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Rule

react/immutability

Description

The rule flags mutations of native DOM element properties accessed via e.currentTarget in event handlers as immutability violations. These are standard DOM operations, not React state/props mutations.

Repro

import {type KeyboardEvent} from "react";

export function SearchInput() {
  function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) {
    if (e.key === "Escape") {
      e.currentTarget.value = ""; // false-positive: react/immutability
    }
  }

  return <input onKeyDown={onKeyDown} />;
}

Expected

No error. e.currentTarget is a native DOM element, not a React-managed value.

Actual

Do not mutate 'e.currentTarget' directly. Props and state are immutable — create a new object instead  react/immutability