React to ref changes

[zeorin]

• Use a callback ref
• Re-run the effect when the ref changes
• Updated docs
  • Fix: TS doesn't actually infer the type of the ref automatically, this was already the case regardless of whether the ref is a ref object or a ref callback

When reacting to ref changes, it's easiest when:

• the ref is a callback ref function, this way React will call your callback whenever the ref changes,
• you store the instance React gives you in your callback in state. That way, when your callback is called, simply update the state, and anything that depends on it will just react as normal. Conveniently, one can just use the setState function directly as a callback ref function.

I reused the test from #1117.

Fixes #1116.

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[vilemj-Viclick]

Nice! I'm glad you found the test useful. I'll see to it that my Pull Request #1117 is abandoned.

[zeorin]

@JohannesKlauss I would be most grateful if you could review this PR. 🙏

In the meantime, I've worked around this by applying my changes to my project using yarn's package patching feature.