[bsimpson]

Using refs to talk to the DOM is a leaky abstraction, but talking the the DOM is a necessity in a framework that renders to the DOM. Before forwardRef, you'd end up with ad-hoc prop names like `domRef` to try to wallpaper around the leak.

I'm happy to see a thoughtful solution. There are some things you just can't do with React alone (like listen for PointerEvents).

[joshribakoff]

You can handle pointer events with synthetic events (onMouseMove and such) unless I am misunderstanding

[bsimpson]

I mean PointerEvent, not MouseEvent:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEven...