Testing: Update guidance around unique element IDs#72748
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What?
Updates lint rules to reflect updated standards around unique IDs.
Why?
withInstanceIdwas originally created to address a need for standardized unique ID creation, but should ideally be phased out:useInstanceId)useIdhook which serves this purposeHow?
withInstanceIdwith ReactuseIdMath.random. While this may have been an issue historically, it creates a lot of false positive, and there should now be general knowledge ofuseIdfor creating unique IDs that (in combination with the syntax linter around string assignment of IDs) most issues should be avoidableTesting Instructions
Lint checks should pass.