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fix(Alert): honour explicit role={undefined} to suppress role attribute #490

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fix(Alert): honour explicit role={undefined} to suppress role attribute
jrlprost May 19, 2026
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refactor(Alert): remove redundant role spread and refShouldSetRole ref
jrlprost May 20, 2026
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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions src/Alert.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ export const Alert = memo(
closable: isClosableByUser = false,
isClosed: props_isClosed,
onClose,
role = "alert",
role: roleFromProps,
...rest
} = props;

// Honour explicit `role={undefined}` to opt out of the role attribute (RGAA 8.7).
// When role is omitted entirely, default to "alert" for screen reader announcements.
const role = "role" in props ? roleFromProps : ("alert" as const);

assert<Equals<keyof typeof rest, never>>();

const id = useAnalyticsId({
Expand All @@ -90,7 +94,6 @@ export const Alert = memo(
const [buttonElement, setButtonElement] = useState<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);

const refShouldButtonGetFocus = useRef(false);
const refShouldSetRole = useRef(false);
const DescriptionTag = typeof description === "string" ? "p" : "div";

useEffect(() => {
Expand All @@ -100,7 +103,6 @@ export const Alert = memo(
setIsClosed(isClosed => {
if (isClosed && !props_isClosed) {
refShouldButtonGetFocus.current = true;
refShouldSetRole.current = true;
}

return props_isClosed;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -147,8 +149,7 @@ export const Alert = memo(
className
)}
style={style}
{...(refShouldSetRole.current && { "role": role })}
{...(role ? { "role": role } : {})}
{...(role !== undefined ? { "role": role } : {})}
ref={ref}
{...rest}
>
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