react-component / react-component/overflow

calling setState inside renderRest function throws warning

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Description

I'm trying to call setState inside the function that deals renderRest, in order to use those overflow elements inside a popup element.
But when calling the setState to keep those items for next render, I'm getting a warning in the console:
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Start by reproducing the console warning from the issue while calling setState inside renderRest, then inspect the renderRest entry point and surrounding component lifecycle. Confirm the intended way to retain overflow elements for a popup; done means the use case no longer produces the warning without breaking overflow rendering.

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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
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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