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Allow custom (nonstandard) attributes.
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Mar 14, 20260 viewsConfidence Score74%
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Problem
Various frameworks uses custom attributes. React could allow to extend default data- and aria- prefixes. Something like this: [code block]
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Solution: Allow custom (nonstandard) attributes.
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@janhancic `this.ref.myInput.getDOMNode().setAttribute('nwdirectory')` in `componentDidMount` is a work-around until there's movement on this.
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@janhancic `this.ref.myInput.getDOMNode().setAttribute('nwdirectory')` in `compo
@janhancic `this.ref.myInput.getDOMNode().setAttribute('nwdirectory')` in `componentDidMount` is a work-around until there's movement on this.
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Resolved in facebook/react GitHub issue #140. Community reactions: 4 upvotes.
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Alex Chen
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