Adding support for defined IDs in `TextControl` component #52028

andrewhayward · 2023-06-28T10:19:20Z

What?

This PR adds support to the TextControl component to accept an optional id prop. It currently ignores them, and generates its own.

Why?

As per #24749, it is sometimes useful to provide components with a defined ID (for example, if you need to reference the control with an aria-* attribute elsewhere). Ideally all components would work this way (but that is outside the scope of this patch).

How?

Currently, TextControl uses useInstanceId to generate an ID. As with other components (see SelectControl, for example), this is now only used if an id prop is not passed in. This retains backwards compatibility, and for most use-cases will have minimal impact; IDs will continue to be generated and applied.

Testing Instructions

Unit tests have been added to verify the expected behaviour:

Confirms that IDs are generated and applied, is previously
Confirms that ID is used if provided
Confirms that the <label> receives the ID and has a correct for attribute

This can also be confirmed manually:

Create an instance of a TextControl, providing both id and label props
Check that the id and for attributes match on the generated <input> and <label> respectively
Additionally, clicking on the <label> should put focus on the <input>

Testing Instructions for Keyboard

Although this does not impact first-line keyboard access, similar manual testing can be done using a screen reader:

Create an instance of a TextControl, providing both id and label props
Navigate to the generated <label> and action it (⌃ Control + ⌥ Option + Space with VoiceOver, for example); focus should move to the <input>
Navigate to the generated <input> and confirm that it has a label matching the label prop

This patch adds support for custom IDs in the `TextControl` component. Currently any passed ID prop is ignored, and a auto-generated value is used instead. --- Resolves WordPress#24749

github-actions · 2023-06-28T10:19:46Z

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Pending a changelog entry, this LGTM 🚀 🚢

mirka

Congrats on your first PR, and thank you for adding tests! 💛

mirka · 2023-06-29T20:59:19Z

packages/components/src/text-control/test/text-control.tsx

+ const textbox = screen.getByRole( 'textbox' );
+ const label = screen.getByText( labelValue );
+ expect( textbox ).toHaveAttribute( 'id', label.getAttribute( 'for' ) );


Nit: Not that this is inherently wrong, but I find it more idiomatic/robust within the testing-library context to simply assert that the textbox is accessibly labeled, rather than assert the implementation details.

Suggested change

const textbox = screen.getByRole( 'textbox' );

const label = screen.getByText( labelValue );

expect( textbox ).toHaveAttribute( 'id', label.getAttribute( 'for' ) );

expect( screen.getByRole( 'textbox', { name: labelValue } ) ).toBeVisible();

☝️ Something like that. What do you think?

I don't have much experience with testing-library, and I didn't know you could do this! That makes much more sense.

mirka · 2023-06-29T21:01:28Z

packages/components/src/text-control/index.tsx

+function useUniqueId( idProp?: string ) {
+ const instanceId = useInstanceId( TextControl );


FYI we can pass the id prefix and the idProp directly into the useInstanceId() function to avoid this custom code ✨

gutenberg/packages/compose/src/hooks/use-instance-id/index.ts

Lines 40 to 48 in 10d927c

/**

* Provides a unique instance ID.

*

* @param object Object reference to create an id for.

* @param [prefix] Prefix for the unique id.

* @param [preferredId] Default ID to use.

* @return The unique instance id.

*/

function useInstanceId(

I noticed this, and strongly considered using it. But the useUniqueId pattern seemed to be in quite a few places already, which made me second guess myself.

I'm quite happy to apply useInstanceId "properly" here though, if that's actually the more appropriate direction.

I'm quite happy to apply useInstanceId "properly" here though, if that's actually the more appropriate direction.

Yes, I think it is. I have a feeling that the existing useUniqueId patterns were written before useInstanceId was expanded to take three arguments.

Changing the test setup for labels to be more `testing-library` idiomatic.

Adding line item under Enhancements to include `TextControl` changes.

…s_contains_an_id

Dropping the old `useUniqueId` pattern in favour of the more succinct and complete `useInstanceId` usage.

mirka

Great work, thank you! 🎉

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Adding support for defined IDs in TextControl

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This patch adds support for custom IDs in the `TextControl` component. Currently any passed ID prop is ignored, and a auto-generated value is used instead. --- Resolves WordPress#24749

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TextControl: label not connecting to input if props contains an id #24749

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Andrew Hayward added 4 commits July 11, 2023 16:49

Updating tests

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Changing the test setup for labels to be more `testing-library` idiomatic.

Updating CHANGELOG

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Adding line item under Enhancements to include `TextControl` changes.

Merge branch 'trunk' into 24749/label_not_connecting_to_input_if_prop…

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…s_contains_an_id

Fixing use of useInstanceId

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Dropping the old `useUniqueId` pattern in favour of the more succinct and complete `useInstanceId` usage.

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		function useUniqueId( idProp?: string ) {
		const instanceId = useInstanceId( TextControl );

	/**
	* Provides a unique instance ID.
	*
	* @param object Object reference to create an id for.
	* @param [prefix] Prefix for the unique id.
	* @param [preferredId] Default ID to use.
	* @return The unique instance id.
	*/
	function useInstanceId(

Adding support for defined IDs in TextControl component #52028

Adding support for defined IDs in TextControl component #52028

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