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no-leaked-conditional-rendering

Prevents problematic leaked values from being rendered.

Full Name in eslint-plugin-react-x

react-x/no-leaked-conditional-rendering

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@eslint-react/no-leaked-conditional-rendering

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recommended-type-checked strict-type-checked

Rule Details

Using the && operator to render an element conditionally in JSX can cause unexpected values to be rendered or even crash the rendering.

Common Violations

Invalid

interface MyComponentProps {
  count: number;
}

function MyComponent({ count }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{count && <span>There are {count} results</span>}</div>;
  //           ^^^ Potential leaked value 'count' that might cause unintentionally rendered values or rendering crashes.
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items.length && <List items={items} />}</div>;
  //           ^^^ Potential leaked value 'items.length' that might cause unintentionally rendered values or rendering crashes.
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items[0] && <List items={items} />}</div>;
  //           ^^^ Potential leaked value 'items[0]' that might cause unintentionally rendered values or rendering crashes.
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  numberA: number;
  numberB: number;
}

function MyComponent({ numberA, numberB }: MyComponentProps) {
  return (
    <div>{(numberA || numberB) && <Results>{numberA + numberB}</Results>}</div>
    //    ^^^ Potential leaked value '(numberA || numberB)' that might cause unintentionally rendered values or rendering crashes.
  );
}

Valid

interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  customTitle: string;
}

const defaultTitle = "Default Title";

// An OR condition is considered valid since it's assumed to be a way to render some fallback if the first value is falsy, not to render something conditionally.
function MyComponent({ customTitle }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{customTitle || defaultTitle}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>There are {items.length} items</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
  count: number;
}

function MyComponent({ items, count }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{!count && "No results found"}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{!!items.length && <List items={items} />}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{Boolean(items.length) && <List items={items} />}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items.length > 0 && <List items={items} />}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items.length ? <List items={items} /> : null}</div>;
}
interface MyComponentProps {
  items: string[];
}

function MyComponent({ items }: MyComponentProps) {
  return <div>{items.length ? <List items={items} /> : <EmptyList />}</div>;
}

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