patternfly / patternfly/patternfly-react
Bug - Drawer - Components don't allow ref forwarding
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Description
Describe the problem
Drawer subcomponents do not allow ref forwarding. This makes it impossible to control focus with refs.
Expected behavior
Button and other components allow ref forwarding.
Is this issue blocking you?
I guess we can grab by selector, but it is a pain.
Jira Issue: PF-4632
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Drawer subcomponents and compare them with the Button component's ref forwarding behavior. Verify the affected components accept refs and that callers can use those refs to control focus.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100