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Implementing Named Slots in React With Child Type Inspection

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React lacks native named slots like Vue's ``, but you can replicate the pattern cleanly using child type inspection with `React.Children.toArray` and function reference comparison. This lets parent components own layout decisions — dividers, wrappers, ordering — while consumers write readable, self-describing JSX. The pattern is order-independent, composable, and fully server-safe with no extra overhead.

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