React deprecation warnings
Author: newearthmartinCreated Jan 22, 2026Updated Feb 3, 2026
Hi I started seeing some deprecation warnings in chrome when using semantic-ui-react.
Versions are:
- react 18.3.1
- semantic-ui-react 2.1.5
Warning: Image: Support for defaultProps will be removed from function components in a future major release. Use JavaScript default parameters instead.
at Image (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/semantic-ui-react/dist/es/elements/Image/Image.js?:38:22)
at div
at DropdownText (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/semantic-ui-react/dist/es/modules/Dropdown/DropdownText.js?:26:24)
at div
at RefFindNode (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/RefFindNode.js?:46:35)
at Ref (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/Ref.js?:18:24)
at Dropdown (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/semantic-ui-react/dist/es/modules/Dropdown/Dropdown.js?:143:29)
at form
at td
at tr
...and
react-dom.development.js:86 Warning: findDOMNode is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Instead, add a ref directly to the element you want to reference. Learn more about using refs safely here: https://reactjs.org/link/strict-mode-find-node
at RefFindNode (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/RefFindNode.js?:46:35)
at Ref (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/Ref.js?:18:24)
at div
at RefFindNode (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/RefFindNode.js?:46:35)
at Ref (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/@fluentui/react-component-ref/dist/es/Ref.js?:18:24)
at Dropdown (webpack://multilanguage-frontend/./node_modules/semantic-ui-react/dist/es/modules/Dropdown/Dropdown.js?:143:29)
...Source: Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-React