Form

Collect information from your users using validation rules.

import React from "react";
import * as Form from "@radix-ui/react-form";
import "./styles.css";

const FormDemo = () => (
	<Form.Root className="FormRoot">
		<Form.Field className="FormField" name="email">
			<div
				style={{
					display: "flex",
					alignItems: "baseline",
					justifyContent: "space-between",
				}}
			>
				<Form.Label className="FormLabel">Email</Form.Label>
				<Form.Message className="FormMessage" match="valueMissing">
					Please enter your email
				</Form.Message>
				<Form.Message className="FormMessage" match="typeMismatch">
					Please provide a valid email
				</Form.Message>
			</div>
			<Form.Control asChild>
				<input className="Input" type="email" required />
			</Form.Control>
		</Form.Field>
		<Form.Field className="FormField" name="question">
			<div
				style={{
					display: "flex",
					alignItems: "baseline",
					justifyContent: "space-between",
				}}
			>
				<Form.Label className="FormLabel">Question</Form.Label>
				<Form.Message className="FormMessage" match="valueMissing">
					Please enter a question
				</Form.Message>
			</div>
			<Form.Control asChild>
				<textarea className="Textarea" required />
			</Form.Control>
		</Form.Field>
		<Form.Submit asChild>
			<button className="Button" style={{ marginTop: 10 }}>
				Post question
			</button>
		</Form.Submit>
	</Form.Root>
);

export default FormDemo;
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Installation

Install the component from your command line.

npm install @radix-ui/react-form

Anatomy

Import all parts and piece them together.

import * as Form from "@radix-ui/react-form";

export default () => (
	<Form.Root>
		<Form.Field>
			<Form.Label />
			<Form.Control />
			<Form.Message />
			<Form.ValidityState />
		</Form.Field>

		<Form.Message />
		<Form.ValidityState />

		<Form.Submit />
	</Form.Root>
);

API Reference

Root

Contains all the parts of a form.

Field

The wrapper for a field. It handles id/name and label accessibility automatically.

Label

A label element which is automatically wired when nested inside a Field part.

Control

A control element (by default an input) which is automatically wired when nested inside a Field part.

Message

A validation message which is automatically wired (functionality and accessibility) to a given control when nested inside a Field part. It can be used for built-in and custom client-side validation, as well as server-side validation. When used outside a Field you must pass a name prop matching a field.

Form.Message accepts a match prop which is used to determine when the message should show. It matches the native HTML validity state (ValidityState on MDN) which validates against attributes such as required, min, max. The message will show if the given match is true on the control’s validity state.

You can also pass a function to match to provide custom validation rules.

ValidityState

Use this render-prop component to access a given field’s validity state in render (see ValidityState on MDN). A field's validity is available automatically when nested inside a Field part, otherwise you must pass a name prop to associate it.

Submit

The submit button.

Examples

Composing with your own components

Using asChild you can compose the Form primitive parts with your own components.

<Form.Field name="name">
	<Form.Label>Full name</Form.Label>
	<Form.Control asChild>
		<TextField.Input variant="primary" />
	</Form.Control>
</Form.Field>

It can also be used to compose other types of controls, such as a select:

<Form.Field name="country">
	<Form.Label>Country</Form.Label>
	<Form.Control asChild>
		<select>
			<option value="uk">United Kingdom</option>…
		</select>
	</Form.Control>
</Form.Field>

Note: At the moment, it is not possible to compose Form with Radix's other form primitives such as Checkbox, Select, etc. We are working on a solution for this.

Providing your own validation messages

When no children are provided, Form.Message will render a default error message for the given match.

// will yield "This value is missing"
<Form.Message match="valueMissing" />

You can provide a more meaningful message by passing your own children. This is also useful for internationalization.

// will yield "Please provide a name"
<Form.Message match="valueMissing">Please provide a name</Form.Message>

Custom validation

On top of all the built-in client-side validation matches described above you can also provide your own custom validation whilst still making use of the platform's validation abilities. It uses the customError type present in the constraint validition API.

You can pass your own validation function into the match prop on Form.Message. Here's an example:

<Form.Field name="name">
	<Form.Label>Full name</Form.Label>
	<Form.Control />
	<Form.Message match={(value, formData) => value !== "John"}>
		Only John is allowed.
	</Form.Message>
</Form.Field>

match will be called with the current value of the control as first argument and the entire FormData as second argument. match can also be an async function (or return a promise) to perform async validation.

Styling based on validity

We add data-valid and data-invalid attributes to the relevant parts. Use it to style your components accordingly. Here is an example styling the Label part.

//index.jsx
import * as React from "react";
import Form from "@radix-ui/react-form";

export default () => (
	<Form.Root>
		<Form.Field name="email">
			<Form.Label className="FormLabel">Email</Form.Label>
			<Form.Control type="email" />
		</Form.Field>
	</Form.Root>
);

/* styles.css */
.FormLabel[data-invalid] {
	color: red;
}
.FormLabel[data-valid] {
	color: green;
}

Accessing the validity state for more control

You may need to access the raw validity state of a field in order to display your own icons, or interface with a component library via it's defined props. You can do this by using the Form.ValidityState part:

<Form.Field name="name">
	<Form.Label>Full name</Form.Label>
	<Form.ValidityState>
		{(validity) => (
			<Form.Control asChild>
				<TextField.Input
					variant="primary"
					state={getTextFieldInputState(validity)}
				/>
			</Form.Control>
		)}
	</Form.ValidityState>
</Form.Field>

Server-side validation

The component also supports server-side validation using the same Form.Message component. You can re-use the same messages you defined for client-side errors by passing a forceMatch prop which will force the message to show regardless of the client-side matching logic.

If the message doesn't exist on the client-side, you can render a Form.Message without a match too. The field is marked as invalid by passing a serverInvalid boolean prop to the Form.Field part.

Here's an example with server-side error handling:

import * as React from "react";
import * as Form from "@radix-ui/react-form";

function Page() {
	const [serverErrors, setServerErrors] = React.useState({
		email: false,
		password: false,
	});

	return (
		<Form.Root
			// `onSubmit` only triggered if it passes client-side validation
			onSubmit={(event) => {
				const data = Object.fromEntries(new FormData(event.currentTarget));

				// Submit form data and catch errors in the response
				submitForm(data)
					.then(() => {})
					/**
					 * Map errors from your server response into a structure you'd like to work with.
					 * In this case resulting in this object: `{ email: false, password: true }`
					 */
					.catch((errors) => setServerErrors(mapServerErrors(errors)));

				// prevent default form submission
				event.preventDefault();
			}}
			onClearServerErrors={() =>
				setServerErrors({ email: false, password: false })
			}
		>
			<Form.Field name="email" serverInvalid={serverErrors.email}>
				<Form.Label>Email address</Form.Label>
				<Form.Control type="email" required />
				<Form.Message match="valueMissing">
					Please enter your email.
				</Form.Message>
				<Form.Message match="typeMismatch" forceMatch={serverErrors.email}>
					Please provide a valid email.
				</Form.Message>
			</Form.Field>

			<Form.Field name="password" serverInvalid={serverErrors.password}>
				<Form.Label>Password</Form.Label>
				<Form.Control type="password" required />
				<Form.Message match="valueMissing">
					Please enter a password.
				</Form.Message>
				{serverErrors.password && (
					<Form.Message>
						Please provide a valid password. It should contain at least 1 number
						and 1 special character.
					</Form.Message>
				)}
			</Form.Field>

			<Form.Submit>Submit</Form.Submit>
		</Form.Root>
	);
}

You should clear the server errors using the onClearServerErrors callback prop on the Form.Root part. It will clear the server errors before the form is re-submitted, and when the form is reset.

In addition, this provides control over when to reset single server errors. For example you could reset the email server error as soon as the user edits it:

<Form.Field name="email" serverInvalid={serverErrors.email}>
	<Form.Label>Email address</Form.Label>
	<Form.Control
		type="email"
		onChange={() => setServerErrors((prev) => ({ ...prev, email: false }))}
	/>
	<Form.Message match="valueMissing">Please enter your email.</Form.Message>
	<Form.Message match="typeMismatch" forceMatch={serverErrors.email}>
		Please provide a valid email.
	</Form.Message>
</Form.Field>

Accessibility

The component follows the "inline errors" pattern for validation:

• Label and control are associated using the name provided on Form.Field
• When one or more client-side error messages display, they are automatically associated with their matching control and announced accordingly
• Focus is moved to the first invalid control