---
title: useWindowEvent
description: "`useWindowEvent` is a custom hook that assigns an event listener to `window`."
links:
  - source: https://github.com/yamada-ui/yamada-ui/tree/main/packages/react/src/hooks/use-window-event
  - storybook: https://yamada-ui.github.io/yamada-ui?path=/story/hooks-usewindowevent--basic
---

```tsx
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)

useWindowEvent("click", () => {
  setCount((prev) => prev + 1)
})

return <Text>Click count: {count}</Text>
```

## Usage

```tsx
import { useWindowEvent } from "@yamada-ui/react"
```

```tsx
import { useWindowEvent } from "@/components/ui"
```

```tsx
import { useWindowEvent } from "@workspaces/ui"
```

```tsx
const [count, setCount] = useState(0)

useWindowEvent("click", () => {
  setCount((prev) => prev + 1)
})
```

## Used By Components & Hooks

<UsedBy name="use-window-event" />