    window.addEventListener('scroll', handler, { passive: true })
    return () => window.removeEventListener('scroll', handler)
  }, [])
}