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Part of #66530.

What?

Adds severity-based diagnostics for invalid compound-component composition in @wordpress/components:

  • Warns when Composite.Item has no composite state, while preserving Ariakit's standalone button fallback.
  • Throws when Composite.GroupLabel, toggle-group options, or tree-grid parts lack the accessible relationship, semantic structure, or keyboard state they require.
  • Applies listitem semantics to Item only when it is inside a list-semantic ItemGroup, and validates its rendered list ancestry.

Why?

Invalid composition can silently remove accessible labels, required ARIA state, semantic structure, or keyboard behavior. The diagnostic severity now matches the impact: recoverable Composite.Item usage gets a development warning, while missing accessible relationships, required semantics, or keyboard state throw clear errors.

How?

Context checks cover stateful compound components. ItemGroup derives the default item role from its own semantics and checks the rendered DOM for a semantic list ancestor, so wrappers, standalone items, custom roles, and custom containers remain supported. Tree-grid rows and cells validate their rendered semantic structure.

The isolated DownloadableBlockListItem consumer test now supplies the Composite context that its production list already provides.

Testing Instructions

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npm run test:unit -- --runInBand packages/components/src/composite/test/index.jsdom.test.tsx packages/components/src/item-group/test/index.jsdom.test.tsx packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/test/index.jsdom.test.tsx packages/components/src/tree-grid/test/row.jsdom.test.tsx packages/components/src/tree-grid/test/cell.jsdom.test.tsx packages/components/src/tree-grid/test/roving-tab-index-item.jsdom.test.tsx packages/block-directory/src/components/downloadable-block-list-item/test/index.jsdom.test.jsx

Confirm that standalone Composite.Item renders a button and warns, wrapped list items render normally, an item portaled outside a semantic list throws, and the remaining invalid compositions throw their specific errors.

Testing Instructions for Keyboard

No valid interaction changes. Confirm the existing Composite, ToggleGroupControl, and TreeGrid keyboard-navigation tests pass in the focused test run.

Screenshots or screencast

Not applicable. This change adds developer diagnostics and corrects conditional list semantics without changing valid visual output.

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Codex was used to inspect the issue and consumers, implement the changes and tests, and draft this description. The author reviewed the resulting diff and verification output.

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  • New Features
    • Added clearer runtime errors when composite, toggle-group, and roving-tab-index components are used outside their required parent structures.
    • Added validation for item placement within list-style groups and tree-grid rows and cells.
    • Improved support for custom semantic tree-grid and item-group structures.
  • Documentation
    • Documented the new required-structure error behavior for compound components.

Walkthrough

Compound components now validate required context and semantic structure. Tests cover invalid nesting, missing providers, explicit stores, custom semantic roles, and valid usage.

Changes

Compound structure validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Composite context validation
packages/components/src/composite/*, packages/components/src/composite/test/*, packages/block-directory/.../test/index.jsdom.test.jsx, packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
Composite components now validate required state and group context. Tests and changelog entries cover the new errors.
ItemGroup list structure
packages/components/src/item-group/*
ItemGroup tracks list semantics and its owning element. Items now require direct-child placement for list semantics.
Toggle group context validation
packages/components/src/toggle-group-control/*
Toggle group options now require ToggleGroupControl context and report descriptive errors.
TreeGrid structure validation
packages/components/src/tree-grid/*
TreeGrid rows and cells validate semantic placement. Roving items validate their required context. Tests cover invalid and custom semantic structures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5ee0b

ItemGroup now validates list-item placement, but valid groups using a custom non-ref-forwarding container can fail to render their direct Item children. Resolve the custom-container contract or provide a fallback before merging.

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In `@packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/component.tsx`:
- Line 22: Update the polymorphic container handling around useMergeRefs and the
Item direct-parent validation so non-ref-forwarding custom as components do not
leave itemGroupRef null and cause a default Item to throw. Either constrain the
as contract to ref-forwarding components or implement the established fallback,
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} = useItemGroup( props );
const itemGroupRef = useRef< HTMLElement >( null );
const refs = useMergeRefs( [ itemGroupRef, forwardedRef ] );

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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get_repo_knowledge WordPress/gutenberg /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/wordpress-gutenberg-c4ee9596

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- item-group files ---'
git ls-files 'packages/components/src/item-group/*'
printf '%s\n' '--- component outline ---'
ast-grep outline packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/component.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- component source ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/component.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- item-group references ---'
rg -n -C 4 'itemGroupRef|direct-parent|ItemGroup|useMergeRefs|WordPressComponentProps' packages/components/src/item-group packages/components/src | head -n 500

Repository: WordPress/gutenberg

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- context definitions ---'
fd -i 'wordpress-component|context' packages/components/src/context
rg -n -C 8 'export (type|interface).*WordPressComponentProps|type WordPressComponentProps|function contextConnect|const contextConnect|export .*contextConnect' packages/components/src/context
printf '%s\n' '--- View definitions ---'
fd -i 'component|index' packages/components/src/view
rg -n -C 8 'function View|const View|forwardRef|WordPressComponentProps|as:' packages/components/src/view
printf '%s\n' '--- Item implementation ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/item/component.tsx
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/item/hook.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- ItemGroup types and tests around custom containers ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/types.ts
rg -n -C 6 'as=|as:|forwardRef|direct child|parentElement|itemGroupRef' packages/components/src/item-group packages/components/src/view packages/components/src/context

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- WordPressComponentProps ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/context/wordpress-component.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- contextConnect ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/context/context-connect.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- View component ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/view/component.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- PolymorphicElement ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/utils/polymorphic-element.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- ItemGroup README and tests ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/README.md
sed -n '1,220p' packages/components/src/item-group/test/index.jsdom.test.tsx

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- polymorphic element path ---'
fd -i 'polymorphic-element' packages/components/src
printf '%s\n' '--- polymorphic element source ---'
file="$(fd -i -t f 'polymorphic-element' packages/components/src | head -n 1)"
test -n "$file"
cat -n "$file"
printf '%s\n' '--- context-system prop flow ---'
cat -n packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/hook.ts
fd -i 'use-context-system' packages/components/src/context

Repository: WordPress/gutenberg

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Handle non-ref-forwarding custom as containers.

WordPressComponentProps accepts any React.JSXElementConstructor for as, but PolymorphicElement passes the ref to that component. If the component does not forward the ref, itemGroupRef.current remains null. A default Item then fails the direct-parent check and throws. Add coverage for a ref-forwarding custom container, and either require ref forwarding in the contract or provide a fallback.

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In `@packages/components/src/item-group/item-group/component.tsx` at line 22,
Update the polymorphic container handling around useMergeRefs and the Item
direct-parent validation so non-ref-forwarding custom as components do not leave
itemGroupRef null and cause a default Item to throw. Either constrain the as
contract to ref-forwarding components or implement the established fallback, and
add coverage for a ref-forwarding custom container.

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@ciampo ciampo changed the title Components: Validate compound component structure Components: Add compound component composition diagnostics Sep 7, 2026
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