Unform is a performance focused library that helps you creating beautiful forms in React with the power of uncontrolled components performance and React Hooks.
- Key features
- Why not Formik, Redux Form or another library?
- Roadmap
- Installation
- Guides
- Custom elements
- Contributing
- Need help?
- License
- Beautiful syntax;
- React Hooks 😍;
- Performance focused;
- Use of uncontrolled components;
- Integration with pickers, dropdowns and other libraries;
Formik/Redux Form has a really great syntax while it has a really poor support to uncontrolled components and deep nested data structures. With unform it's easy to create forms with complex relationships without losing performance.
- Native checkbox/radio support;
- React Native support (should we?);
- Better docs;
Just add unform to your project:
yarn add @rocketseat/unform
Unform exposes two default form elements: <Input /> and <Select />. Currently, <Select /> element does not support multiple values, you can use React Select example to achieve that.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {
console.log(data);
/**
* {
* email: '[email protected]',
* password: '123456'
* }
*/
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Input name="email" />
<Input name="password" type="password" />
<button type="submit">Sign in</button>
</Form>
);
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Unform exposes two elements by default, Input and Select.
Input elements can receive a multiline prop that will render a textarea instead.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Input name="name" />
<Input multiline name="bio" />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
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Every <Select /> element must receive an property with an array of options. Every option inside this array must be an object with id and title as shown in the example below.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Select } from '@rocketseat/unform';
const options = [
{ id: 'react', title: 'ReactJS' },
{ id: 'node', title: 'NodeJS' },
{ id: 'rn', title: 'React Native' },
];
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Select name="tech" options={options} />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
}↑ back to: Table of contents · Guides
FileInput components may receive an onStartProgress property that will be called when file loading starts.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, FileInput } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
function handleProgress(progress, event) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<FileInput name="attach" onStartProgress={handleProgress} />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
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Choice element represents multiple options elements.
The options property is the options list, and is necessary.
It will display checkboxes or radio buttons based on multiple property.
To display multiple checkboxes:
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Choice } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
function handleProgress(progress, event) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Choice
name="fieldName"
options={[{ value: '1', label: 'One' }, { value: '2', label: 'Two' }]}
multiple
/>
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
}When the value is returned, the format is an array of selected values (..., fieldName: ['1', '2', ...], ...).
To display multiple radio buttons:
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Choice } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
function handleProgress(progress, event) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Choice
name="fieldName"
options={[{ value: '1', label: 'One' }, { value: '2', label: 'Two' }]}
/>
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
}When the value is returned in this case, the format will be the value selected (..., fieldName: '1', ...).
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This component display only one option in form of a single checkbox.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Check } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Check name="fieldName" label="Test Field" />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
}The value of this element will be true if checked or false otherwise (..., fieldName: true, ...).
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import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data, { resetForm }) {
resetForm();
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Input name="email" />
<Input name="password" type="password" />
<button type="submit">Sign in</button>
</Form>
);
}Optional: resetForm may receive an object that will be applied when the form is reset.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
const options = [
{ id: 'react', title: 'ReactJS' },
{ id: 'node', title: 'NodeJS' },
{ id: 'rn', title: 'React Native' },
];
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data, { resetForm }) {
resetForm({ tech: 'react' });
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Select name="tech" options={options} />
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</Form>
);
}↑ back to: Table of contents · Guides
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input, Scope } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {
console.log(data);
/**
* {
* name: 'Diego',
* address: { street: "Name of street", number: 123 }
* }
*/
}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Input name="name" />
<Scope path="address">
<Input name="street" />
<Input name="number" />
</Scope>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</Form>
);
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Optional: Here you can set what the initial data for each field will be, you store the initial field values into a variable and load it in the Form using the prop initialData.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input, Scope } from '@rocketseat/unform';
function App() {
const initialData = {
name: 'John Doe',
address: {
street: 'Sample Avenue',
},
};
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form onSubmit={handleSubmit} initialData={initialData}>
<Input name="name" />
<Scope path="address">
<Input name="street" />
<Input name="number" />
</Scope>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</Form>
);
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When you define your schema to validation, only data defined in it will be sent to
datainonSubmitevent even though there are other fields.
import React from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
import * as Yup from 'yup';
const schema = Yup.object().shape({
email: Yup.string()
.email('Custom invalid email message')
.required('Custom required message'),
password: Yup.string()
.min(4)
.required(),
});
function App() {
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form schema={schema} onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Input name="email" />
<Input name="password" type="password" />
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</Form>
);
}↑ back to: Table of contents · Guides
The Form component exposes two props for that: style and className. You can use any CSS-in-JS library to style your form or just pass the class name string, or even the style object directly! For example:
import styled from 'styled-components'; // or emotion, for example
// weird choice for a background color, huh?
export default styled(MyForm)`
background: red;
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import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { Form, Input } from '@rocketseat/unform';
import * as Yup from 'yup';
const schema = Yup.object().shape({
name: Yup.string().required(),
email: Yup.string()
.email()
.required(),
password: Yup.string().when('$updatePassword', {
is: true,
then: Yup.string()
.min(4)
.required(),
otherwise: Yup.string().strip(true),
}),
});
function App() {
const [updatePassword, setUpdatePassword] = useState(false);
const initialData = {
name: 'John Doe',
email: '[email protected]',
};
function handleSubmit(data) {}
return (
<Form
schema={schema}
initialData={initialData}
context={{ updatePassword }}
onSubmit={handleSubmit}
>
<Input name="name" />
<Input name="email" />
<input
type="checkbox"
name="Update Password"
checked={updatePassword}
onChange={e => setUpdatePassword(e.target.checked)}
/>
<Input name="password" type="password" />
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</Form>
);
}↑ back to: Table of contents · Guides
Sometimes we need to use third-party component in our forms. But don't you worry, Unform has your back! You can do that via useField which provides all the resources you need to use your component with Unform.
Below are some examples with react-select and react-datepicker.
Observation: If you are using Eslint + Prettier you need to take care with your useEffect dependecies, probably they will change when you format your code. To fix that you can add a comment on the line above of your useEffect dependencies disabling the eslint on that line. You can just follow the example below.
Example:
useEffect(() => {
registerField();
}, [ref.current, fieldName]); // eslint-disable-lineimport React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
import Select from 'react-select';
import { useField } from '@rocketseat/unform';
export default function ReactSelect({
name,
label,
options,
multiple,
...rest
}) {
const ref = useRef(null);
const { fieldName, registerField, defaultValue, error } = useField(name);
function parseSelectValue(selectRef) {
const selectValue = selectRef.state.value
if (!multiple) {
return selectValue ? selectValue.id : '';
}
return selectValue ? selectValue.map(option => option.id) : [];
}
useEffect(() => {
registerField({
name: fieldName,
ref: ref.current,
path: 'state.value',
parseValue: parseSelectValue,
clearValue: selectRef => {
selectRef.select.clearValue();
},
});
}, [ref.current, fieldName]); // eslint-disable-line
function getDefaultValue() {
if (!defaultValue) return null;
if (!multiple) {
return options.find(option => option.id === defaultValue);
}
return options.filter(option => defaultValue.includes(option.id));
}
return (
<>
{label && <label htmlFor={fieldName}>{label}</label>}
<Select
name={fieldName}
aria-label={fieldName}
options={options}
isMulti={multiple}
defaultValue={getDefaultValue()}
ref={ref}
getOptionValue={option => option.id}
getOptionLabel={option => option.title}
{...rest}
/>
{error && <span>{error}</span>}
</>
);
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import React, { useRef, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import ReactDatePicker from 'react-datepicker';
import { useField } from '@rocketseat/unform';
import 'react-datepicker/dist/react-datepicker.css';
export default function DatePicker({ name }) {
const ref = useRef(null);
const { fieldName, registerField, defaultValue, error } = useField(name);
const [selected, setSelected] = useState(defaultValue);
useEffect(() => {
registerField({
name: fieldName,
ref: ref.current,
path: 'props.selected',
clearValue: pickerRef => {
pickerRef.clear();
},
});
}, [ref.current, fieldName]); // eslint-disable-line
return (
<>
<ReactDatePicker
name={fieldName}
selected={selected}
onChange={date => setSelected(date)}
ref={ref}
/>
{error && <span>{error}</span>}
</>
);
}↑ back to: Table of contents · Guides
Thanks for being interested on making this package better. We encourage everyone to help improving this project with some new features, bug fixes and performance issues. Please take a little bit of your time to read our guides, so this process can be faster and easier.
Take a moment to read about our Contribution Guidelines so you can understand how to submit an issue, commit and create pull requests.
We expect you to follow our Code of Conduct. You can read it to understand what kind of behaviour will and will not be tolerated.
If you need help with Unform, feel free to open an issue with a description of the problem you're facing or, if you prefer, you can chat with us on our Discord Community.
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