fix(Avatar): forward attrs to root when there is no image

[lazerg]

🔗 Linked issue

Resolves #6896

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📚 Description

Avatar sets inheritAttrs: false and never binds $attrs on its root. Without a src the attributes went through a Slot around the default slot, so they landed on whatever ended up inside the avatar. With nothing but the fallback there, <UDropdownMenu><UAvatar alt="TEST" /></UDropdownMenu> rendered the trigger id, aria-haspopup, aria-expanded and data-state on the inner <span data-slot="fallback"> instead of the root.

That inner span is only as wide as the initials, so the menu anchored to the text rather than to the circle and clicking anywhere else on the avatar did nothing. Themes keyed on data-[state=open] on the root were also never applied. The same thing was reported before in #2923, #3699 and #3710, and each time the attributes were moved further down rather than up to the root.

They now go to the root in every case. Only the native <img> attributes this component documents stay on the image (crossorigin, decoding, height, loading, referrerpolicy, sizes, srcset, usemap, width, the keys of ImgHTMLAttributes), so where an attribute ends up no longer depends on whether the image loaded.

Chip had the same bug and needed the same change: it wrapped its default slot in a Slot carrying $attrs, so with the chip prop the attributes forwarded to the avatar root were handed right back to the avatar content. It now binds them on its own root. That reverses #2484, where they were pushed down to the wrapped element instead, so <UChip><UButton /></UChip> as a modal trigger puts aria-haspopup and the rest back on the chip wrapper.

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Avatar now forwards attributes to the root element when no image source exists or the image has errored. With an image source, attributes remain on the image element. The fallback content now renders through a direct default slot without the Slot primitive or an explicit data-slot override. Tests cover attribute placement in both states.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: forwarding Avatar attributes to the root when no image renders.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the Avatar and Chip attribute-forwarding fixes, their impact, linked issue, and test coverage.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #6896 requires UAvatar passthrough attributes to reach the avatar root instead of fallback content. Avatar.vue now separates documented native image attributes from root attributes, so root attr…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes stay within the linked issue scope. Avatar.vue implements the required root forwarding and preserves native image attributes on img. Chip.vue and its test support root forwarding for wrapp…
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_{Comparing lazerg:fix/issue-6896-avatar-root-attrs (81e6c94) with v4 (0317d50)}

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commit: 81e6c94

[lazerg]

The failing playground job is not caused by this change. It fails the same way on v4 itself, where @nuxt/content stops the Prepare step with a missing better-sqlite3 error.

[benjamincanac]

Two things before this can land. The chip case is the same bug: Chip still has the <Slot v-bind="$attrs"> you dropped here, so the attrs you forward to the root land back on the fallback. It needs the same change on Chip's root.

And with a src the trigger attrs stay on the <img>, which isn't valid ARIA there and leaves data-[state=open] on the root never firing. Everything but the native <img> attributes should go to the root, so the placement doesn't depend on whether the image loaded.

[lazerg]

Both done in 7f3939c and 8e8d08f.

Chip binds $attrs on its Primitive root now and the Slot wrapper is gone. One consequence: this undoes #2484. <UChip><UButton /></UChip> as a modal trigger puts aria-haspopup and data-state back on the chip wrapper instead of on the button. Say the word if you want that case kept and I'll look for another route.

Avatar splits the attrs instead of gating on src. The <img> keeps only the ImgHTMLAttributes keys: crossorigin, decoding, height, loading, referrerpolicy, sizes, srcset, usemap, width. Everything else lands on the root, image or not.

Three tests cover it, all red before the change.

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In `@test/components/Avatar.spec.ts`:
- Line 74: Extend the relevant Avatar test alongside the existing aria-label
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[benjamincanac]

Mmmh this is indeed unfortunate, we need to keep Modals, Drawers, etc. working with a wrapping Chip 😬

[lazerg]

Fixed in 81e6c94. Chip's own $attrs go back to proxying onto the slotted content by default, so <UChip><UButton/></UChip> as a Modal/Drawer trigger works again. Chip.spec.ts never had a regression test for that case (from #2484), so I added one this time.

UAvatar no longer routes its root attrs through Chip's $attrs. It provides them through a small internal injection channel instead, and Chip binds that directly onto its own root, bypassing the slot proxy entirely. So when UAvatar renders itself as a chip, the trigger attrs still land on the avatar's root, never the fallback span or icon.

The two paths use separate channels, so they don't collide: generic $attrs (from being slotted under a Reka trigger) go to the child, the injected root attrs (from UAvatar specifically) go to the root. Both directions have tests now: the new Chip test above, and the existing Avatar.spec.ts "forwards attrs to root when chip prop is set" test, unchanged and still green.