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[fix] Pressable: call onPress on Enter when role is "link" - #2926
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An ARIA "link" role does not make an element dispatch a native 'click' on Enter, so PressResponder must call onPress itself unless the element is an actual anchor. Fix necolas#2681
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Fixes #2681.
<Pressable role="link" onPress={...} />renders adivwithrole="link". Pressing Enter on it firesonPressIn/onPressOut, but neveronPress.The keyup handler in
PressResponderskipsonPressfor native interactive elements, because the browser dispatches aclickfor them. That list also includedrole === 'link', but an ARIA role does not give adivthat native behavior, soonPresswas never called. A real anchor (Pressablewithhref) is still covered by theaelement check, so it doesn't fire twice.Test plan
Pressablewithrole="link"callsonPressonce on Enter (fails before the fix)Pressablewithrole="link"andhrefrenders an<a>and leaves activation to the nativeclicknpm run unit: 48 suites, 703 passed, 6 skippednpm run lint,prettier --check