Form

Specification

Component that wraps the set of fields and controls their data flow.

The key focus of a form design is getting rid of obscure configurations and achieving a clear and predictable layout. Although depending on the use case, form shares a lot of functionalities and behaviors. Unifying the latter, depriving the developer from configuring it over and over, is a primary goal of React Advanced Form.

Props

General

Prop name	Type	Description
ref	Function	Getter function for the <Form> component.
innerRef	Function	Getter function for the form element.
action	Function<Promise>	Submit action handler.
rules	ValidationRules	Form-specific validation rules.
messages	ValidationMessages	Form-specific validation messages.

Callbacks

Callback name	Descripton
onFirstChange	Called when the form becomes dirty.
onReset	Called after the form has been reset.
onSubmitStart	Called when the submit has started (form is valid).
onSubmitted	Called after successful submit.
onSubmitFailed	Called on failed submit.
onSubmitEnd	Called when the submit has ended, regardless of its status.
onInvalid	Called when the submit failed due to form being invalid.

Read more about each prop and callback under Form callbacks.

Methods

Form methods are available under its reference object.

Method name	Type	Descripton
validate	Function<Promise>	Validates form manually.
serialize	Function<Object>	Serializes form manually.
reset	Function	Resets the fields to their initial values.
submit	Function<Promise>	Submits the form manually.

Learn more about each method under Form methods.

Example

Let's create a simple form that has a single input and an action handler.

React Advanced Form is field-centric. That means that you may want to configure a set of composite field components as the first step of integrating this solution into your application.

import React from 'react'
import { Form } from 'react-advanced-form'
import { Input } from 'react-advanced-form-addons'

export default class Example extends React.Component {
  registerUser = ({ serialized, fields, form }) => {
    console.log(serialized) // { "firstName": "John" }
  }
  
  render() {
    return (
      <Form action={this.registerUser}>
        <Input
          name="firstName"
          label="First name"
          rule={/[a-zA-Z]/}
          initialValue="John"
          required />
      </Form>
    )
  }
}

You can use FormProvider to specify application-wide validation rules and messages, or you can pass them to a specific Form using rules and messages props respectively.