Rules

no-useless-forward-ref

Full Name in eslint-plugin-react-x

react-x/no-useless-forward-ref

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@eslint-react/no-useless-forward-ref

Presets

x
recommended
recommended-typescript
recommended-type-checked

Description

Disallow useless forwardRef calls on components that don't use refs.

This rule enforces that:

Components using forwardRef must declare a ref parameter
Components not using ref should not be wrapped with forwardRef

Examples

Failing

import React from "react";

const MyComponent = React.forwardRef((props) => {
  //                                  ^^^^^
  //                                   - 'forwardRef' wrapper is useless without 'ref' parameter.
  return <button />;
});

Passing

import React from "react";

const MyComponent = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement>((props, ref) => {
  return <button ref={ref} />;
});

Implementation

Further Reading

React Docs: forwardRef

See Also

no-forward-ref
Replaces usages of forwardRef with passing ref as a prop.

no-use-context

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