[core] Could useComponentRenderer be exported as a util?

[dpeek]

I'd like to support the same render prop approach to composition for consistency with those provided by base-ui.

Could the useComponentRenderer utility be exported from @base-ui-components/react/utils?

Happy to create a PR if this sounds OK.

[mj12albert]

@dpeek Could you share more about your use-case? I wonder if it may be similar as the use-case for the Slot utility

While discussing that we did consider that a hook may be a better abstraction than <Slot />

However useComponentRenderer is highly tailored for our internal use, so if we do provide this as a hook it would be a simplified version of it

[mj12albert]

There's now an open PR with a POC and a sandbox if anybody would like to try it out in the mean time: #1418

[dpeek]

Wow, thanks for the speedy response, and apologies for not responding in kind!

Yes, my use-case is exactly like the Slot utility in radix, and in fact I was porting some shadcn components and wondering what to do there. I ended up grabbing all the code needed for useComponentRenderer as an interim solution and that worked ok.

I'll give the new hook a try and let you know if I run into any problems.

Thanks again, excited about the future of the project!