final-form

What is final-form?

Final Form is a framework-agnostic library for managing form state in JavaScript. It provides a simple API for handling form validation, submission, and state management, making it easier to build complex forms with minimal boilerplate code.

What are final-form's main functionalities?

Form State Management

Final Form provides a simple way to manage form state. The `Form` component handles the form submission, while the `Field` component is used to define form fields. The form state is managed internally and can be accessed via the `render` prop.

const { Form, Field } = require('react-final-form');

const MyForm = () => (
  <Form
    onSubmit={formValues => {
      console.log(formValues);
    }}
    render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <Field name="firstName" component="input" placeholder="First Name" />
        <Field name="lastName" component="input" placeholder="Last Name" />
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    )}
  />
);

Validation

Final Form allows you to easily add validation to your forms. The `validate` function is used to define validation rules, and it returns an object containing any validation errors. These errors are then displayed in the form.

const { Form, Field } = require('react-final-form');

const validate = values => {
  const errors = {};
  if (!values.firstName) {
    errors.firstName = 'Required';
  }
  if (!values.lastName) {
    errors.lastName = 'Required';
  }
  return errors;
};

const MyForm = () => (
  <Form
    onSubmit={formValues => {
      console.log(formValues);
    }}
    validate={validate}
    render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <Field name="firstName" component="input" placeholder="First Name" />
        <Field name="lastName" component="input" placeholder="Last Name" />
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    )}
  />
);

Field-Level Validation

Final Form supports field-level validation, allowing you to define validation rules for individual fields. The `validate` prop on the `Field` component is used to specify the validation function for that field.

const { Form, Field } = require('react-final-form');

const required = value => (value ? undefined : 'Required');

const MyForm = () => (
  <Form
    onSubmit={formValues => {
      console.log(formValues);
    }}
    render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <Field name="firstName" component="input" placeholder="First Name" validate={required} />
        <Field name="lastName" component="input" placeholder="Last Name" validate={required} />
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    )}
  />
);

Form Submission

Final Form makes it easy to handle form submission. The `onSubmit` prop on the `Form` component is used to define the submission handler, which receives the form values as an argument.

const { Form, Field } = require('react-final-form');

const MyForm = () => (
  <Form
    onSubmit={formValues => {
      console.log('Form submitted with values:', formValues);
    }}
    render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
        <Field name="firstName" component="input" placeholder="First Name" />
        <Field name="lastName" component="input" placeholder="Last Name" />
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    )}
  />
);

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README

🏁 Final Form

✅ Zero dependencies

✅ Framework agnostic

✅ Opt-in subscriptions - only update on the state you need!

✅ 💥 3.5k gzipped 💥

---

Installation

npm install --save final-form

or

yarn add final-form

Getting Started

🏁 Final Form works on subscriptions to perform updates based on the Observer pattern. Both form and field subscribers must specify exactly which parts of the form state they want to receive updates about.

import { createForm } from 'final-form'

// Create Form
const form = createForm({
  initialValues,
  onSubmit, // required
  validate
})

// Subscribe to form state updates
const unsubscribe = form.subscribe(
  formState => {
    // Update UI
  },
  { // FormSubscription: the list of values you want to be updated about
    dirty: true,
    valid: true,
    values: true
  }
})

// Subscribe to field state updates
const unregisterField = form.registerField(
  'username',
  fieldState => {
    // Update field UI
    const { blur, change, focus, ...rest } = fieldState
    // In addition to the values you subscribe to, field state also
    // includes functions that your inputs need to update their state.
  },
  { // FieldSubscription: the list of values you want to be updated about
    active: true,
    dirty: true,
    touched: true,
    valid: true,
    value: true
  }
)

// Submit
form.submit() // only submits if all validation passes

Table of Contents

• Examples
  • Simple React Example
• Libraries
  • 🏁 React Final Form
• API
  • createForm: (config: Config) => FormApi
  • fieldSubscriptionItems: string[]
  • formSubscriptionItems: string[]
  • FORM_ERROR: Symbol
  • version: string
• Types
  • Config
    • debug?: DebugFunction
    • initialValues?: Object
    • mutators?: { [string]: Mutator }
    • onSubmit: (values: Object, callback: ?(errors: ?Object) => void) => ?Object | Promise<?Object> | void
    • validate?: (values: Object) => Object | Promise<Object>
    • validateOnBlur?: boolean
  • DebugFunction: (state: FormState, fieldStates: { [string]: FieldState }) => void
  • Decorator: (form: FormApi) => Unsubscribe
  • FieldState
    • active?: boolean
    • blur: () => void
    • change: (value: any) => void
    • data?: Object
    • dirty?: boolean
    • error?: any
    • focus: () => void
    • initial?: any
    • invalid?: boolean
    • length?: number
    • name: string
    • pristine?: boolean
    • submitError?: any
    • submitFailed?: boolean
    • submitSucceeded?: boolean
    • touched?: boolean
    • valid?: boolean
    • value?: any
    • visited?: boolean
  • FieldSubscriber: (state: FieldState) => void
  • FieldSubscription: { [string]: boolean }
    • active?: boolean
    • data?: boolean
    • dirty?: boolean
    • error?: boolean
    • initial?: boolean
    • invalid?: boolean
    • length?: boolean
    • pristine?: boolean
    • submitError?: boolean
    • submitFailed?: boolean
    • submitSucceeded?: boolean
    • touched?: boolean
    • valid?: boolean
    • value?: boolean
    • visited?: boolean
  • FormApi
    • batch: (fn: () => void) => void)
    • blur: (name: string) => void
    • change: (name: string, value: ?any) => void
    • focus: (name: string) => void
    • getRegisteredFields: () => string[]
    • getState: () => FormState
    • initialize: (values: Object) => void
    • mutators: ?{ [string]: Function }
    • submit: () => ?Promise<?Object>
    • subscribe: (subscriber: FormSubscriber, subscription: FormSubscription) => Unsubscribe
    • registerField: RegisterField
    • reset: () => void
  • FormState
    • active?: string
    • dirty?: boolean
    • error?: any
    • errors?: Object
    • initialValues?: Object
    • invalid?: boolean
    • pristine?: boolean
    • submitError?: any
    • submitErrors?: Object
    • submitFailed?: boolean
    • submitSucceeded?: boolean
    • submitting?: boolean
    • valid?: boolean
    • validating?: boolean
    • values?: Object
  • FormSubscriber: (state: FormState) => void
  • FormSubscription: { [string]: boolean }
    • active?: boolean
    • dirty?: boolean
    • error?: boolean
    • errors?: boolean
    • initialValues?: boolean
    • invalid?: boolean
    • pristine?: boolean
    • submitError?: boolean
    • submitErrors?: boolean
    • submitFailed?: boolean
    • submitSucceeded?: boolean
    • submitting?: boolean
    • valid?: boolean
    • validating?: boolean
    • values?: boolean
  • InternalFieldState
    • active: boolean
    • blur: () => void
    • change: (value: any) => void
    • data: Object
    • error?: any
    • focus: () => void
    • initial?: any
    • name: string
    • pristine: boolean
    • submitError?: any
    • touched: boolean
    • valid: boolean
    • value?: any
    • visited: boolean
  • InternalFormState
    • active?: string
    • error?: any
    • errors: Object
    • initialValues?: Object
    • pristine: boolean
    • submitError: any
    • submitErrors?: Object
    • submitFailed: boolean
    • submitSucceeded: boolean
    • submitting: boolean
    • valid: boolean
    • validating: number
    • values: Object
  • MutableState: { formState: InternalFormState, fields: { [string]: InternalFieldState } }
  • Mutator: (args: any[], state: MutableState, tools: Tools) => any
  • RegisterField: (name: string, subscriber: FieldSubscriber, subscription: FieldSubscription, validate?: (value: ?any, allValues: Object) => ?any) => Unsubscribe
  • Tools
    • Tools.changeValue: (state: MutableState, name: string, mutate: (value: any) => any) => void
    • Tools.getIn: (state: Object, complexKey: string) => any
    • Tools.setIn: (state: Object, key: string, value: any) => Object
    • Tools.shallowEqual: (a: any, b: any) => boolean
  • Unsubscribe : () => void

Examples

Simple React Example

Demonstrates how 🏁 Final Form can be used inside a React component to manage form state. It also shows just how much 🏁 React Final Form does for you out of the box.

For more examples using React, see 🏁 React Final Form Examples.

Libraries

🏁 React Final Form

A form state management system for React that uses 🏁 Final Form under the hood.

API

The following can be imported from final-form.

createForm: (config: Config) => FormApi

Creates a form instance. It takes a Config and returns a FormApi.

fieldSubscriptionItems: string[]

An à la carte list of all the possible things you can subscribe to for a field. Useful for subscribing to everything.

formSubscriptionItems: string[]

An à la carte list of all the possible things you can subscribe to for a form. Useful for subscribing to everything.

FORM_ERROR: Symbol

A special Symbol key used to return a whole-form error inside error objects returned from validation or submission.

version: string

The current used version of 🏁 Final Form.

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Types

Config

debug?: DebugFunction

initialValues?: Object

The initial values of your form. These will also be used to compare against the current values to calculate pristine and dirty.

mutators?: { [string]: Mutator }

Optional named mutation functions.

onSubmit: (values: Object, callback: ?(errors: ?Object) => void) => ?Object | Promise<?Object> | void

Function to call when the form is submitted. There are three possible ways to write an onSubmit function:

• Synchronously: returns undefined on success, or an Object of submission errors on failure
• Asynchronously with a callback: returns undefined, calls callback() with no arguments on success, or with an Object of submission errors on failure.
• Asynchronously with a Promise: returns a Promise<?Object> that resolves with no value on success or resolves with an Object of submission errors on failure. The reason it resolves with errors is to leave rejection for when there is a server or communications error.

Submission errors must be in the same shape as the values of the form. You may return a generic error for the whole form (e.g. 'Login Failed') using the special FORM_ERROR symbol key.

validate?: (values: Object) => Object | Promise<Object>

A whole-record validation function that takes all the values of the form and returns any validation errors. There are three possible ways to write a validate function:

• Synchronously: returns {} or undefined when the values are valid, or an Object of validation errors when the values are invalid.
• Asynchronously with a Promise: returns a Promise<?Object> that resolves with no value on success or resolves with an Object of validation errors on failure. The reason it resolves with errors is to leave rejection for when there is a server or communications error.

Validation errors must be in the same shape as the values of the form. You may return a generic error for the whole form using the special FORM_ERROR symbol key.

An optional callback for debugging that returns the form state and the states of all the fields. It's called on every state change. A typical thing to pass in might be console.log.

validateOnBlur?: boolean

If true, validation will happen on blur. If false, validation will happen on change. Defaults to false.

DebugFunction: (state: FormState, fieldStates: { [string]: FieldState }) => void

Decorator: (form: FormApi) => Unsubscribe

A function that decorates a form by subscribing to it and making changes as the form state changes, and returns an Unsubscribe function to detach itself from the form. e.g. 🏁 Final Form Calculate.

FieldState

FieldState is an object containing:

active?: boolean

Whether or not the field currently has focus.

blur: () => void

A function to blur the field (mark it as inactive).

change: (value: any) => void

A function to change the value of the field.

data?: Object

A place for arbitrary values to be placed by mutators.

dirty?: boolean

true when the value of the field is !== the initial value, false if the values are ===.

error?: any

The current validation error for this field.

focus: () => void

A function to focus the field (mark it as active).

initial?: any

The initial value of the field. undefined if it was never initialized.

invalid?: boolean

true if the field has a validation error or a submission error. false otherwise.

length?: number

The length of the array if the value is an array. undefined otherwise.

name: string

The name of the field.

pristine?: boolean

true if the current value is === to the initial value, false if the values are !===.

submitError?: any

The submission error for this field.

submitFailed?: boolean

true if a form submission has been tried and failed. false otherwise.

submitSucceeded?: boolean

true if the form has been successfully submitted. false otherwise.

touched?: boolean

true if this field has ever gained and lost focus. false otherwise. Useful for knowing when to display error messages.

valid?: boolean

true if this field has no validation or submission errors. false otherwise.

value?: any

The value of the field.

visited?: boolean

true if this field has ever gained focus.

FieldSubscriber: (state: FieldState) => void

FieldSubscription: { [string]: boolean }

FieldSubscription is an object containing the following:

active?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the active value in FieldState.

data?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the data value in FieldState.

dirty?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the dirty value in FieldState.

error?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the error value in FieldState.

initial?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the initial value in FieldState.

invalid?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the invalid value in FieldState.

length?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the length value in FieldState.

pristine?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the pristine value in FieldState.

submitError?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitError value in FieldState.

submitFailed?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitFailed value in FieldState.

submitSucceeded?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitSucceeded value in FieldState.

touched?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the touched value in FieldState.

valid?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the valid value in FieldState.

value?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the value value in FieldState.

visited?: boolean

When true the FieldSubscriber will be notified of changes to the visited value in FieldState.

FormApi

batch: (fn: () => void) => void)

Allows batch updates by silencing notifications while the fn is running. Example:

form.batch(() => {
  form.change('firstName', 'Erik') // listeners not notified
  form.change('lastName', 'Rasmussen') // listeners not notified
}) // NOW all listeners notified

blur: (name: string) => void

Blurs (marks inactive) the given field.

change: (name: string, value: ?any) => void

Changes the value of the given field.

focus: (name: string) => void

Focuses (marks active) the given field.

getRegisteredFields: () => string[]

Returns a list of all the currently registered fields.

getState: () => FormState

A way to request the current state of the form without subscribing.

initialize: (values: Object) => void

Initializes the form to the values provided. All the values will be set to these values, and dirty and pristine will be calculated by performing a shallow-equals between the current values and the values last initialized with. The form will be pristine after this call.

mutators: ?{ [string]: Function }

The state-bound versions of the mutators provided to Config.

submit: () => ?Promise<?Object>

Submits the form if there are currently no validation errors. It may return undefined or a Promise depending on the nature of the onSubmit configuration value given to the form when it was created.

subscribe: (subscriber: FormSubscriber, subscription: FormSubscription) => Unsubscribe

Subscribes to changes to the form. The subscriber will only be called when values specified in subscription change. A form can have many subscribers.

registerField: RegisterField

Registers a new field and subscribes to changes to it. The subscriber will only be called when the values specified in subscription change. More than one subscriber can subscribe to the same field.

This is also where you may provide an optional field-level validation function that should return undefined if the value is valid, or an error. It can optionally return a Promise that resolves (not rejects) to undefined or an error.

reset: () => void

Resets the values back to the initial values the form was initialized with. Or empties all the values if the form was not initialized.

FormState

active?: string

The name of the currently active field. undefined if none are active.

dirty?: boolean

true if the form values are different from the values it was initialized with. false otherwise. Comparison is done with shallow-equals.

error?: any

The whole-form error returned by a validation function under the FORM_ERROR key.

errors?: Object

An object containing all the current validation errors. The shape will match the shape of the form's values.

initialValues?: Object

The values the form was initialized with. undefined if the form was never initialized.

invalid?: boolean

true if any of the fields or the form has a validation or submission error. false otherwise. Note that a form can be invalid even if the errors do not belong to any currently registered fields.

pristine?: boolean

true if the form values are the same as the initial values. false otherwise. Comparison is done with shallow-equals.

submitError?: any

The whole-form submission error returned by onSubmit under the FORM_ERROR key.

submitErrors?: Object

An object containing all the current submission errors. The shape will match the shape of the form's values.

submitFailed?: boolean

true if the form was submitted, but the submission failed with submission errors. false otherwise.

submitSucceeded?: boolean

true if the form was successfully submitted. false otherwise.

submitting?: boolean

true if the form is currently being submitted asynchronously. false otherwise.

valid?: boolean

true if neither the form nor any of its fields has a validation or submission error. false otherwise. Note that a form can be invalid even if the errors do not belong to any currently registered fields.

validating?: boolean

true if the form is currently being validated asynchronously. false otherwise.

values?: Object

The current values of the form.

FormSubscriber: (state: FormState) => void

FormSubscription: { [string]: boolean }

FormSubscription is an object containing the following:

active?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the active value in FormState.

dirty?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the dirty value in FormState.

error?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the error value in FormState.

errors?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the errors value in FormState.

initialValues?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the initialValues value in FormState.

invalid?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the invalid value in FormState.

pristine?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the pristine value in FormState.

submitError?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitError value in FormState.

submitErrors?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitErrors value in FormState.

submitFailed?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitFailed value in FormState.

submitSucceeded?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitSucceeded value in FormState.

submitting?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the submitting value in FormState.

valid?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the valid value in FormState.

validating?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the validating value in FormState.

values?: boolean

When true the FormSubscriber will be notified of changes to the values value in FormState.

InternalFieldState

Very similar to the published FieldState.

active: boolean

Whether or not the field currently has focus.

blur: () => void

A function to blur the field (mark it as inactive).

change: (value: any) => void

A function to change the value of the field.

data: Object

A place for arbitrary values to be placed by mutators.

error?: any

The current validation error for this field.

focus: () => void

A function to focus the field (mark it as active).

initial?: any

The initial value of the field. undefined if it was never initialized.

name: string

The name of the field.

pristine: boolean

true if the current value is === to the initial value, false if the values are !===.

submitError?: any

The submission error for this field.

touched: boolean

true if this field has ever gained and lost focus. false otherwise. Useful for knowing when to display error messages.

valid: boolean

true if this field has no validation or submission errors. false otherwise.

value?: any

The value of the field.

visited: boolean

true if this field has ever gained focus.

InternalFormState

Very similar to the published FormState, with a few minor differences.

active?: string

The name of the currently active field. undefined if none are active.

error?: any

The whole-form error returned by a validation function under the FORM_ERROR key.

errors: Object

An object containing all the current validation errors. The shape will match the shape of the form's values.

initialValues?: Object

The values the form was initialized with. undefined if the form was never initialized.

pristine: boolean

true if the form values are the same as the initial values. false otherwise. Comparison is done with shallow-equals.

submitError: any

The whole-form submission error returned by onSubmit under the FORM_ERROR key.

submitErrors?: Object

An object containing all the current submission errors. The shape will match the shape of the form's values.

submitFailed: boolean

true if the form was submitted, but the submission failed with submission errors. false otherwise.

submitSucceeded: boolean

true if the form was successfully submitted. false otherwise.

submitting: boolean

true if the form is currently being submitted asynchronously. false otherwise.

valid: boolean

true if neither the form nor any of its fields has a validation or submission error. false otherwise. Note that a form can be invalid even if the errors do not belong to any currently registered fields.

validating: number

The number of asynchronous validators currently running.

values: Object

The current values of the form.

MutableState: { formState: InternalFormState, fields: { [string]: InternalFieldState } }

A container for the InternalFormState and an object of InternalFieldStates.

Mutator: (args: any[], state: MutableState, tools: Tools) => any

A mutator function that takes some arguments, the internal form MutableState, and some Tools and optionally modifies the form state.

RegisterField: (name: string, subscriber: FieldSubscriber, subscription: FieldSubscription, validate?: (value: ?any, allValues: Object) => ?any) => Unsubscribe

Tools

An object containing:

Tools.changeValue: (state: MutableState, name: string, mutate: (value: any) => any) => void

A utility function to modify a single field value in form state. mutate() takes the old value and returns the new value.

Tools.getIn: (state: Object, complexKey: string) => any

A utility function to get any arbitrarily deep value from an object using dot-and-bracket syntax (e.g. some.deep.values[3].whatever).

Tools.setIn: (state: Object, key: string, value: any) => Object

A utility function to set any arbitrarily deep value inside an object using dot-and-bracket syntax (e.g. some.deep.values[3].whatever). Note: it does not mutate the object, but returns a new object.

Tools.shallowEqual: (a: any, b: any) => boolean

A utility function to compare the keys of two objects. Returns true if the objects have the same keys and the values are ===, false otherwise.

Unsubscribe : () => void

Unsubscribes a listener.