asios/.agent/skills/vercel-react-best-practices/rules/rendering-activity.md

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title: Use Activity Component for Show/Hide impact: MEDIUM impactDescription: preserves state/DOM

tags: rendering, activity, visibility, state-preservation

Use Activity Component for Show/Hide

Use React's <Activity> to preserve state/DOM for expensive components that frequently toggle visibility.

Usage:

import { Activity } from 'react'

function Dropdown({ isOpen }: Props) {
  return (
    <Activity mode={isOpen ? 'visible' : 'hidden'}>
      <ExpensiveMenu />
    </Activity>
  )
}

Avoids expensive re-renders and state loss.