What is react-final-form-arrays?
The react-final-form-arrays package is an extension for react-final-form that provides utilities for managing arrays in forms. It simplifies the process of adding, removing, and manipulating array fields within a form, making it easier to handle dynamic form fields.
What are react-final-form-arrays's main functionalities?
Adding and Removing Fields
This feature allows you to dynamically add and remove fields in a form. The code sample demonstrates how to use the FieldArray component to manage an array of 'friends' with first and last names.
```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { FieldArray } from 'react-final-form-arrays';
import { Form, Field } from 'react-final-form';
const MyForm = () => (
<Form
onSubmit={formValues => console.log(formValues)}
render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<FieldArray name="friends">
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => (
<div key={name}>
<Field name={`${name}.firstName`} component="input" placeholder="First Name" />
<Field name={`${name}.lastName`} component="input" placeholder="Last Name" />
<span onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>-</span>
</div>
))}
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({})}>Add Friend</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
)}
/>
);
export default MyForm;
```
Conditional Rendering of Array Fields
This feature allows for conditional rendering of array fields. The code sample shows how to conditionally render a remove button for each friend field, only if the index is greater than 0.
```jsx
import React from 'react';
import { FieldArray } from 'react-final-form-arrays';
import { Form, Field } from 'react-final-form';
const MyForm = () => (
<Form
onSubmit={formValues => console.log(formValues)}
render={({ handleSubmit }) => (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<FieldArray name="friends">
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => (
<div key={name}>
<Field name={`${name}.firstName`} component="input" placeholder="First Name" />
<Field name={`${name}.lastName`} component="input" placeholder="Last Name" />
{index > 0 && <span onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>-</span>}
</div>
))}
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({})}>Add Friend</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
)}
/>
);
export default MyForm;
```
Other packages similar to react-final-form-arrays
formik
Formik is a popular form library for React that also provides utilities for managing arrays in forms. It offers a similar FieldArray component that allows for dynamic addition and removal of fields. Compared to react-final-form-arrays, Formik is more feature-rich and has a larger community, but it may be more complex to set up and use.
react-hook-form
React Hook Form is another form library for React that provides a useFieldArray hook for managing array fields. It is known for its performance and simplicity, leveraging React hooks for a more modern approach. Compared to react-final-form-arrays, React Hook Form is more lightweight and has a simpler API, but it may lack some of the advanced features provided by react-final-form.
🏁 React Final Form Arrays
Installation
npm install --save react-final-form-arrays react-final-form final-form final-form-arrays
or
yarn add react-final-form-arrays react-final-form final-form final-form-arrays
Usage
🏁 React Final Form Arrays provides a way to render arrays in 🏁 React Final
Form.
import { Form, Field } from 'react-final-form'
import arrayMutators from 'final-form-arrays'
import { FieldArray } from 'react-final-form-arrays'
const MyForm = () => (
<Form
onSubmit={onSubmit}
mutators={{
// potentially other mutators could be merged here
...arrayMutators
}}
validate={validate}
render={({ handleSubmit, pristine, invalid }) => (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<FieldArray name="customers">
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => (
<div key={name}>
<div>
<label>First Name</label>
<Field name={`${name}.firstName`} component="input" />
</div>
<div>
<label>Last Name</label>
<Field name={`${name}.lastName`} component="input" />
</div>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>
Remove
</button>
</div>
))}
<button
type="button"
onClick={() => fields.push({ firstName: '', lastName: '' })}
>
Add
</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
</form>
)}
/>
)
Table of Contents
Examples
Demostrates how to use <FieldArray/>
to render an array of inputs, as well as
use push
, pop
, and remove
mutations.
Rendering
There are three ways to tell <FieldArray/>
what to render:
Method | How it is rendered |
---|
component prop | return React.createElement(this.props.component, props) |
render prop | return this.props.render(props) |
a render function as children | return this.props.children(props) |
API
The following can be imported from react-final-form-arrays
.
FieldArray : React.ComponentType<FieldArrayProps>
A component that takes FieldArrayProps
and renders an
array of fields
version: string
The current used version of 🏁 React Final Form Arrays.
Types
FieldArrayProps
These are props that you pass to
<FieldArray/>
. You must
provide one of the ways to render: component
, render
, or children
.
children?: ((props: FieldArrayRenderProps) => React.Node) | React.Node
A render function that is given
FieldArrayRenderProps
, as well as any non-API props
passed into the <FieldArray/>
component.
component?: React.ComponentType<FieldArrayRenderProps>
A component that is given FieldArrayRenderProps
as
props, as well as any non-API props passed into the <FieldArray/>
component.
name: string
The name of your field array.
render?: (props: FieldArrayRenderProps) => React.Node
A render function that is given
FieldArrayRenderProps
, as well as any non-API props
passed into the <FieldArray/>
component.
subscription?: FieldSubscription
A
FieldSubscription
that selects of all the items of
FieldState
that you
wish to update for. If you don't pass a subscription
prop, it defaults to
all of FieldState
.
validate?: (value: ?any[], allValues: Object) => ?any
A function that takes the field value, and all the values of the form and
returns an error if the array value is invalid, or undefined
if the value is
valid.
FieldArrayRenderProps
These are the props that
<FieldArray/>
provides to
your render function or component. This object is divided into a fields
object
that mimics an iterable (e.g. it has map()
and forEach()
and length
), and
meta
data about the field array. Keep in mind that the values in meta
are
dependent on you having subscribed to them with the
subscription
prop
fields.forEach: (iterator: (name: string, index: number) => void) => void
Iterates through all of the names of the fields in the field array in bracket
format, e.g. foo[0]
, foo[1]
, foo[2]
.
fields.insert: (index: number, value: any) => void
A function to insert a value into any arbitrary index of the array.
fields.map: (iterator: (name: string, index: number) => any) => any[]
Iterates through all of the names of the fields in the field array in bracket
format, e.g. foo[0]
, foo[1]
, foo[2]
, and collects the results of the
iterator function. You will use this in almost every implementation.
fields.move: (from: number, to: number) => void
A function to move a value from one index to another. Useful for drag-and-drop
reordering.
fields.name: string
The name of the field array.
fields.pop: () => any
A function to remove a value from the end of the array. The value will be
returned.
fields.push: (value: any) => void
A function to add a value to the end of the array.
fields.remove: (index: number) => any
A function to remove a value from an arbitrary index of the array.
fields.shift: () => any
A function to remove a value from the beginning of the array. The value will be
returned.
fields.swap: (indexA: number, indexB: number) => void
A function to swap two values in the array.
fields.unshift: (value: any) => void
A function to add a value to the beginning of the array.
meta.active?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on active
.
meta.data: Object
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on data
.
meta.dirty?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on dirty
.
meta.error?: any
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on error
.
meta.initial?: any
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on initial
.
meta.invalid?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on invalid
.
meta.pristine?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on pristine
.
meta.submitError?: any
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on submitError
.
meta.submitFailed?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on submitFailed
.
meta.submitSucceeded?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on submitSucceeded
.
meta.touched?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on touched
.
meta.valid?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on valid
.
meta.visited?: boolean
See the 🏁 Final Form docs on visited
.