combine

combine middleware lets you create a cohesive state by merging an initial state with a state creator function that adds new state slices and actions. This is really helpful as it automatically infers types, so there’s no need for explicit type definitions.

Tip

This makes state management more straightforward and efficient by making curried version of create and createStore not necessary for middleware usage.

const nextStateCreatorFn = combine(initialState, additionalStateCreatorFn)

Types
- Signature
Reference
Usage
- Creating a store with inferred types
Troubleshooting

Types

Signature

combine<T extends object, U extends object>(initialState: T, additionalStateCreatorFn: StateCreator<T, [], [], U>): StateCreator<Omit<T, keyof U> & U, [], []>

Reference

`combine(initialState, additionalStateCreatorFn)`

Parameters

initialState: The value you want the state to be initially. It can be a value of any type, except a function.
additionalStateCreatorFn: A function that takes set function, get function and store as arguments. Usually, you will return an object with the methods you want to expose.

Returns

combine returns a state creator function.

Usage

Creating a store with inferred types

This example shows you how you can create a store and get types automatically inferred, so you don’t need to define them explicitly.

import { createStore } from 'zustand/vanilla'
import { combine } from 'zustand/middleware'

const positionStore = createStore(
  combine({ position: { x: 0, y: 0 } }, (set) => ({
    setPosition: (position) => set({ position }),
  })),
)

const $dotContainer = document.getElementById('dot-container') as HTMLDivElement
const $dot = document.getElementById('dot') as HTMLDivElement

$dotContainer.addEventListener('pointermove', (event) => {
  positionStore.getState().setPosition({
    x: event.clientX,
    y: event.clientY,
  })
})

const render: Parameters<typeof positionStore.subscribe>[0] = (state) => {
  $dot.style.transform = `translate(${state.position.x}px, ${state.position.y}px)`
}

render(positionStore.getInitialState(), positionStore.getInitialState())

positionStore.subscribe(render)

Here's the html code

<div
  id="dot-container"
  style="position: relative; width: 100vw; height: 100vh;"
>

  <div
    id="dot"
    style="position: absolute; background-color: red; border-radius: 50%; left: -10px; top: -10px; width: 20px; height: 20px;"
  ></div>

</div>

Troubleshooting

TBD