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AntiPattern

Component API Misuse

component-api-misuse-composition

A recurring misuse of component composition where an incorrect child/trigger structure or prop wiring leads to runtime rendering or behavior failures, requiring the developer to align wrapper/trigger APIs (e.g., asChild) and explicitly pass state/variables.

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Updated4/30/2026

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The only thing that comes into my mind is a higher order component. — Once you want to have the ability to switch colors dynamically based on the dark or light mode value in your store. Tension: But this has to be done on each and every component / screen again. Outcome: Something like `withStyles()` that you can wrap around your component.

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so by wrapping components like — import dynamic from 'next/dynamic';. Tension: your child components will not use ssr. Outcome: remember to add 'use client' as well.

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Fix `UserCard` so hooks are always called consistently for each render/instance (and ensure list rendering uses a proper component usage/key pattern). After correcting `UserCard`, the error stopped.

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Refactor so that hooks are called only inside the custom hook or at the component level, and return plain functions that do not call hooks (e.g., compute/set needed state without invoking hooks in the returned callback). Alternatively restructure the custom hook to expose non-hook handlers or move the hook invocation to component initialization and pass the resulting setters.

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Create/move the React.lazy import initialization so it isn’t executed on every render (e.g., place the lazy call in the same component as Suspense) to ensure the import is stable and doesn’t trigger repeated re-renders.

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They both have their own pros and cons — base it on your project requirements. Tension: If you have quite a complex application tree of deeply-nested components Recoil's uses atoms and selectors pattern. Outcome: If you prefer a more direct approach with Zustand your state is stored in a single store and is accessed and modified directly by your components.

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Just make your component a Client Component — React hooks work only in Client Components.

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Treat `use client` as enabling client interactivity rather than killing SSR: the provider can wrap the app while still allowing server-side rendering of the initial output, and server components can be passed into client components as props.

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Make the child component forwardRef to the underlying element and ensure it spreads the received props onto the rendered element (or use a properly styled Button variant). After ref forwarding is correct, DropdownMenuTrigger with asChild will display its children as expected.

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Tension: prevents you from interact with other elements. Outcome: working playground: https://stackblitz.com/edit/stackblitz-starters-gl6ghw?description=The%20React%20framework%20for%20production&file=app%2Fpage.tsx,app%2Fglobals.css&title=Next.js%20Starter.

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Instead of `useRef`, we can change it to `useState` — for a DOM node that may not exist or change during the component's render. Tension: so that we can track ref changes in the state and trigger re-renders as needed.

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Replace the custom components with HTML elements so the state updates work as expected

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Move the server action call to a server-side boundary (e.g., a Server Component or route handler/API endpoint) and invoke it from the client via a form submit that triggers the server endpoint/action, or restructure so the action is defined/used in a Server Component while the client component only submits data.

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add an `asChild` prop set to `true` — To fix this issue. Tension: This will not render the default DOM element of `SheetTrigger`. Outcome: it will render the child component `` and will pass the props and behaviour of ``.

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Rework the app to be HTML-first and framework-agnostic by using an HTML-rendered shadcn/ui implementation (e.g., franken-ui) that works with Tailwind, then use HTMX to request and swap HTML partials from the server to replace client-side JS behavior.

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Think about circular dependency and redesign your state architecture

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Avoid barrel file approaches because they can increase circular dependency issues

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Function components cannot be given refs. — when I'm trying to use this as a slot for other MUI component. Tension: Attempts to access this ref will fail. Outcome: Did you mean to use React.forwardRef()?

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Keep the per-movie useMutation inside the Movie component (it’s already appropriate), and refactor shared mutation business logic into reusable custom hooks (e.g., useMovieActions) that encapsulate mutationFn definitions and are called by the Movie component or other components.

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Call `trpc...useQuery` at the component top level, destructure `{ data }`, and then use `useEffect` (or derived rendering) to react to changes in `data`. Optionally control execution with query options (e.g., enabling based on `activeChildId`) instead of wrapping the hook call in `useEffect`.

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rendering the rows as a non complex component like a spinner or something — my laggy components were loading in as i scrolled etc. Tension: excessive blanking of the page. Outcome: using useEffect to determine if it is fully rendered, you can resolve most of the major blanking issues.

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Wrap you components that rely on React Query data — React Query data. Outcome: with Suspense and HydrationBoundary.

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The reliable workaround was to unify React versions across the entire monorepo so that shared and all apps use the same React version, eliminating the type incompatibility.

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The simplest way of achieving this is by using "event delegation" — adding the event to a parent container housing all target elements. Tension: before carrying out the action. Outcome: Make sure that this code is run only once, as soon as the `body` element is in place on your page.

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Mark the Chakra provider wrapper as a client component and delay rendering until after hydration (e.g., render `null` on the first pass, then render `children` after a `useEffect` sets `hydrated` to true).

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Pass the index as a selector parameter (e.g., useSelector((state, props) => state.playerDataArray[props.index])) or define selectors outside the component (optionally with reselect/createSelector) to encapsulate state shape and ensure efficient recomputation based on dependencies.

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Use a real sandboxing mechanism (e.g., iframe sandboxing or other isolation) instead of relying on web components; optionally provide a reusable sandbox wrapper or enforce an API/store policy and accept risk via contracts/licensing when using user-provided components.

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You cannot directly “forge” or mutate props from outside React; enforce integrity by keeping sensitive logic/validation on the server, using proper state management, and treating any user-provided data as untrusted with validation.

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Refactor the markup to Chakra UI v2’s compound syntax for Card/CardBody (e.g., render <Card><CardBody>...</CardBody></Card>) and ensure the app is wrapped with ChakraProvider using the correct configuration (including the v2 provider setup such as defaultSystem).

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`useCallback` needs to be used — to be used as a callback and thus prevent the unnecessary re-renders. Tension: `memo` can't prevent `ExpensiveComponent` from being re-rendered. Outcome: const handleRender = useCallback(() => {...}, []);.

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