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How do I avoid 'Function components cannot be given refs' when using react-router-dom?

I have the following (using Material UI)....

import React from "react";
import { NavLink } from "react-router-dom";
import Tabs from "@material-ui/core/Tabs";
import Tab from "@material-ui/core/Tab";
function LinkTab(link){
    return <Tab component={NavLink}
        to={link.link}
        label={link.label}
        value={link.link}
        key={link.link}
    />;
}

In the new versions this causes the following warning...

Warning: Function components cannot be given refs. Attempts to access this ref will fail. Did you mean to use React.forwardRef()?

Check the render method of ForwardRef. in NavLink (created by ForwardRef)

I tried changing to...

function LinkTab(link){
    // See https://material-ui.com/guides/composition/#caveat-with-refs
    const MyLink = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <NavLink {...props} ref={ref} />);
    return <Tab component={MyLink}
        to={link.link}
        label={link.label}
        value={link.link}
        key={link.link}
    />;
}

But I still get the warning. How do I resolve this issue?

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
3 answers
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NavLink from react-router is a function component that is a specialized version of Link which exposes a innerRef prop for that purpose.

// required for react-router-dom < 6.0.0
// see https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router/issues/6056#issuecomment-435524678
const MyLink = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <NavLink innerRef={ref} {...props} />);

You could've also searched our docs for react-router which leads you to https://mui.com/getting-started/faq/#how-do-i-use-react-router which links to https://mui.com/components/buttons/#third-party-routing-library. The last link provides a working example and also explains how this will likely change in react-router v6

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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Just give it as innerRef,

// Client.js
<Input innerRef={inputRef} />

Use it as ref.

// Input.js
const Input = ({ innerRef }) => {
  return (
    <div>
      <input ref={innerRef} />
    </div>
  )
}
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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You can use refs instead of ref. This only works as it avoids the special prop name ref.

<InputText
  label="Phone Number"
  name="phoneNumber"
  refs={register({ required: true })}
  error={errors.phoneNumber ? true : false}
  icon={MailIcon}
/>
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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