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# Overriding component structure
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<p class="description">Learn how to override the default DOM structure of Joy UI components.</p>
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Joy UI components are designed to suit the widest possible range of use cases, but you may occasionally need to change how a component's structure is rendered in the DOM.
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To understand how to do this, it helps to have an accurate mental model of the components.
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## The mental model
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A component's structure is determined by the elements that fill that component's **slots**.
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Slots are most commonly filled by HTML tags, but may also be filled by React components.
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All components contain a root slot that defines their primary node in the DOM tree; more complex components also contain additional interior slots named after the elements they represent.
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All _non-utility_ Joy UI components accept two props for overriding their rendered HTML structure:
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- `component`—to override the root slot
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- `slots`—to replace any interior slots (when present) as well as the root
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Additionally, you can pass custom props to interior slots using `slotProps`.
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## The root slot
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The root slot represents the component's outermost element. It is filled by a styled component with an appropriate HTML element.
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For example, the [Button's](/joy-ui/react-button/) root slot is a `<button>` element.
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This component _only_ has a root slot; more complex components may have additional [interior slots](#interior-slots).
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### The component prop
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Use the `component` prop to override a component's root slot.
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The demo below shows how to replace the Button's `<button>` tag with a `<a>` to create a link button:
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{{"demo": "OverridingRootSlot.js"}}
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:::info
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The props `href`, `target`, and `rel` are specific to `<a>` tag. Be sure to use the appropriate attributes when you provide a custom `component` prop.
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:::
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## Interior slots
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Complex components are composed of one or more interior slots in addition to the root.
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These slots are often (but not necessarily) nested within the root.
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For example, the [Autocomplete](/joy-ui/react-autocomplete/) is composed of a root `<div>` that houses several interior slots named for the elements they represent: input, startDecorator, endDecorator, clearIndicator, popupIndicator and so on.
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### The slots prop
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Use the `slots` prop to replace a component's interior slots.
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The example below shows how to replace the listbox slot in the [Autocomplete](/joy-ui/react-autocomplete/) component to remove the popup functionality:
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{{"demo": "OverridingInternalSlot.js"}}
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### The slotProps prop
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The `slotProps` prop is an object that contains the props for all slots within a component.
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You can use it to define additional custom props to pass to a component's interior slots.
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For example, the code snippet below shows how to add a custom `data-testid` to the listbox slot of the [Autocomplete](/joy-ui/react-autocomplete/) component:
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```jsx
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<Autocomplete slotProps={{ listbox: { 'data-testid': 'my-listbox' } }} />
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```
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All additional props placed on the primary component are also propagated into the root slot (just as if they were placed in `slotProps.root`).
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These two examples are equivalent:
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```jsx
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<Autocomplete id="badge1">
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```
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```jsx
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<Autocomplete slotProps={{ root: { id: 'badge1' } }}>
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```
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:::warning
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If both `slotProps.root` and additional props have the same keys but different values, the `slotProps.root` props will take precedence.
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This does not apply to classes or the `style` prop—they will be merged instead.
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:::
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## Best practices
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Use `component` or `slotProps.{slot}.component` prop to override the element by preserving the styles of the slot.
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Use `slots` prop to replace the slot's styles and functionality with your custom component.
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Overriding with `component` lets you apply the attributes of that element directly to the root.
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For instance, if you override the Button's root with an `<li>` tag, you can add the `<li>` attribute `value` directly to the component.
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If you did the same with `slots.root`, you would need to place this attribute on the `slotProps.root` object in order to avoid a TypeScript error.
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Be mindful of your rendered DOM structure when overriding the slots of more complex components.
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You can easily break the rules of semantic and accessible HTML if you deviate too far from the default structure—for instance, by unintentionally nesting block-level elements inside of inline elements.
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Joy UI components automatically correct semantically incorrect HTML—see [Automatic adjustment](/joy-ui/main-features/automatic-adjustment/) for details.
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