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0 pointsseph-reed4y ago0 comments

Keyboard navigations as in up/left/right/down jumps around somewhat haphazardly placed items. Not tab/shift-tab accessibility.

And you are right that React is not a good fit for these things. That's why I say it's very limiting.

Also, for what it's worth, you might be mistaking "the jquery way" with "the vanilla way." As in:

- working with HTMLElements

- vs working with a superset (tsx) of a superset (ts) of javascript meant to look like html (sometimes), that creates js components that then create html that is then diffed with last html and finally applied to the appropriate innerHTML (and don't forget about all the hooks!).

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throwaway999974y ago

Yeah, React is a pain for when you need to interact with the DOM elements themselves. If you want to add some logic based on where the element happens to be placed, instead of where you have told React to place your element, you're in for a headache. Now the DOM is one source of state (positioning) and your store (Redux or otherwise) is no longer the single source of truth.

seph-reedOP4y ago

IMO, there's no way it lasts purely because of this.

We already have the DOM, and there's literally nothing that React can do that requires its complexity EXCEPT server side rendering. Which most people never use.

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