From 926c45488d8d459e46354e0f910fcec09885f7ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: R Midhun Suresh <hi@midhun.dev>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:40:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Remove type cast

---
 src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx b/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
index 75fc461cc4..d35a0291c3 100644
--- a/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
+++ b/src/accessibility/RovingTabIndex.tsx
@@ -382,9 +382,13 @@ export const useRovingTabIndex = <T extends HTMLElement>(
     }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
     const onFocus = useCallback(() => {
+        if (!nodeRef.current) {
+            console.warn("useRovingTabIndex.onFocus called but the react ref does not point to any DOM element!");
+            return;
+        }
         context.dispatch({
             type: Type.SetFocus,
-            payload: { node: nodeRef.current } as { node: T },
+            payload: { node: nodeRef.current },
         });
     }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps