`react-doctor/no-placeholder-only-field`

Field relies on placeholder text for its label

Category: Accessibility
Severity: warn
Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
Framework: global
Enabled when: react
Tags: test-noise
Default: Enabled

Validate the diagnostic

Confirm the reported code matches this rule before you edit it.

Confirm the reported code matches react-doctor/no-placeholder-only-field. Compare it with the Before example and verify the same API, framework, and execution context. Treat it as a false positive only when one of those conditions differs.

Compare the code

The corrected pattern shows a focused way to address the diagnostic.

Reported pattern

<input placeholder="Email address" type="email" />

Corrected pattern

const Example = () => (
  <>
    <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
    <input id="email" placeholder="Email" />
  </>
);

How to fix

Use the corrected pattern as a reference. Preserve behavior that the rule does not require you to change.

Copyable fix prompt

Copy this self-contained prompt into your coding agent after you confirm the diagnostic.

Fix every confirmed react-doctor/no-placeholder-only-field diagnostic in the current repository. Required change: - Add a visible label associated with the field. Keep placeholder text for examples or formatting hints.

Reference transformation:Before:

<input placeholder="Email address" type="email" />

After:

const Example = () => (
  <>
    <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
    <input id="email" placeholder="Email" />
  </>
);

Constraints: - Confirm the reported code matches the Before pattern. - Make the smallest change that fixes the root cause. - Preserve behavior and interfaces unrelated to this diagnostic. - Reuse existing project components, utilities, and conventions. - Do not introduce render-phase side effects, render-phase state updates, or Hooks rule violations. - Preserve accessible names, focus order, keyboard behavior, and touch access not targeted by this rule. - Adapt identifiers and framework details instead of copying blindly. - Do not disable the rule or suppress matching code. - Confirm this rule is enabled for the project: react. Verification: - Run focused tests for the changed behavior. - Run React Doctor and confirm this diagnostic no longer appears. - Report the files changed and any checks you could not run.

More Accessibility rules from the rules reference:

react-doctor/no-pointer-disabled-enabled-control: Enabled control ignores pointer input
react-doctor/no-presentation-role-conflict: Presentational element exposes conflicting semantics
react-doctor/no-reduced-motion-content-removal: Reduced motion removes meaningful content
react-doctor/no-redundant-roles: Disallow role attributes that duplicate an element's implicit ARIA role, like <button role='button'>.
react-doctor/no-responsive-hidden-accessible-name: Responsive styles hide a control's accessible name

react-doctor/no-placeholder-only-field