fix(theme): mobile drawer history blocker should be rendered conditionally (workaround) (#10989)

Add history blocker workaround

packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/contexts/navbarMobileSidebar.tsx

@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@ function useContextValue(): ContextValue {
 
   const [shown, setShown] = useState(false);
 
-  // Close mobile sidebar on navigation pop
-  // Most likely firing when using the Android back button (but not only)
-  useHistoryPopHandler(() => {
-    if (shown) {
-      setShown(false);
-      // Prevent pop navigation; seems desirable enough
-      // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/5462#issuecomment-911699846
-      return false;
-    }
-    return undefined;
-  });
-
   const toggle = useCallback(() => {
     setShown((s) => !s);
   }, []);
@@ -81,13 +69,45 @@ function useContextValue(): ContextValue {
   );
 }
 
+// A component hook wrapper enables conditional rendering
+// See reason here: https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/10988
+function OnHistoryPop({
+  handler,
+}: {
+  handler: Parameters<typeof useHistoryPopHandler>[0];
+}) {
+  useHistoryPopHandler(handler);
+  return null;
+}
+
 export function NavbarMobileSidebarProvider({
   children,
 }: {
   children: ReactNode;
 }): ReactNode {
   const value = useContextValue();
-  return <Context.Provider value={value}>{children}</Context.Provider>;
+  return (
+    <>
+      {
+        // Close mobile sidebar on navigation pop
+        // Most likely firing when using the Android back button (but not only)
+        // Important: we can only have a single history blocker at a time
+        // That's why this needs to be rendered conditionally
+        // See bug report https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/10988
+        value.shown && (
+          <OnHistoryPop
+            handler={() => {
+              value.toggle();
+              // Prevent pop navigation; seems desirable enough
+              // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/5462#issuecomment-911699846
+              return false;
+            }}
+          />
+        )
+      }
+      <Context.Provider value={value}>{children}</Context.Provider>
+    </>
+  );
 }
 
 export function useNavbarMobileSidebar(): ContextValue {

website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/history-tests.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+import {useEffect, type ReactNode} from 'react';
+import {useHistory} from '@docusaurus/router';
+import Layout from '@theme/Layout';
+import Heading from '@theme/Heading';
+
+// Test for https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/10988
+function BlockNavigation() {
+  const history = useHistory();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return history.block(() => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-alert
+      alert('navigation blocked successfully');
+      return false;
+    });
+  }, [history]);
+  return false;
+}
+
+export default function HistoryTestsPage(): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <Layout>
+      <Heading as="h1">History tests</Heading>
+      <p>This page should block navigation</p>
+      <BlockNavigation />
+    </Layout>
+  );
+}

website/_dogfooding/_pages tests/index.mdx

@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ import Readme from "../README.mdx"
 - [Head metadata tests](/tests/pages/head-metadata)
 - [Unlisted page](/tests/pages/unlisted)
 - [Analytics](/tests/pages/analytics)
+- [History tests](/tests/pages/history-tests)
 - [Embeds](/tests/pages/embeds)