jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role
💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ☑️ recommended, 🔒 strict.
Non-interactive HTML elements indicate content and containers in the user interface. Non-interactive elements include <main>, <area>, <h1> (,<h2>, etc), <img>, <li>, <ul> and <ol>.
Interactive HTML elements indicate controls in the user interface. Interactive elements include <a href>, <button>, <input>, <select>, <textarea>.
WAI-ARIA roles should not be used to convert a non-interactive element to an interactive element. Interactive ARIA roles include button, link, checkbox, menuitem, menuitemcheckbox, menuitemradio, option, radio, searchbox, switch and textbox.
How do I resolve this error?
Case: This element should be a control, like a button
Put the control inside the non-interactive container element.
<li>
<div
role="button"
onClick={() => {}}
onKeyPress={() => {}}>
Save
</div>
</li>Or wrap the content inside your interactive element.
<div
role="button"
onClick={() => {}}
onKeyPress={() => {}}
tabIndex="0">
<img src="some/file.png" alt="Save" />
</div>Rule options
The recommended options for this rule allow several common interactive roles to be applied to a non-interactive element. The options are provided as an object keyed by HTML element name; the value is an array of interactive roles that are allowed on the specified element.
{
'no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role': [
'error',
{
ul: ['listbox', 'menu', 'menubar', 'radiogroup', 'tablist', 'tree', 'treegrid'],
ol: ['listbox', 'menu', 'menubar', 'radiogroup', 'tablist', 'tree', 'treegrid'],
li: ['menuitem', 'option', 'row', 'tab', 'treeitem'],
table: ['grid'],
td: ['gridcell'],
},
]
}Under the recommended options, the following code is valid. It would be invalid under the strict rules.
<ul role="menu" />