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React specific linting rules for `eslint`
## Installation
```sh
npm install eslint eslint-plugin-react --save-dev
```
It is also possible to install ESLint globally rather than locally (using `npm install -g eslint`). However, this is not recommended, and any plugins or shareable configs that you use must be installed locally in either case.
## Configuration (legacy: `.eslintrc*`)
Use [our preset](#recommended) to get reasonable defaults:
```json
"extends": [
"eslint:recommended",
"plugin:react/recommended"
]
```
If you are using the [new JSX transform from React 17](https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/09/22/introducing-the-new-jsx-transform.html#removing-unused-react-imports), extend [`react/jsx-runtime`](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/blob/c8917b0885094b5e4cc2a6f613f7fb6f16fe932e/index.js#L163-L176) in your eslint config (add `"plugin:react/jsx-runtime"` to `"extends"`) to disable the relevant rules.
You should also specify settings that will be shared across all the plugin rules. ([More about eslint shared settings](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring/configuration-files#adding-shared-settings))
```json5
{
"settings": {
"react": {
"createClass": "createReactClass", // Regex for Component Factory to use,
// default to "createReactClass"
"pragma": "React", // Pragma to use, default to "React"
"fragment": "Fragment", // Fragment to use (may be a property of ), default to "Fragment"
"version": "detect", // React version. "detect" automatically picks the version you have installed.
// You can also use `16.0`, `16.3`, etc, if you want to override the detected value.
// Defaults to the "defaultVersion" setting and warns if missing, and to "detect" in the future
"defaultVersion": "", // Default React version to use when the version you have installed cannot be detected.
// If not provided, defaults to the latest React version.
"flowVersion": "0.53" // Flow version
},
"propWrapperFunctions": [
// The names of any function used to wrap propTypes, e.g. `forbidExtraProps`. If this isn't set, any propTypes wrapped in a function will be skipped.
"forbidExtraProps",
{"property": "freeze", "object": "Object"},
{"property": "myFavoriteWrapper"},
// for rules that check exact prop wrappers
{"property": "forbidExtraProps", "exact": true}
],
"componentWrapperFunctions": [
// The name of any function used to wrap components, e.g. Mobx `observer` function. If this isn't set, components wrapped by these functions will be skipped.
"observer", // `property`
{"property": "styled"}, // `object` is optional
{"property": "observer", "object": "Mobx"},
{"property": "observer", "object": ""} // sets `object` to whatever value `settings.react.pragma` is set to
],
"formComponents": [
// Components used as alternatives to
"CustomForm",
{"name": "SimpleForm", "formAttribute": "endpoint"},
{"name": "Form", "formAttribute": ["registerEndpoint", "loginEndpoint"]}, // allows specifying multiple properties if necessary
],
"linkComponents": [
// Components used as alternatives to for linking, eg.
"Hyperlink",
{"name": "MyLink", "linkAttribute": "to"},
{"name": "Link", "linkAttribute": ["to", "href"]}, // allows specifying multiple properties if necessary
]
}
}
```
If you do not use a preset you will need to specify individual rules and add extra configuration.
Add "react" to the plugins section.
```json
{
"plugins": [
"react"
]
}
```
Enable JSX support.
With `eslint` 2+
```json
{
"parserOptions": {
"ecmaFeatures": {
"jsx": true
}
}
}
```
Enable the rules that you would like to use.
```json
"rules": {
"react/jsx-uses-react": "error",
"react/jsx-uses-vars": "error",
}
```
### Shareable configs
#### Recommended
This plugin exports a `recommended` configuration that enforces React good practices.
To enable this configuration use the `extends` property in your `.eslintrc` config file:
```json
{
"extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:react/recommended"]
}
```
See [`eslint` documentation](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring/configuration-files#extending-configuration-files) for more information about extending configuration files.
#### All
This plugin also exports an `all` configuration that includes every available rule.
This pairs well with the `eslint:all` rule.
```json
{
"plugins": [
"react"
],
"extends": ["eslint:all", "plugin:react/all"]
}
```
**Note**: These configurations will import `eslint-plugin-react` and enable JSX in [parser options](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring/language-options#specifying-parser-options).
## Configuration (new: `eslint.config.js`)
From [`v8.21.0`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/releases/tag/v8.21.0), eslint announced a new config system.
In the new system, `.eslintrc*` is no longer used. `eslint.config.js` would be the default config file name.
In eslint `v8`, the legacy system (`.eslintrc*`) would still be supported, while in eslint `v9`, only the new system would be supported.
And from [`v8.23.0`](https://github.com/eslint/eslint/releases/tag/v8.23.0), eslint CLI starts to look up `eslint.config.js`.
**So, if your eslint is `>=8.23.0`, you're 100% ready to use the new config system.**
You might want to check out the official blog posts,
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-
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and the [official docs](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/configuring/configuration-files-new).
### Plugin
The default export of `eslint-plugin-react` is a plugin object.
```js
const react = require('eslint-plugin-react');
const globals = require('globals');
module.exports = [
…
{
files: ['**/*.{js,jsx,mjs,cjs,ts,tsx}'],
plugins: {
react,
},
languageOptions: {
parserOptions: {
ecmaFeatures: {
jsx: true,
},
},
globals: {
...globals.browser,
},
},
rules: {
// ... any rules you want
'react/jsx-uses-react': 'error',
'react/jsx-uses-vars': 'error',
},
// ... others are omitted for brevity
},
…
];
```
### Configuring shared settings
Refer to the [official docs](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/configuring/configuration-files-new#configuring-shared-settings).
The schema of the `settings.react` object would be identical to that of what's already described above in the legacy config section.
### Flat Configs
This plugin exports 3 flat configs:
- `flat.all`
- `flat.recommended`
- `flat['jsx-runtime']`
The flat configs are available via the root plugin import. They will configure the plugin under the `react/` namespace and enable JSX in [`languageOptions.parserOptions`](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/configure/language-options#specifying-parser-options).
```js
const reactPlugin = require('eslint-plugin-react');
module.exports = [
…
reactPlugin.configs.flat.recommended, // This is not a plugin object, but a shareable config object
…
];
```
You can of course add/override some properties.
**Note**: Our shareable configs does not preconfigure `files` or [`languageOptions.globals`](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/configuring/configuration-files-new#configuration-objects).
For most of the cases, you probably want to configure some properties by yourself.
```js
const reactPlugin = require('eslint-plugin-react');
const globals = require('globals');
module.exports = [
…
{
files: ['**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,jsx,mjsx,ts,tsx,mtsx}'],
...reactPlugin.configs.flat.recommended,
languageOptions: {
...reactPlugin.configs.flat.recommended.languageOptions,
globals: {
...globals.serviceworker,
...globals.browser,
},
},
},
…
];
```
The above example is same as the example below, as the new config system is based on chaining.
```js
const reactPlugin = require('eslint-plugin-react');
const globals = require('globals');
module.exports = [
…
{
files: ['**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,jsx,mjsx,ts,tsx,mtsx}'],
...reactPlugin.configs.flat.recommended,
},
{
files: ['**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,jsx,mjsx,ts,tsx,mtsx}'],
languageOptions: {
globals: {
...globals.serviceworker,
...globals.browser,
},
},
},
…
];
```
## List of supported rules
💼 [Configurations](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/#shareable-configs) enabled in.\
🚫 [Configurations](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/#shareable-configs) disabled in.\
🏃 Set in the `jsx-runtime` [configuration](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/#shareable-configs).\
☑️ Set in the `recommended` [configuration](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-react/#shareable-configs).\
🔧 Automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).\
💡 Manually fixable by [editor suggestions](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/core-concepts#rule-suggestions).\
❌ Deprecated.
| Name | Description | 💼 | 🚫 | 🔧 | 💡 | ❌ |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :- | :- | :- | :- | :- |
| [boolean-prop-naming](docs/rules/boolean-prop-naming.md) | Enforces consistent naming for boolean props | | | | | |
| [button-has-type](docs/rules/button-has-type.md) | Disallow usage of `button` elements without an explicit `type` attribute | | | | | |
| [checked-requires-onchange-or-readonly](docs/rules/checked-requires-onchange-or-readonly.md) | Enforce using `onChange` or `readonly` attribute when `checked` is used | | | | | |
| [default-props-match-prop-types](docs/rules/default-props-match-prop-types.md) | Enforce all defaultProps have a corresponding non-required PropType | | | | | |
| [destructuring-assignment](docs/rules/destructuring-assignment.md) | Enforce consistent usage of destructuring assignment of props, state, and context | | | 🔧 | | |
| [display-name](docs/rules/display-name.md) | Disallow missing displayName in a React component definition | ☑️ | | | | |
| [forbid-component-props](docs/rules/forbid-component-props.md) | Disallow certain props on components | | | | | |
| [forbid-dom-props](docs/rules/forbid-dom-props.md) | Disallow certain props on DOM Nodes | | | | | |
| [forbid-elements](docs/rules/forbid-elements.md) | Disallow certain elements | | | | | |
| [forbid-foreign-prop-types](docs/rules/forbid-foreign-prop-types.md) | Disallow using another component's propTypes | | | | | |
| [forbid-prop-types](docs/rules/forbid-prop-types.md) | Disallow certain propTypes | | | | | |
| [function-component-definition](docs/rules/function-component-definition.md) | Enforce a specific function type for function components | | | 🔧 | | |
| [hook-use-state](docs/rules/hook-use-state.md) | Ensure destructuring and symmetric naming of useState hook value and setter variables | | | | 💡 | |
| [iframe-missing-sandbox](docs/rules/iframe-missing-sandbox.md) | Enforce sandbox attribute on iframe elements | | | | | |
| [jsx-boolean-value](docs/rules/jsx-boolean-value.md) | Enforce boolean attributes notation in JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-child-element-spacing](docs/rules/jsx-child-element-spacing.md) | Enforce or disallow spaces inside of curly braces in JSX attributes and expressions | | | | | |
| [jsx-closing-bracket-location](docs/rules/jsx-closing-bracket-location.md) | Enforce closing bracket location in JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-closing-tag-location](docs/rules/jsx-closing-tag-location.md) | Enforce closing tag location for multiline JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-curly-brace-presence](docs/rules/jsx-curly-brace-presence.md) | Disallow unnecessary JSX expressions when literals alone are sufficient or enforce JSX expressions on literals in JSX children or attributes | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-curly-newline](docs/rules/jsx-curly-newline.md) | Enforce consistent linebreaks in curly braces in JSX attributes and expressions | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-curly-spacing](docs/rules/jsx-curly-spacing.md) | Enforce or disallow spaces inside of curly braces in JSX attributes and expressions | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-equals-spacing](docs/rules/jsx-equals-spacing.md) | Enforce or disallow spaces around equal signs in JSX attributes | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-filename-extension](docs/rules/jsx-filename-extension.md) | Disallow file extensions that may contain JSX | | | | | |
| [jsx-first-prop-new-line](docs/rules/jsx-first-prop-new-line.md) | Enforce proper position of the first property in JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-fragments](docs/rules/jsx-fragments.md) | Enforce shorthand or standard form for React fragments | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-handler-names](docs/rules/jsx-handler-names.md) | Enforce event handler naming conventions in JSX | | | | | |
| [jsx-indent](docs/rules/jsx-indent.md) | Enforce JSX indentation | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-indent-props](docs/rules/jsx-indent-props.md) | Enforce props indentation in JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-key](docs/rules/jsx-key.md) | Disallow missing `key` props in iterators/collection literals | ☑️ | | | | |
| [jsx-max-depth](docs/rules/jsx-max-depth.md) | Enforce JSX maximum depth | | | | | |
| [jsx-max-props-per-line](docs/rules/jsx-max-props-per-line.md) | Enforce maximum of props on a single line in JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-newline](docs/rules/jsx-newline.md) | Require or prevent a new line after jsx elements and expressions. | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-no-bind](docs/rules/jsx-no-bind.md) | Disallow `.bind()` or arrow functions in JSX props | | | | | |
| [jsx-no-comment-textnodes](docs/rules/jsx-no-comment-textnodes.md) | Disallow comments from being inserted as text nodes | ☑️ | | | | |
| [jsx-no-constructed-context-values](docs/rules/jsx-no-constructed-context-values.md) | Disallows JSX context provider values from taking values that will cause needless rerenders | | | | | |
| [jsx-no-duplicate-props](docs/rules/jsx-no-duplicate-props.md) | Disallow duplicate properties in JSX | ☑️ | | | | |
| [jsx-no-leaked-render](docs/rules/jsx-no-leaked-render.md) | Disallow problematic leaked values from being rendered | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-no-literals](docs/rules/jsx-no-literals.md) | Disallow usage of string literals in JSX | | | | | |
| [jsx-no-script-url](docs/rules/jsx-no-script-url.md) | Disallow usage of `javascript:` URLs | | | | | |
| [jsx-no-target-blank](docs/rules/jsx-no-target-blank.md) | Disallow `target="_blank"` attribute without `rel="noreferrer"` | ☑️ | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-no-undef](docs/rules/jsx-no-undef.md) | Disallow undeclared variables in JSX | ☑️ | | | | |
| [jsx-no-useless-fragment](docs/rules/jsx-no-useless-fragment.md) | Disallow unnecessary fragments | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-one-expression-per-line](docs/rules/jsx-one-expression-per-line.md) | Require one JSX element per line | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-pascal-case](docs/rules/jsx-pascal-case.md) | Enforce PascalCase for user-defined JSX components | | | | | |
| [jsx-props-no-multi-spaces](docs/rules/jsx-props-no-multi-spaces.md) | Disallow multiple spaces between inline JSX props | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-props-no-spread-multi](docs/rules/jsx-props-no-spread-multi.md) | Disallow JSX prop spreading the same identifier multiple times | | | | | |
| [jsx-props-no-spreading](docs/rules/jsx-props-no-spreading.md) | Disallow JSX prop spreading | | | | | |
| [jsx-sort-default-props](docs/rules/jsx-sort-default-props.md) | Enforce defaultProps declarations alphabetical sorting | | | | | ❌ |
| [jsx-sort-props](docs/rules/jsx-sort-props.md) | Enforce props alphabetical sorting | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-space-before-closing](docs/rules/jsx-space-before-closing.md) | Enforce spacing before closing bracket in JSX | | | 🔧 | | ❌ |
| [jsx-tag-spacing](docs/rules/jsx-tag-spacing.md) | Enforce whitespace in and around the JSX opening and closing brackets | | | 🔧 | | |
| [jsx-uses-react](docs/rules/jsx-uses-react.md) | Disallow React to be incorrectly marked as unused | ☑️ | 🏃 | | | |
| [jsx-uses-vars](docs/rules/jsx-uses-vars.md) | Disallow variables used in JSX to be incorrectly marked as unused | ☑️ | | | | |
| [jsx-wrap-multilines](docs/rules/jsx-wrap-multilines.md) | Disallow missing parentheses around multiline JSX | | | 🔧 | | |
| [no-access-state-in-setstate](docs/rules/no-access-state-in-setstate.md) | Disallow when this.state is accessed within setState | | | | | |
| [no-adjacent-inline-elements](docs/rules/no-adjacent-inline-elements.md) | Disallow adjacent inline elements not separated by whitespace. | | | | | |
| [no-array-index-key](docs/rules/no-array-index-key.md) | Disallow usage of Array index in keys | | | | | |
| [no-arrow-function-lifecycle](docs/rules/no-arrow-function-lifecycle.md) | Lifecycle methods should be methods on the prototype, not class fields | | | 🔧 | | |
| [no-children-prop](docs/rules/no-children-prop.md) | Disallow passing of children as props | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-danger](docs/rules/no-danger.md) | Disallow usage of dangerous JSX properties | | | | | |
| [no-danger-with-children](docs/rules/no-danger-with-children.md) | Disallow when a DOM element is using both children and dangerouslySetInnerHTML | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-deprecated](docs/rules/no-deprecated.md) | Disallow usage of deprecated methods | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-did-mount-set-state](docs/rules/no-did-mount-set-state.md) | Disallow usage of setState in componentDidMount | | | | | |
| [no-did-update-set-state](docs/rules/no-did-update-set-state.md) | Disallow usage of setState in componentDidUpdate | | | | | |
| [no-direct-mutation-state](docs/rules/no-direct-mutation-state.md) | Disallow direct mutation of this.state | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-find-dom-node](docs/rules/no-find-dom-node.md) | Disallow usage of findDOMNode | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-invalid-html-attribute](docs/rules/no-invalid-html-attribute.md) | Disallow usage of invalid attributes | | | | 💡 | |
| [no-is-mounted](docs/rules/no-is-mounted.md) | Disallow usage of isMounted | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-multi-comp](docs/rules/no-multi-comp.md) | Disallow multiple component definition per file | | | | | |
| [no-namespace](docs/rules/no-namespace.md) | Enforce that namespaces are not used in React elements | | | | | |
| [no-object-type-as-default-prop](docs/rules/no-object-type-as-default-prop.md) | Disallow usage of referential-type variables as default param in functional component | | | | | |
| [no-redundant-should-component-update](docs/rules/no-redundant-should-component-update.md) | Disallow usage of shouldComponentUpdate when extending React.PureComponent | | | | | |
| [no-render-return-value](docs/rules/no-render-return-value.md) | Disallow usage of the return value of ReactDOM.render | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-set-state](docs/rules/no-set-state.md) | Disallow usage of setState | | | | | |
| [no-string-refs](docs/rules/no-string-refs.md) | Disallow using string references | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-this-in-sfc](docs/rules/no-this-in-sfc.md) | Disallow `this` from being used in stateless functional components | | | | | |
| [no-typos](docs/rules/no-typos.md) | Disallow common typos | | | | | |
| [no-unescaped-entities](docs/rules/no-unescaped-entities.md) | Disallow unescaped HTML entities from appearing in markup | ☑️ | | | | |
| [no-unknown-property](docs/rules/no-unknown-property.md) | Disallow usage of unknown DOM property | ☑️ | | 🔧 | | |
| [no-unsafe](docs/rules/no-unsafe.md) | Disallow usage of unsafe lifecycle methods | | ☑️ | | | |
| [no-unstable-nested-components](docs/rules/no-unstable-nested-components.md) | Disallow creating unstable components inside components | | | | | |
| [no-unused-class-component-methods](docs/rules/no-unused-class-component-methods.md) | Disallow declaring unused methods of component class | | | | | |
| [no-unused-prop-types](docs/rules/no-unused-prop-types.md) | Disallow definitions of unused propTypes | | | | | |
| [no-unused-state](docs/rules/no-unused-state.md) | Disallow definitions of unused state | | | | | |
| [no-will-update-set-state](docs/rules/no-will-update-set-state.md) | Disallow usage of setState in componentWillUpdate | | | | | |
| [prefer-es6-class](docs/rules/prefer-es6-class.md) | Enforce ES5 or ES6 class for React Components | | | | | |
| [prefer-exact-props](docs/rules/prefer-exact-props.md) | Prefer exact proptype definitions | | | | | |
| [prefer-read-only-props](docs/rules/prefer-read-only-props.md) | Enforce that props are read-only | | | 🔧 | | |
| [prefer-stateless-function](docs/rules/prefer-stateless-function.md) | Enforce stateless components to be written as a pure function | | | | | |
| [prop-types](docs/rules/prop-types.md) | Disallow missing props validation in a React component definition | ☑️ | | | | |
| [react-in-jsx-scope](docs/rules/react-in-jsx-scope.md) | Disallow missing React when using JSX | ☑️ | 🏃 | | | |
| [require-default-props](docs/rules/require-default-props.md) | Enforce a defaultProps definition for every prop that is not a required prop | | | | | |
| [require-optimization](docs/rules/require-optimization.md) | Enforce React components to have a shouldComponentUpdate method | | | | | |
| [require-render-return](docs/rules/require-render-return.md) | Enforce ES5 or ES6 class for returning value in render function | ☑️ | | | | |
| [self-closing-comp](docs/rules/self-closing-comp.md) | Disallow extra closing tags for components without children | | | 🔧 | | |
| [sort-comp](docs/rules/sort-comp.md) | Enforce component methods order | | | | | |
| [sort-default-props](docs/rules/sort-default-props.md) | Enforce defaultProps declarations alphabetical sorting | | | | | |
| [sort-prop-types](docs/rules/sort-prop-types.md) | Enforce propTypes declarations alphabetical sorting | | | 🔧 | | |
| [state-in-constructor](docs/rules/state-in-constructor.md) | Enforce class component state initialization style | | | | | |
| [static-property-placement](docs/rules/static-property-placement.md) | Enforces where React component static properties should be positioned. | | | | | |
| [style-prop-object](docs/rules/style-prop-object.md) | Enforce style prop value is an object | | | | | |
| [void-dom-elements-no-children](docs/rules/void-dom-elements-no-children.md) | Disallow void DOM elements (e.g. ``, `
`) from receiving children | | | | | |
## Other useful plugins
- Rules of Hooks: [eslint-plugin-react-hooks](https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/master/packages/eslint-plugin-react-hooks)
- JSX accessibility: [eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y](https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y)
- React Native: [eslint-plugin-react-native](https://github.com/Intellicode/eslint-plugin-react-native)
## License
`eslint-plugin-react` is licensed under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
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