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TanStack•11mo ago
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Loosing type safety when wrapping <Link>

Anyone have an idea on how to keep type safety while wrapping <Link> in a generic component like so? Right now typescript allows me to provide invalid routes like so <Link to="/invalid"> and I don't like that I loose the type safety. 
import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
import clsx from "clsx";
import type { ComponentProps, ReactNode } from "react";

export const Anchor = ({
    className,
    children,
    ...props
}: ComponentProps<typeof Link> & {
    children: ReactNode;
    className?: string;
}) => {
    return (
        <Link
            className={clsx("hover:underline text-amber-700 font-medium", className)}
            {...props}
        >
            {children}
        </Link>
    );
};
import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
import clsx from "clsx";
import type { ComponentProps, ReactNode } from "react";

export const Anchor = ({
    className,
    children,
    ...props
}: ComponentProps<typeof Link> & {
    children: ReactNode;
    className?: string;
}) => {
    return (
        <Link
            className={clsx("hover:underline text-amber-700 font-medium", className)}
            {...props}
        >
            {children}
        </Link>
    );
};
4 Replies
conscious-sapphire
conscious-sapphire•11mo ago
https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/guide/custom-link
Custom Link | TanStack Router React Docs
While repeating yourself can be acceptable in many situations, you might find that you do it too often. At times, you may want to create cross-cutting components with additional behavior or styles. Yo...
eager-peach
eager-peach•5mo ago
@thehornta what did the end result look like, the linked docs only talk about custom link components, not having type safe props for the official <Link/> component.
extended-salmon
extended-salmon•5mo ago
check out https://tanstack.com/router/latest/docs/framework/react/guide/type-utilities#type-checking-link-options-with-validatelinkoptions
Type Utilities | TanStack Router React Docs
Most types exposed by TanStack Router are internal, subject to breaking changes and not always easy to use. That is why TanStack Router has a subset of exposed types focused on ease of use with the in...
eager-peach
eager-peach•5mo ago
Perfect, thank you

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