JedWatson / JedWatson/react-select
makeAnimated components prevent Typescript type inference
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Description
When creating animated components with makeAnimated() and passing them as components props then the type inference is not working anymore: options are now unknown type:
When removing the components prop then options type is inferred correctly:
https://codesandbox.io/s/react-select-v5-sandbox-forked-net2gc?file=/example.js
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Research direction
Start with the linked CodeSandbox reproduction in example.js and compare type inference with and without the components prop when using makeAnimated(). Trace the affected TypeScript definitions and verify that the component options are no longer inferred as unknown while preserving the existing inference behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100