Select: Select.Value shows SVG description

[OliverJAsh]

Bug report

Current behavior

When:

• Composing Select.Item with React Router's Link
• Using desc for SVG within Select.ItemIndicator

Select.Value shows the SVG desc:

Screen.Recording.2025-05-19.at.19.39.36.mov

Expected behavior

Select.Value does not show the SVG desc.

Reproducible example

https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/wonderful-banzai-83wrmg

Base UI version

1.0.0-alpha.8

Which browser are you using?

Chrome

Which OS are you using?

Mac OS

Which assistive tech are you using (if applicable)?

N/A

Additional context

For context on why we are trying to use Link with Select, I am trying to implement this:

Screen.Recording.2025-05-19.at.19.42.08.mov

[atomiks]

As a workaround, a custom label on the Select.Item will get used instead (but needs to be specified on each one). This could be fixed by reading the .textContent of Select.ItemText instead of the whole Select.Item