CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

react forward ref

const Container = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
  return <div ref={ref}>{props.children}</div>
})

const App = () => {
  const elRef = React.useRef();

  React.useEffect(() => {
    console.log(elRef);
   elRef.current.style.background = 'lightblue';
  }, [elRef])

  return (
    <Container ref={elRef}/>
  );