withSyles HOC does not pass innerRef along with other props when passing through React.forwardRef

Question

I'm passing the ref using React.forwardRef to the down component which usually works.

<SomeComponent
component={React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <MyComponent innerRef={ref} {...props} />)}
.../>

However when I have HOC (higher order component) withStyles, the innerRef along with other props do not get passed properly.

// innerRef does not exists in props
const MyComponent = withStyles(styles)(({ one, two, ...props }) => {
    return (
        <Fragment>
            <NavLink {...props}></NavLink>
              ...
        </Fragment>
    );
})

Without using withStyles I get them perfectly

// innerRef exists in props
const MyComponent = ({ one, two, ...props }) => {
    return (
        <Fragment>
            <NavLink {...props}></NavLink>
              ...
        </Fragment>
    );
}

How can I still have the withStyles HOC but with innerRef and other props included?

The issue appeared after migration from material ui v3 to v4. NavLink requires the innerRef property.

Answer 1

withStyles passes along innerRef as ref, so something like the following should work:

const MyComponent = withStyles(styles)(({ one, two, ...props }, ref) => {
    return (
        <Fragment>
            <NavLink {...props} ref={ref}></NavLink>
              ...
        </Fragment>
    );
})

Or if you need to keep it as innerRef on NavLink:

const MyComponent = withStyles(styles)(({ one, two, ...props }, ref) => {
    return (
        <Fragment>
            <NavLink {...props} innerRef={ref}></NavLink>
              ...
        </Fragment>
    );
})

Answer 2

My recommendation based on my comments:

<SomeComponent
component={React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <MyComponent nRef={ref} {...props} />)}
.../>

const MyComponent = withStyles(styles)(({ one, two, ...props }) => {
    props.innerRef = nRef;
    return (
        <Fragment>
            <NavLink {...props}></NavLink>
              ...
        </Fragment>
    );
})

Or alternatively

<NavLink {...props} innerRef={props.nRef}></NavLink>