How to fix 'Static HTML elements with event handlers require a role.'?

Question

My reactjs styledcomponent contains this code:

<a styling="link" onClick={() => this.gotoLink()}>
  <SomeComponent /> 
</a>

This works fine but the eslint is complaining:

Static HTML elements with event handlers require a role.

How can I fix this error?

Answer 1

you need to add a role props in your a tag to avoid this warning, for example a button

<a role = "button" styling="link" onClick={() => this.gotoLink()}>
  <SomeComponent /> 
</a>

I guess it is because the HREF props is missing in your anchor tag (not sure)

Answer 2

In my case, I used aria-hidden="true", then I was able to commit.

Before:

<i className="pwdicon" onClick={togglePasswordVisiblity} >

After I updated with aria-hidden:

<i className="pwdicon" onClick={togglePasswordVisiblity} aria-hidden="true" >

My problem was resolved.

Reference Link : https://github.com/jsx-eslint/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y/blob/master/docs/rules/click-events-have-key-events.md

Answer 3

The earlier answers do give specific examples, what I was missing is a list of roles.
If someone is looking for other roles, a partial list is listed here.
An example of a missing role is tab which I needed.

Answer 4

You need to set the role explicitly. So, try the next code:

<a role="button" styling="link" onClick={this.gotoLink}>
  <SomeComponent /> 
</a>

Also, as you can see I've modified the onClick handler by replacing arrow function on regular declaration. It would reduce annoying and expensive calculations.

Answer 5

just add aria-hidden to it

<a aria-hidden styling="link" onClick={() => this.gotoLink()}>
  <SomeComponent /> 
</a>