improve some grafana-ui types (#56318)

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@@ -1279,9 +1279,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/components/FilterInput/FilterInput.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/components/FormattedValueDisplay/FormattedValueDisplay.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
@@ -1887,36 +1884,16 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/reactUtils.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
-    ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/storybook/ThemedDocsContainer.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/storybook/withTheme.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"]
     ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/table.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
     ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/useAsyncDependency.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/useCombinedRefs.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"]
-    ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/useDelayedSwitch.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "3"]
-    ],
-    "packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/validate.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
-    ],
     "packages/jaeger-ui-components/src/ScrollManager.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],

packages/grafana-ui/src/components/FilterInput/FilterInput.tsx

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export interface Props extends Omit<HTMLProps<HTMLInputElement>, 'onChange'> {
 
 export const FilterInput = React.forwardRef<HTMLInputElement, Props>(
   ({ value, width, onChange, escapeRegex = true, ...restProps }, ref) => {
-    const innerRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
-    const combinedRef = useCombinedRefs(ref, innerRef) as React.Ref<HTMLInputElement>;
+    const innerRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
+    const combinedRef = useCombinedRefs<HTMLInputElement>(ref, innerRef);
 
     const suffix =
       value !== '' ? (

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/reactUtils.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function getChildId(children: ReactElement): string | undefined {
  * @param itemToRender
  * @param props props to be passed to the function if item provided as such
  */
-export function renderOrCallToRender<TProps = any>(
+export function renderOrCallToRender<TProps = {}>(
   itemToRender: ((props?: TProps) => React.ReactNode) | React.ReactNode,
   props?: TProps
 ): React.ReactNode {

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/storybook/ThemedDocsContainer.tsx

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // This is a temporary workaround to allow theme switching storybook docs
 // see https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/10523 for further details
-import { DocsContainer } from '@storybook/addon-docs';
+import { DocsContainer, DocsContextProps } from '@storybook/addon-docs';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useDarkMode } from 'storybook-dark-mode';
 
 import { GrafanaLight, GrafanaDark } from '../../../.storybook/storybookTheme';
 
 type Props = {
-  context: any;
+  context: DocsContextProps;
 };
 
 export const ThemedDocsContainer: React.FC<Props> = ({ children, context }) => {

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/table.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Field, LinkModel } from '@grafana/data';
  * @internal
  */
 export const getCellLinks = (field: Field, row: Row<any>) => {
-  let links: Array<LinkModel<any>> | undefined;
+  let links: Array<LinkModel<unknown>> | undefined;
   if (field.getLinks) {
     links = field.getLinks({
       valueRowIndex: row.index,

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/useCombinedRefs.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-export function useCombinedRefs<T>(...refs: any) {
-  const targetRef = React.useRef<T>(null);
+export function useCombinedRefs<T>(
+  ...refs: Array<React.MutableRefObject<T | null> | React.ForwardedRef<T | null> | ((instance: T | null) => void)>
+) {
+  const targetRef = React.useRef<T | null>(null);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    refs.forEach((ref: any) => {
+    refs.forEach((ref) => {
       if (!ref) {
         return;
       }

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/useDelayedSwitch.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ export function useDelayedSwitch(value: boolean, options: DelayOptions = {}): bo
   const onStartTime = useRef<Date | undefined>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let timeout: number | undefined;
+    let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
     if (value) {
       // If toggling to "on" state we always setTimeout no matter how long we have been "off".
       timeout = setTimeout(() => {
         onStartTime.current = new Date();
         setDelayedValue(value);
-      }, delay) as any;
+      }, delay);
     } else {
       // If toggling to "off" state we check how much time we were already "on".
       const timeSpent = onStartTime.current ? Date.now() - onStartTime.current.valueOf() : 0;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function useDelayedSwitch(value: boolean, options: DelayOptions = {}): bo
         // We already spent enough time "on" so change right away.
         turnOff();
       } else {
-        timeout = setTimeout(turnOff, duration - timeSpent) as any;
+        timeout = setTimeout(turnOff, duration - timeSpent);
       }
     }
     return () => {

packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/validate.ts

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ export enum EventsWithValidation {
 }
 
 export const validate = (value: string, validationRules: ValidationRule[]) => {
-  const errors = validationRules.reduce((acc, currRule) => {
+  const errors = validationRules.reduce<string[]>((acc, currRule) => {
     if (!currRule.rule(value)) {
       return acc.concat(currRule.errorMessage);
     }
     return acc;
-  }, [] as string[]);
+  }, []);
   return errors.length > 0 ? errors : null;
 };