Turning eslint rule off in eslintrc.json

Question

I am trying to disable jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid in eslintrc.json. According to the docs, the relevant rule block looks like this:

{
    "rules": {
        "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": [ "error", {
            "components": [ "Link" ],
            "specialLink": [ "hrefLeft", "hrefRight" ],
            "aspects": [ "noHref", "invalidHref", "preferButton" ]
          }]
    }
}

This used to work before I upgraded create-react-app to version 2.0, where my eslint rule was simply "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": 0.

I have read the eslint docs which says that we can simply change error into off, although I have tried that to no avail.

What is the correct way to disable the rule and what is the documentation that I should be referencing?

Answer 1

Seems like this is a new addition to create react app. The point is to convert the href into a button if possible.

Adding "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": 0 to .eslintrc.json is correct. This prevents errors from showing up when running eslint, but does not prevent errors from showing up in the CRA console.

Alternatives such as // eslint-disable-next-line or href="#/" can be used although perhaps unrecommended. Check out the discussion here for more information.