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High performance Form component with data scope management. Including data collection, verification, and styles.

When to use

  • When you need to create an instance or collect information.
  • When you need to validate fields in certain rules.

Examples

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API

Form

Property Description Type Default Version
colon Configure the default value of colon for Form.Item. Indicates whether the colon after the label is displayed (only effective when prop layout is horizontal) boolean true
disabled Set form component disable, only available for antd components boolean false 4.21.0
component Set the Form rendering element. Do not create a DOM node for false ComponentType | false form
fields Control of form fields through state management (such as redux). Not recommended for non-strong demand. View example FieldData[] -
form Form control instance created by Form.useForm(). Automatically created when not provided FormInstance -
initialValues Set value by Form initialization or reset object -
labelAlign The text align of label of all items left | right right
labelWrap whether label can be wrap boolean false 4.18.0
labelCol Label layout, like <Col> component. Set span offset value like {span: 3, offset: 12} or sm: {span: 3, offset: 12} object -
layout Form layout horizontal | vertical | inline horizontal
name Form name. Will be the prefix of Field id string -
preserve Keep field value even when field removed boolean true 4.4.0
requiredMark Required mark style. Can use required mark or optional mark. You can not config to single Form.Item since this is a Form level config boolean | optional true 4.6.0
scrollToFirstError Auto scroll to first failed field when submit boolean | Options false
size Set field component size (antd components only) small | middle | large -
validateMessages Validation prompt template, description see below ValidateMessages -
validateTrigger Config field validate trigger string | string[] onChange 4.3.0
wrapperCol The layout for input controls, same as labelCol object -
onFieldsChange Trigger when field updated function(changedFields, allFields) -
onFinish Trigger after submitting the form and verifying data successfully function(values) -
onFinishFailed Trigger after submitting the form and verifying data failed function({ values, errorFields, outOfDate }) -
onValuesChange Trigger when value updated function(changedValues, allValues) -

validateMessages

Form provides default verification error messages. You can modify the template by configuring validateMessages property. A common usage is to configure localization:

const validateMessages = {
  required: "'${name}' is required!",
  // ...
};

<Form validateMessages={validateMessages} />;

Besides, ConfigProvider also provides a global configuration scheme that allows for uniform configuration error notification templates:

const validateMessages = {
  required: "'${name}' is Required!",
  // ...
};

<ConfigProvider form={{ validateMessages }}>
  <Form />
</ConfigProvider>;

Form.Item

Form field component for data bidirectional binding, validation, layout, and so on.

Property Description Type Default Version
colon Used with label, whether to display : after label text. boolean true
dependencies Set the dependency field. See below NamePath[] -
extra The extra prompt message. It is similar to help. Usage example: to display error message and prompt message at the same time ReactNode -
getValueFromEvent Specify how to get value from event or other onChange arguments (..args: any[]) => any -
getValueProps Additional props with sub component (value: any) => any - 4.2.0
hasFeedback Used with validateStatus, this option specifies the validation status icon. Recommended to be used only with Input boolean false
help The prompt message. If not provided, the prompt message will be generated by the validation rule. ReactNode -
hidden Whether to hide Form.Item (still collect and validate value) boolean false 4.4.0
htmlFor Set sub label htmlFor string -
initialValue Config sub default value. Form initialValues get higher priority when conflict string - 4.2.0
label Label text ReactNode -
labelAlign The text align of label left | right right
labelCol The layout of label. You can set span offset to something like {span: 3, offset: 12} or sm: {span: 3, offset: 12} same as with <Col>. You can set labelCol on Form which will not affect nest Item. If both exists, use Item first object -
messageVariables The default validate field info Record<string, string> - 4.7.0
name Field name, support array NamePath -
normalize Normalize value from component value before passing to Form instance. Do not support async (value, prevValue, prevValues) => any -
noStyle No style for true, used as a pure field control boolean false
preserve Keep field value even when field removed boolean true 4.4.0
required Display required style. It will be generated by the validation rule boolean false
rules Rules for field validation. Click here to see an example Rule[] -
shouldUpdate Custom field update logic. See below boolean | (prevValue, curValue) => boolean false
tooltip Config tooltip info ReactNode | TooltipProps & { icon: ReactNode } - 4.7.0
trigger When to collect the value of children node. Click here to see an example string onChange
validateFirst Whether stop validate on first rule of error for this field. Will parallel validate when parallel configured boolean | parallel false parallel: 4.5.0
validateStatus The validation status. If not provided, it will be generated by validation rule. options: success warning error validating string -
validateTrigger When to validate the value of children node string | string[] onChange
valuePropName Props of children node, for example, the prop of Switch is 'checked'. This prop is an encapsulation of getValueProps, which will be invalid after customizing getValueProps string value
wrapperCol The layout for input controls, same as labelCol. You can set wrapperCol on Form which will not affect nest Item. If both exists, use Item first object -

After wrapped by Form.Item with name property, value(or other property defined by valuePropName) onChange(or other property defined by trigger) props will be added to form controls, the flow of form data will be handled by Form which will cause:

  1. You shouldn't use onChange on each form control to collect data(use onValuesChange of Form), but you can still listen to onChange.
  2. You cannot set value for each form control via value or defaultValue prop, you should set default value with initialValues of Form. Note that initialValues cannot be updated by setState dynamically, you should use setFieldsValue in that situation.
  3. You shouldn't call setState manually, please use form.setFieldsValue to change value programmatically.

dependencies

Used when there are dependencies between fields. If a field has the dependencies prop, this field will automatically trigger updates and validations when upstream is updated. A common scenario is a user registration form with "password" and "confirm password" fields. The "Confirm Password" validation depends on the "Password" field. After setting dependencies, the "Password" field update will re-trigger the validation of "Check Password". You can refer examples.

dependencies shouldn't be used together with shouldUpdate, since it may result in conflicting update logic.

dependencies supports Form.Item with render props children since 4.5.0.

shouldUpdate

Form updates only the modified field-related components for performance optimization purposes by incremental update. In most cases, you only need to write code or do validation with the dependencies property. In some specific cases, such as when a new field option appears with a field value changed, or you just want to keep some area updating by form update, you can modify the update logic of Form.Item via the shouldUpdate.

When shouldUpdate is true, any Form update will cause the Form.Item to be re-rendered. This is very helpful for custom rendering some areas:

<Form.Item shouldUpdate>
  {() => {
    return <pre>{JSON.stringify(form.getFieldsValue(), null, 2)}</pre>;
  }}
</Form.Item>

You can ref example to see detail.

When shouldUpdate is a function, it will be called by form values update. Providing original values and current value to compare. This is very helpful for rendering additional fields based on values:

<Form.Item shouldUpdate={(prevValues, curValues) => prevValues.additional !== curValues.additional}>
  {() => {
    return (
      <Form.Item name="other">
        <Input />
      </Form.Item>
    );
  }}
</Form.Item>

You can ref example to see detail.

messageVariables

You can modify the default verification information of Form.Item through messageVariables.

<Form>
  <Form.Item
    messageVariables={{ another: 'good' }}
    label="user"
    rules={[{ required: true, message: '${another} is required' }]}
  >
    <Input />
  </Form.Item>
  <Form.Item
    messageVariables={{ label: 'good' }}
    label={<span>user</span>}
    rules={[{ required: true, message: '${label} is required' }]}
  >
    <Input />
  </Form.Item>
</Form>

Form.List

Provides array management for fields.

Property Description Type Default Version
children Render function (fields: Field[], operation: { add, remove, move }, meta: { errors }) => React.ReactNode -
initialValue Config sub default value. Form initialValues get higher priority when conflict any[] - 4.9.0
name Field name, support array NamePath -
rules Validate rules, only support customize validator. Should work with ErrorList { validator, message }[] - 4.7.0
<Form.List>
  {(fields) => (
    <div>
      {fields.map((field) => (
        <Form.Item {...field}>
          <Input />
        </Form.Item>
      ))}
    </div>
  )}
</Form.List>

Note: You should not configure Form.Item initialValue under Form.List. It always should be configured by Form.List initialValue or Form initialValues.

operation

Some operator functions in render form of Form.List.

Property Description Type Default Version
add add form item (defaultValue?: any, insertIndex?: number) => void insertIndex 4.6.0
move move form item (from: number, to: number) => void -
remove remove form item (index: number | number[]) => void number[] 4.5.0

Form.ErrorList

New in 4.7.0. Show error messages, should only work with rules of Form.List. See example.

Property Description Type Default
errors Error list ReactNode[] -

Form.Provider

Provide linkage between forms. If a sub form with name prop update, it will auto trigger Provider related events. See example.

Property Description Type Default
onFormChange Triggered when a sub form field updates function(formName: string, info: { changedFields, forms }) -
onFormFinish Triggered when a sub form submits function(formName: string, info: { values, forms }) -
<Form.Provider
  onFormFinish={(name) => {
    if (name === 'form1') {
      // Do something...
    }
  }}
>
  <Form name="form1">...</Form>
  <Form name="form2">...</Form>
</Form.Provider>

FormInstance

Name Description Type Version
getFieldError Get the error messages by the field name (name: NamePath) => string[]
getFieldInstance Get field instance (name: NamePath) => any 4.4.0
getFieldsError Get the error messages by the fields name. Return as an array (nameList?: NamePath[]) => FieldError[]
getFieldsValue Get values by a set of field names. Return according to the corresponding structure. Default return mounted field value, but you can use getFieldsValue(true) to get all values (nameList?: NamePath[], filterFunc?: (meta: { touched: boolean, validating: boolean }) => boolean) => any
getFieldValue Get the value by the field name (name: NamePath) => any
isFieldsTouched Check if fields have been operated. Check if all fields is touched when allTouched is true (nameList?: NamePath[], allTouched?: boolean) => boolean
isFieldTouched Check if a field has been operated (name: NamePath) => boolean
isFieldValidating Check field if is in validating (name: NamePath) => boolean
resetFields Reset fields to initialValues (fields?: NamePath[]) => void
scrollToField Scroll to field position (name: NamePath, options: [ScrollOptions]) => void
setFields Set fields status (fields: FieldData[]) => void
setFieldValue Set fields value(Will directly pass to form store. If you do not want to modify passed object, please clone first) (name: NamePath, value: any) => void 4.22.0
setFieldsValue Set fields value(Will directly pass to form store. If you do not want to modify passed object, please clone first). Use setFieldValue instead if you want to only config single value in Form.List (values) => void
submit Submit the form. It's same as click submit button () => void
validateFields Validate fields (nameList?: NamePath[], { validateOnly?: boolean }) => Promise validateOnly: 5.5.0

validateFields return sample

validateFields()
  .then((values) => {
    /*
  values:
    {
      username: 'username',
      password: 'password',
    }
  */
  })
  .catch((errorInfo) => {
    /*
    errorInfo:
      {
        values: {
          username: 'username',
          password: 'password',
        },
        errorFields: [
          { name: ['password'], errors: ['Please input your Password!'] },
        ],
        outOfDate: false,
      }
    */
  });

Hooks

Form.useForm

type Form.useForm = (): [FormInstance]

Create Form instance to maintain data store.

Form.useFormInstance

type Form.useFormInstance = (): FormInstance

Added in 4.20.0. Get current context form instance to avoid pass as props between components:

const Sub = () => {
  const form = Form.useFormInstance();

  return <Button onClick={() => form.setFieldsValue({})} />;
};

export default () => {
  const [form] = Form.useForm();

  return (
    <Form form={form}>
      <Sub />
    </Form>
  );
};

Form.useWatch

type Form.useWatch = (namePath: NamePath, formInstance?: FormInstance | WatchOptions): Value

Watch the value of a field. You can use this to interact with other hooks like useSWR to reduce development costs:

const Demo = () => {
  const [form] = Form.useForm();
  const userName = Form.useWatch('username', form);

  const { data: options } = useSWR(`/api/user/${userName}`, fetcher);

  return (
    <Form form={form}>
      <Form.Item name="username">
        <AutoComplete options={options} />
      </Form.Item>
    </Form>
  );
};

If your component is wrapped by Form.Item, you can omit the second argument, Form.useWatch will find the nearest FormInstance automatically.

By default useWatch only watches the registered field. If you want to watch the unregistered field, please use preserve:

const Demo = () => {
  const [form] = Form.useForm();

  const age = Form.useWatch('age', { form, preserve: true });
  console.log(age);

  return (
    <div>
      <Button onClick={() => form.setFieldValue('age', 2)}>Update</Button>
      <Form form={form}>
        <Form.Item name="name">
          <Input />
        </Form.Item>
      </Form>
    </div>
  );
};

Form.Item.useStatus

type Form.Item.useStatus = (): { status: ValidateStatus | undefined, errors: ReactNode[], warnings: ReactNode[] }

Added in 4.22.0. Could be used to get validate status of Form.Item. If this hook is not used under Form.Item, status would be undefined. Added error and warnings in 5.4.0, Could be used to get error messages and warning messages of Form.Item:

const CustomInput = ({ value, onChange }) => {
  const { status, errors } = Form.Item.useStatus();
  return (
    <input
      value={value}
      onChange={onChange}
      className={`custom-input-${status}`}
      placeholder={(errors.length && errors[0]) || ''}
    />
  );
};

export default () => (
  <Form>
    <Form.Item name="username">
      <CustomInput />
    </Form.Item>
  </Form>
);

Difference between other data fetching method

Form only update the Field which changed to avoid full refresh perf issue. Thus you can not get real time value with getFieldsValue in render. And useWatch will rerender current component to sync with latest value. You can also use Field renderProps to get better performance if only want to do conditional render. If component no need care field value change, you can use onValuesChange to give to parent component to avoid current one rerender.

Interface

NamePath

string | number | (string | number)[]

FieldData

Name Description Type
errors Error messages string[]
warnings Warning messages string[]
name Field name path NamePath[]
touched Whether is operated boolean
validating Whether is in validating boolean
value Field value any

Rule

Rule supports a config object, or a function returning config object:

type Rule = RuleConfig | ((form: FormInstance) => RuleConfig);
Name Description Type Version
defaultField Validate rule for all array elements, valid when type is array rule
enum Match enum value. You need to set type to enum to enable this any[]
fields Validate rule for child elements, valid when type is array or object Record<string, rule>
len Length of string, number, array number
max type required: max length of string, number, array number
message Error message. Will auto generate by template if not provided string
min type required: min length of string, number, array number
pattern Regex pattern RegExp
required Required field boolean
transform Transform value to the rule before validation (value) => any
type Normally string |number |boolean |url | email. More type to ref here string
validateTrigger Set validate trigger event. Must be the sub set of validateTrigger in Form.Item string | string[]
validator Customize validation rule. Accept Promise as return. See example (rule, value) => Promise
warningOnly Warning only. Not block form submit boolean 4.17.0
whitespace Failed if only has whitespace, only work with type: 'string' rule boolean

WatchOptions

Name Description Type Default Version
form Form instance FormInstance Current form in context 5.4.0
preserve Whether to watch the field which has no matched Form.Item boolean false 5.4.0

Design Token

FAQ

Custom validator not working

It may be caused by your validator if it has some errors that prevents callback to be called. You can use async instead or use try...catch to catch the error:

validator: async (rule, value) => {
  throw new Error('Something wrong!');
}

// or

validator(rule, value, callback) => {
  try {
    throw new Error('Something wrong!');
  } catch (err) {
    callback(err);
  }
}

How does name fill value when it's an array?

name will fill value by array order. When there exists number in it and no related field in form store, it will auto convert field to array. If you want to keep it as object, use string like: ['1', 'name'].

Why is there a form warning when used in Modal?

Warning: Instance created by useForm is not connect to any Form element. Forget to pass form prop?

Before Modal opens, children elements do not exist in the view. You can set forceRender on Modal to pre-render its children. Click here to view an example.

Why is component defaultValue not working when inside Form.Item?

Components inside Form.Item with name property will turn into controlled mode, which makes defaultValue not work anymore. Please try initialValues of Form to set default value.

Why can not call ref of Form at first time?

ref only receives the mounted instance. please ref React official doc: https://reactjs.org/docs/refs-and-the-dom.html#accessing-refs

Why will resetFields re-mount component?

resetFields will re-mount component under Field to clean up customize component side effects (like async data, cached state, etc.). It's by design.

Difference between Form initialValues and Item initialValue?

In most case, we always recommend to use Form initialValues. Use Item initialValue only with dynamic field usage. Priority follows the rules:

  1. Form initialValues is the first priority
  2. Field initialValue is secondary *. Does not work when multiple Item with same name setting the initialValue

Why does onFieldsChange trigger three times on change when field sets rules?

Validating is also part of the value updating. It pass follow steps:

  1. Trigger value change
  2. Rule validating
  3. Rule validated

In each onFieldsChange, you will get false > true > false with isFieldValidating.

Why doesn't Form.List support label and need ErrorList to show errors?

Form.List use renderProps which mean internal structure is flexible. Thus label and error can not have best place. If you want to use antd label, you can wrap with Form.Item instead.

Why can't Form.Item dependencies work on Form.List field?

Your name path should also contain Form.List name:

<Form.List name="users">
  {(fields) =>
    fields.map((field) => (
      <React.Fragment key={field.key}>
        <Form.Item name={[field.name, 'name']} {...someRest1} />
        <Form.Item name={[field.name, 'age']} {...someRest1} />
      </React.Fragment>
    ))
  }
</Form.List>

dependencies should be ['users', 0, 'name']

Why doesn't normalize support async?

React can not get correct interaction of controlled component with async value update. When user trigger onChange, component will do no response since value update is async. If you want to trigger value update async, you should use customize component to handle value state internal and pass sync value control to Form instead.

scrollToFirstError and scrollToField not working on custom form control?

See similar issues: #28370 #27994

scrollToFirstError and scrollToField deps on id attribute passed to form control, please make sure that it hasn't been ignored in your custom form control. Check codesandbox for solution.

Continue, why not use ref to bind element?

Form can not get real DOM node when customize component not support ref. It will get warning in React Strict Mode if wrap with Class Component and call findDOMNode. So we use id to locate element.

setFieldsValue do not trigger onFieldsChange or onValuesChange?

It's by design. Only user interactive can trigger the change event. This design is aim to avoid call setFieldsValue in change event which may makes loop calling.