Persist Sidebar Toggle State Across SSR and Client Hydration in React with Zustand?
I have a sidebar that users can toggle on and off. To persist the sidebar’s open/closed state across page reloads, I’m using Zustand with its persist middleware.
The challenge I’m facing is related to server-side rendering (SSR). Since the initial page is rendered on the server, the persisted state isn’t available during that phase. As a result, the sidebar always renders as open initially, and only after client-side hydration does Zustand apply the persisted state, causing a visible UI flicker.
I’m wondering if there’s a better approach to handle this, such as storing the sidebar state in cookies or another method that works seamlessly with SSR and hydration.
Has anyone dealt with this before? What are your recommendations or best practices for persisting UI state?
The challenge I’m facing is related to server-side rendering (SSR). Since the initial page is rendered on the server, the persisted state isn’t available during that phase. As a result, the sidebar always renders as open initially, and only after client-side hydration does Zustand apply the persisted state, causing a visible UI flicker.
I’m wondering if there’s a better approach to handle this, such as storing the sidebar state in cookies or another method that works seamlessly with SSR and hydration.
Has anyone dealt with this before? What are your recommendations or best practices for persisting UI state?
