---
title: "Supporting React.forwardRef and Beyond"
short-title: "Supporting React.forwardRef"
authors: [jordan-brown]
medium-link: "https://medium.com/flow-type/supporting-react-forwardref-and-beyond-f8dd88f35544"
---

:::info[Historical]
This post announced React.AbstractComponent when it was introduced. For current syntax and behavior, see the [Component Types](/en/docs/react/component-types) documentation.
:::

We made some major changes to our React model to better model new React components. Let's
talk about React.AbstractComponent!
