@elderform/react v1.0.1

@elderform/react

Elderform tools for react

Install

pnpm add xstate @xstate/react elderform @elderform/react

• API
• Examples

import { create } from 'elderform';
import { Form, Field } from '@elderform/react';

const form = create({
  onSubmit: () => {},
});

const App = () => {
  const state = useForm(form);

  return (
    <Form state={state}>
      <Field name="name" initialValue="" onValidate={(v) => {}}>
        {(name) => {
          return (
            <div>
              <div>
                <label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
                <input type="text" name="name" value={name.value} />
              </div>

              {name.error && <p>{name.error}</p>}
            </div>
          );
        }}
      </Field>
    </Form>
  );
};

API

useForm(form)

A React Hook to re-use an existing form

good for sharing a single form across components

Returns

• state - A combined object that contains the current overall state of the form.

<Form>

A component that consumes and provides the current form state.

import { Form } from '@elderform/react';

const App = () => {
  return <Form state={{}}>{(state) => <></>}</Form>;
};

Props

• state - The state returned from creating the form.

<Field>

A component for spawning and accessing the state of a field.

Props

• name (string) - Name of the field.
• initialValue (any) - The initial value of the field.
• onValidate ((value, values) => any) - A function that performs validation on the field.

import { Field } from '@elderform/react';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Form state={{}}>
      <Field name="name" initialValue="" onValidate={() => {}}>
        {(state) => <></>}
      </Field>

      <Field name="email" initialValue="" onValidate={() => {}}>
        {(state) => <></>}
      </Field>
    </Form>
  );
};

useElder()

A hook for consuming the context for any form using <Form>

import { useElder } from '@elderform/react';

const Home = () => {
  const state = useElder();
  return <></>;
};

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Form>
      <Component>
        <Home />
      </Component>
    </Form>
  );
};

useField(name)

A hook for getting the current state of a given field.

• name (string) - Name of the field as specified in the schema

Returns

state for the given field

import { useField } from '@elderform/react';

const TextField = ({ name }: { name: string }) => {
  const { state, value } = useField(name);
  return <></>;
};

const Home = () => {
  return (
    <>
      <TextField name="name" />
      <TextField name="email" />
    </>
  );
};

const App = () => {
  return (
    <Form>
      <Component>
        <Home />
      </Component>
    </Form>
  );
};

Examples

• Dynamic form

License

MIT © JoshuaAmaju