[Bug]: `react/prop-types` false positive when component is a value of capitalized property in class

[Maxim-Mazurok]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues and my issue is unique
• My issue appears in the command-line and not only in the text editor

Description Overview

Weird error:

import React from 'react';

class SomeComponent {
	column = {
		Cell: ({ original }: { original: string }) => <span>{original === 'bla' ? 'bla' : 'bla'}</span>,
	};
}

error    'original' is missing in props validation  react/prop-types

eslint myfile.tsx

Expected Behavior

Not to throw error

When I change Cell to cell - the error is gone.
When I avoid using destructuring - the error is also gone.

eslint-plugin-react version

v7.32.2

eslint version

v8.34.0

node version

v18.14.1

[ljharb]

Cell here is a function, taking props, that renders JSX, and doesn't have propTypes. Why is it named with a component naming convention if it's meant to be a render function?

[Maxim-Mazurok]

The reason it's named Cell is because it later passed to react-table@6 as part of the columns prop.

Here's a more complete example of how we use it:

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import ReactTable from 'react-table';

export default class MyTable extends Component {
	columns = [
		{
			Cell: ({ original }: { original: string }) => <span>{original === 'bla' ? 'bla' : 'bla'}</span>,
		},
	];
	render(): JSX.Element {
		return <ReactTable columns={this.columns} />;
	}
}

Note that we're using v6 of react-table which has a very different API from the latest version and no bandwidth to migrate.

[ljharb]

and ReactTable requires it to be named "Cell"? is that because it uses it like a component?

[Maxim-Mazurok]

and ReactTable requires it to be named "Cell"?

Yes, see:

Cell: JSX | String | Function // Used to render a standard cell, defaults to the accessed value

from docs

is that because it uses it like a component?

I think so...

[ljharb]

right - so, it's a component. and components should have propTypes.

Is there a reason you can't do:

import React from 'react';

class SomeComponent {
	column = {
		Cell({ original }: { original: string }) { return <span>{original === 'bla' ? 'bla' : 'bla'}</span>; },
	};
}

?

Components shouldn't be arrow functions, and I think that should be recognized by the prop-types rule as having prop types.

(even better is to define it outside of SomeComponent and reuse it)

[Maxim-Mazurok]

Is there a reason you can't do:

import React from 'react';

class SomeComponent {
	column = {
		Cell({ original }: { original: string }) { return <span>{original === 'bla' ? 'bla' : 'bla'}</span>; },
	};
}

?

Your example doesn't give errors, but if I add class SomeComponent extends Component - then it produces the same error:

error 'original' is missing in props validation react/prop-types

Components shouldn't be arrow functions

Surely this isn't a technical limitation (because our code works just fine), it's a stylistic preference, right?

[Maxim-Mazurok]

Hi, @ljharb just curious if you had time to look into this or have any thoughts.

[ljharb]

I haven't had time to look into it.

Yes, it's a stylistic preference, but it's more than just that, because an arrow function can't ever have an explicit name, and name inference isn't always intuitive.

[JMartinCollins]

I think I've experienced a similar issue. In my situation I have an HOC:

const ModifiedComponent = withModifiedBehavior(Component, options);

The options object has the following type signature:

interface WithModifiedBehaviorOptions {
    // ...
    ModifiedBehaviorComponent?: React.ComponentType<{propWhichWillBePassed: () => void}>;
    // ...
}

options can take a property whose value is a React Component which will be rendered as part of the HOC modified behavior.

const ModifiedComponent = withModifiedBehavior(Component, {
    ModifiedBehaviorComponent ({ propWhichWillBePassed }) {
        return (<>
            <div>Custom Text</div>
            <button 
                onClick={
                    // custom logic
                    propWhichWillBePassed()
                } 
            />
        </>)
    }
});

In this case propWhichWillBePassed has a squiggly line saying 'propWhichWillBePassed' is missing in props validationeslint[react/prop-types](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/tree/master/docs/rules/prop-types.md)

The TS validation works perfectly fine here and it's able to infer the type and give all the necessary intellisense. I've tried declaring the ModifiedBehaviorComponent in the options object as a named function, like above, and also as arrow fn like this: ModifiedBehaviorComponent: ({ propWhichWillBePassed }) => { /* ... */ }

In this case I'm not sure if there's a method for adding prop types to a Function Component provided as an object property. Obviously I could export the type WithModifiedBehaviorOptionsComponentProps and use it every time the option is used, but that seems redundant when TS can figure out what it should be already.