Make <textarea> a void element (#3465)

* made <textarea> a void element
* added defaultvalue special attr to <textarea>
* updated error message when trying to pass children to textarea

* updated docs, fixed formatting
* fixed hydration test
* fixed suspense test
* fixed heading in docs
* fixed clippy warnings
* fixed SSR, added SSR test for precedence of value over defaultvalue
* fixing wasm-bindgen-test screwups & replacing deprecated function use

Cargo.toml

@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@ lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
 opt-level = 3
 
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
+    "cfg(documenting)",
+    "cfg(verbose_tests)",
+    "cfg(yew_lints)",
+    "cfg(nightly_yew)",
+    "cfg(wasm_bindgen_unstable_test_coverage)"
+]}

examples/mount_point/src/main.rs

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn create_canvas(document: &Document) -> HtmlCanvasElement {
     canvas.set_height(100);
     let ctx =
         CanvasRenderingContext2d::from(JsValue::from(canvas.get_context("2d").unwrap().unwrap()));
-    ctx.set_fill_style(&JsValue::from_str("green"));
+    ctx.set_fill_style_str("green");
     ctx.fill_rect(10., 10., 50., 50.);
 
     canvas

examples/suspense/src/main.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn app_content() -> HtmlResult {
 
     Ok(html! {
         <div class="content-area">
-            <textarea value={value.to_string()} oninput={on_text_input}></textarea>
+            <textarea value={value.to_string()} oninput={on_text_input} />
             <div class="action-area">
                 <button onclick={on_take_a_break}>{"Take a break!"}</button>
                 <div class="hint">{"You can take a break at anytime"}<br />{"and your work will be preserved."}</div>

examples/suspense/src/struct_consumer.rs

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl Component for BaseAppContent {
         let on_take_a_break = ctx.link().callback(|_| Msg::TakeABreak);
         html! {
             <div class="content-area">
-                <textarea value={self.value.clone()} {oninput}></textarea>
+                <textarea value={self.value.clone()} {oninput} />
                 <div class="action-area">
                     <button onclick={on_take_a_break}>{"Take a break!"}</button>
                     <div class="hint">{"You can take a break at anytime"}<br />{"and your work will be preserved."}</div>

packages/yew-macro/Cargo.toml

@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ rustversion = "1"
 trybuild = "1"
 yew = { path = "../yew" }
 
-[lints.rust]
-unexpected_cfgs = { level = "allow", check-cfg = ['cfg(nightly_yew)'] }
-
+[lints]
+workspace = true

packages/yew-macro/src/html_tree/html_element.rs

@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ impl Parse for HtmlElement {
             //
             // For dynamic tags this is done at runtime!
             match name.to_ascii_lowercase_string().as_str() {
+                "textarea" => {
+                    return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
+                        open.to_spanned(),
+                        "the tag `<textarea>` is a void element and cannot have children (hint: \
+                         to provide value to it, rewrite it as `<textarea value={x} />`. If you \
+                         wish to set the default value, rewrite it as `<textarea defaultvalue={x} \
+                         />`)",
+                    ))
+                }
+
                 "area" | "base" | "br" | "col" | "embed" | "hr" | "img" | "input" | "link"
                 | "meta" | "param" | "source" | "track" | "wbr" => {
                     return Err(syn::Error::new_spanned(
@@ -100,8 +110,9 @@ impl Parse for HtmlElement {
                             "the tag `<{name}>` is a void element and cannot have children (hint: \
                              rewrite this as `<{name} />`)",
                         ),
-                    ));
+                    ))
                 }
+
                 _ => {}
             }
         }
@@ -156,23 +167,34 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
             checked,
             listeners,
             special,
+            defaultvalue,
         } = &props;
 
         // attributes with special treatment
 
         let node_ref = special.wrap_node_ref_attr();
         let key = special.wrap_key_attr();
-        let value = value
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|prop| wrap_attr_value(prop.value.optimize_literals()))
-            .unwrap_or(quote! { ::std::option::Option::None });
-        let checked = checked
-            .as_ref()
-            .map(|attr| {
-                let value = &attr.value;
-                quote! { ::std::option::Option::Some( #value ) }
-            })
-            .unwrap_or(quote! { ::std::option::Option::None });
+        let value = || {
+            value
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|prop| wrap_attr_value(prop.value.optimize_literals()))
+                .unwrap_or(quote! { ::std::option::Option::None })
+        };
+        let checked = || {
+            checked
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|attr| {
+                    let value = &attr.value;
+                    quote! { ::std::option::Option::Some( #value ) }
+                })
+                .unwrap_or(quote! { ::std::option::Option::None })
+        };
+        let defaultvalue = || {
+            defaultvalue
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|prop| wrap_attr_value(prop.value.optimize_literals()))
+                .unwrap_or(quote! { ::std::option::Option::None })
+        };
 
         // other attributes
 
@@ -360,6 +382,8 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
                 }
                 let node = match &*name {
                     "input" => {
+                        let value = value();
+                        let checked = checked();
                         quote! {
                             ::std::convert::Into::<::yew::virtual_dom::VNode>::into(
                                 ::yew::virtual_dom::VTag::__new_input(
@@ -374,10 +398,13 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
                         }
                     }
                     "textarea" => {
+                        let value = value();
+                        let defaultvalue = defaultvalue();
                         quote! {
                             ::std::convert::Into::<::yew::virtual_dom::VNode>::into(
                                 ::yew::virtual_dom::VTag::__new_textarea(
                                     #value,
+                                    #defaultvalue,
                                     #node_ref,
                                     #key,
                                     #attributes,
@@ -439,6 +466,9 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
                 #[cfg(not(nightly_yew))]
                 let invalid_void_tag_msg_start = "";
 
+                let value = value();
+                let checked = checked();
+                let defaultvalue = defaultvalue();
                 // this way we get a nice error message (with the correct span) when the expression
                 // doesn't return a valid value
                 quote_spanned! {expr.span()=> {
@@ -466,6 +496,7 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
                         _ if "textarea".eq_ignore_ascii_case(::std::convert::AsRef::<::std::primitive::str>::as_ref(&#vtag_name)) => {
                             ::yew::virtual_dom::VTag::__new_textarea(
                                 #value,
+                                #defaultvalue,
                                 #node_ref,
                                 #key,
                                 #attributes,
@@ -500,7 +531,7 @@ impl ToTokens for HtmlElement {
                         ::std::debug_assert!(
                             !::std::matches!(#vtag.tag().to_ascii_lowercase().as_str(),
                                 "area" | "base" | "br" | "col" | "embed" | "hr" | "img" | "input"
-                                    | "link" | "meta" | "param" | "source" | "track" | "wbr"
+                                    | "link" | "meta" | "param" | "source" | "track" | "wbr" | "textarea"
                             ),
                             concat!(#invalid_void_tag_msg_start, "a dynamic tag tried to create a `<{0}>` tag with children. `<{0}>` is a void element which can't have any children."),
                             #vtag.tag(),

packages/yew-macro/src/props/element.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct ElementProps {
     pub classes: Option<Prop>,
     pub booleans: Vec<Prop>,
     pub value: Option<Prop>,
+    pub defaultvalue: Option<Prop>,
     pub checked: Option<Prop>,
     pub special: SpecialProps,
 }
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ impl Parse for ElementProps {
         let classes = props.pop("class");
         let value = props.pop("value");
         let checked = props.pop("checked");
+        let defaultvalue = props.pop("defaultvalue");
         let special = props.special;
 
         Ok(Self {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ impl Parse for ElementProps {
             booleans: booleans.into_vec(),
             value,
             special,
+            defaultvalue,
         })
     }
 }

packages/yew-macro/tests/html_macro/element-fail.rs

@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ fn compile_fail() {
 
     // void element with children
     html! { <input type="text"></input> };
+    // <textarea> should have a custom error message explaining how to set its default value
+    html! { <textarea>{"default value"}</textarea> }
     // make sure that capitalization doesn't matter for the void children check
     html! { <iNpUt type="text"></iNpUt> };