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Dropdown.Item - MouseEvent<HTMLElement> is not passed through onclick
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Description
Because the MouseEvent is not passed through dropdown items, scenarios such as stopping propagation when the dropdown is descendant of another clickable item cannot be supported.
By contrast, NavbarLink passes the event through:
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Research direction
Start in packages/ui/src/components/Dropdown/DropdownItem.tsx at lines 52-55 and compare its onclick handling with packages/ui/src/components/Navbar/NavbarLink.tsx at lines 38-41. Verify the Dropdown.Item callback receives the MouseEvent, including for stopPropagation use cases, and confirm the relevant component behavior after the change.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100