Fix setRawMode with non-TTY stdin and expose isRawModeSupported on StdinContext

index.d.ts

@@ -199,8 +199,15 @@ export const StdinContext: React.Context<{
 	 * Stdin stream passed to `render()` in `options.stdin` or `process.stdin` by default. Useful if your app needs to handle user input.
 	 */
 	readonly stdin: NodeJS.ReadStream;
+
+	/**
+	 * A boolean flag determining if the current `stdin` supports `setRawMode`. A component using `setRawMode` might want to use `isRawModeSupported` to nicely fall back in environments where raw mode is not supported.
+	 */
+	readonly isRawModeSupported: boolean;
+
 	/**
 	 * Ink exposes this function via own `<StdinContext>` to be able to handle Ctrl+C, that's why you should use Ink's `setRawMode` instead of `process.stdin.setRawMode`.
+	 * If the `stdin` stream passed to Ink does not support setRawMode, this function does nothing.
 	 */
 	readonly setRawMode: NodeJS.ReadStream["setRawMode"];
 }>;

readme.md

@@ -762,6 +762,23 @@ Usage:
 </StdinContext.Consumer>
 ```
 
+##### isRawModeSupported
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+A boolean flag determining if the current `stdin` supports `setRawMode`.
+A component using `setRawMode` might want to use `isRawModeSupported` to nicely fall back in environments where raw mode is not supported.
+
+Usage:
+
+```jsx
+<StdinContext.Consumer>
+	{({ isRawModeSupported, setRawMode, stdin }) => (
+		isRawModeSupported ? <MyInputComponent setRawMode={setRawMode} stdin={stdin}/> : <MyComponentThatDoesntUseInput />
+	)}
+</StdinContext.Consumer>
+```
+
 ##### setRawMode
 
 Type: `function`<br>

src/components/App.js

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent {
 		onExit: PropTypes.func.isRequired
 	};
 
+	// Determines if TTY is supported on the provided stdin
+	isRawModeSupported() {
+		return this.props.stdin.isTTY;
+	}
+
 	constructor() {
 		super();
 
@@ -36,7 +41,8 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent {
 				<StdinContext.Provider
 					value={{
 						stdin: this.props.stdin,
-						setRawMode: this.handleSetRawMode
+						setRawMode: this.handleSetRawMode,
+						isRawModeSupported: this.isRawModeSupported()
 					}}
 				>
 					<StdoutContext.Provider
@@ -57,7 +63,11 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent {
 
 	componentWillUnmount() {
 		cliCursor.show(this.props.stdout);
-		this.handleSetRawMode(false);
+
+		// ignore calling setRawMode on an handle stdin it cannot be called
+		if (this.isRawModeSupported()) {
+			this.handleSetRawMode(false);
+		}
 	}
 
 	componentDidCatch(error) {
@@ -67,6 +77,18 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent {
 	handleSetRawMode = isEnabled => {
 		const {stdin} = this.props;
 
+		if (!this.isRawModeSupported()) {
+			if (stdin === process.stdin) {
+				throw new Error(
+					'Raw mode is not supported on the current process.stdin, which Ink uses as input stream by default.\nRead about how to prevent this error on https://github.com/vadimdemedes/ink/#israwmodesupported'
+				);
+			} else {
+				throw new Error(
+					'Raw mode is not supported on the stdin provided to Ink.\nRead about how to prevent this error on https://github.com/vadimdemedes/ink/#israwmodesupported'
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
 		stdin.setEncoding('utf8');
 
 		if (isEnabled) {
@@ -98,7 +120,10 @@ export default class App extends PureComponent {
 	};
 
 	handleExit = error => {
-		this.handleSetRawMode(false);
+		if (this.isRawModeSupported()) {
+			this.handleSetRawMode(false);
+		}
+
 		this.props.onExit(error);
 	}
 }

test/components.js

@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ test('disable raw mode when all input components are unmounted', t => {
 	const stdin = new EventEmitter();
 	stdin.setEncoding = () => {};
 	stdin.setRawMode = spy();
+	stdin.isTTY = true; // Without this, setRawMode will throw
 	stdin.resume = spy();
 	stdin.pause = spy();
 
@@ -316,6 +317,131 @@ test('disable raw mode when all input components are unmounted', t => {
 	t.true(stdin.pause.calledOnce);
 });
 
+test('setRawMode() should throw if raw mode is not supported', t => {
+	const stdout = {
+		write: spy(),
+		columns: 100
+	};
+
+	const stdin = new EventEmitter();
+	stdin.setEncoding = () => {};
+	stdin.setRawMode = spy();
+	stdin.isTTY = false;
+	stdin.resume = spy();
+	stdin.pause = spy();
+
+	const didCatchInMount = spy();
+	const didCatchInUnmount = spy();
+
+	const options = {
+		stdout,
+		stdin,
+		debug: true
+	};
+
+	class Input extends React.Component {
+		render() {
+			return <Box>Test</Box>;
+		}
+
+		componentDidMount() {
+			try {
+				this.props.setRawMode(true);
+			} catch (error) {
+				didCatchInMount(error);
+			}
+		}
+
+		componentWillUnmount() {
+			try {
+				this.props.setRawMode(false);
+			} catch (error) {
+				didCatchInUnmount(error);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	const Test = () => (
+		<StdinContext.Consumer>
+			{({setRawMode}) => (
+				<Input setRawMode={setRawMode}/>
+			)}
+		</StdinContext.Consumer>
+	);
+
+	const {unmount} = render(<Test/>, options);
+	unmount();
+
+	t.is(didCatchInMount.callCount, 1);
+	t.is(didCatchInUnmount.callCount, 1);
+	t.false(stdin.setRawMode.called);
+	t.false(stdin.resume.called);
+	t.false(stdin.pause.called);
+});
+
+test('render different component based on whether stdin is a TTY or not', t => {
+	const stdout = {
+		write: spy(),
+		columns: 100
+	};
+
+	const stdin = new EventEmitter();
+	stdin.setEncoding = () => {};
+	stdin.setRawMode = spy();
+	stdin.isTTY = false;
+	stdin.resume = spy();
+	stdin.pause = spy();
+
+	const options = {
+		stdout,
+		stdin,
+		debug: true
+	};
+
+	class Input extends React.Component {
+		render() {
+			return <Box>Test</Box>;
+		}
+
+		componentDidMount() {
+			this.props.setRawMode(true);
+		}
+
+		componentWillUnmount() {
+			this.props.setRawMode(false);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const Test = ({renderFirstInput, renderSecondInput}) => (
+		<StdinContext.Consumer>
+			{({isRawModeSupported, setRawMode}) => (
+				<>
+					{isRawModeSupported && renderFirstInput && <Input setRawMode={setRawMode}/>}
+					{isRawModeSupported && renderSecondInput && <Input setRawMode={setRawMode}/>}
+				</>
+			)}
+		</StdinContext.Consumer>
+	);
+
+	const {rerender} = render(<Test renderFirstInput renderSecondInput/>, options);
+
+	t.false(stdin.setRawMode.called);
+	t.false(stdin.resume.called);
+	t.false(stdin.pause.called);
+
+	rerender(<Test renderFirstInput/>);
+
+	t.false(stdin.setRawMode.called);
+	t.false(stdin.resume.called);
+	t.false(stdin.pause.called);
+
+	rerender(<Test/>);
+
+	t.false(stdin.setRawMode.called);
+	t.false(stdin.resume.called);
+	t.false(stdin.pause.called);
+});
+
 test('render only last frame when run in CI', async t => {
 	const output = await run('ci', {
 		env: {CI: true}