<Field />
<Field /> will automagically hook up inputs to Formik. It uses the name
attribute to match up with Formik state. <Field /> will default to an HTML
<input /> element.
Rendering#
There are a few different ways to render things with <Field>.
<Field as><Field children><Field component>deprecated in 2.x. Using these will log warning<Field render>
as can either be a React component or the name of an HTML element to render. Formik will automagically inject onChange, onBlur, name, and value props of the field designated by the name prop to the (custom) component.
children can either be an array of elements (e.g. <option> in the case of <Field as="select">) or a callback function (a.k.a render prop). The render props are an object containing:
field: An object containingonChange,onBlur,name, andvalueof the field (seeFieldInputProps)form: The Formik bagmeta: An object containing metadata (i.e.value,touched,error, andinitialValue) about the field (seeFieldMetaProps)
component can either be a React component or the name of an HTML element to render. All additional props will be passed through.
In Formik 0.9 to 1.x, the
renderprop could also be used for rendering. It has been deprecated since 2.x. While the code still lives within<Field>, usingrenderwill show a warning in the console.
Example#
import React from 'react';import { Field, Form, Formik, FormikProps } from 'formik';
const MyInput = ({ field, form, ...props }) => { return <input {...field} {...props} />;};
const Example = () => ( <div> <h1>My Form</h1> <Formik initialValues={{ email: '', color: 'red', firstName: '', lastName: '' }} onSubmit={(values, actions) => { setTimeout(() => { alert(JSON.stringify(values, null, 2)); actions.setSubmitting(false); }, 1000); }} > {(props: FormikProps<any>) => ( <Form> <Field type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email" /> <Field as="select" name="color"> <option value="red">Red</option> <option value="green">Green</option> <option value="blue">Blue</option> </Field>
<Field name="lastName"> {({ field, // { name, value, onChange, onBlur } form: { touched, errors }, // also values, setXXXX, handleXXXX, dirty, isValid, status, etc. meta, }) => ( <div> <input type="text" placeholder="Email" {...field} /> {meta.touched && meta.error && ( <div className="error">{meta.error}</div> )} </div> )} </Field> <Field name="lastName" placeholder="Doe" component={MyInput} /> <button type="submit">Submit</button> </Form> )} </Formik> </div>);Props#
Reference
Props#
as#
as?: string | React.ComponentType<FieldProps['field']>
Either a React component or the name of an HTML element to render. That is, one of the following:
inputselecttextarea- A valid HTML element name
- A custom React component
Custom React components will be passed onChange, onBlur, name, and value plus any other props passed to directly to <Field>.
Default is 'input' (so an <input> is rendered by default)
// Renders an HTML <input> by default<Field name="lastName" placeholder="Last Name"/>
// Renders an HTML <select><Field name="color" as="select"> <option value="red">Red</option> <option value="green">Green</option> <option value="blue">Blue</option></Field>
// Renders a CustomInputComponent<Field name="firstName" as={CustomInputComponent} placeholder="First Name"/>
const CustomInputComponent = (props) => ( <input className="my-custom-input" type="text" {...props} />);children#
children?: React.ReactNode | ((props: FieldProps) => React.ReactNode)
Either JSX elements or callback function. Same as render.
// Children can be JSX elements<Field name="color" as="select"> <option value="red">Red</option> <option value="green">Green</option> <option value="blue">Blue</option></Field>
// Or a callback function<Field name="firstName">{({ field, form, meta }) => ( <div> <input type="text" {...field} placeholder="First Name"/> {meta.touched && meta.error && <div className="error">{meta.error}</div>} </div>)}</Field>component#
component?: string | React.ComponentType<FieldProps>
Either a React component or the name of an HTML element to render. That is, one of the following:
inputselecttextarea- A custom React component
Custom React components will be passed FieldProps which is same render prop parameters of <Field render> plus any other props passed to directly to <Field>.
Default is 'input' (so an <input> is rendered by default)
// Renders an HTML <input> by default<Field name="lastName" placeholder="Last Name"/>
// Renders an HTML <select><Field name="color" component="select"> <option value="red">Red</option> <option value="green">Green</option> <option value="blue">Blue</option></Field>
// Renders a CustomInputComponent<Field name="firstName" component={CustomInputComponent} placeholder="First Name"/>
const CustomInputComponent = ({ field, // { name, value, onChange, onBlur } form: { touched, errors }, // also values, setXXXX, handleXXXX, dirty, isValid, status, etc. ...props}) => ( <div> <input type="text" {...field} {...props} /> {touched[field.name] && errors[field.name] && <div className="error">{errors[field.name]}</div>} </div>);innerRef#
innerRef?: (el: React.HTMLElement<any> => void)
When you are not using a custom component and you need to access the underlying DOM node created by Field (e.g. to call focus), pass the callback to the innerRef prop instead.
name#
name: string
Required
A field's name in Formik state. To access nested objects or arrays, name can also accept lodash-like dot path like social.facebook or friends[0].firstName
render#
render?: (props: FieldProps) => React.ReactNode
Deprecated in 2.x. Use children instead.
A function that returns one or more JSX elements.
// Renders an HTML <input> and passes FieldProps field property<Field name="firstName" render={({ field /* { name, value, onChange, onBlur } */ }) => ( <input {...field} type="text" placeholder="firstName" /> )}/>
// Renders an HTML <input> and disables it while form is submitting<Field name="lastName" render={({ field, form: { isSubmitting } }) => ( <input {...field} disabled={isSubmitting} type="text" placeholder="lastName" /> )}/>
// Renders an HTML <input> with custom error <div> element<Field name="lastName" render={({ field, form: { touched, errors } }) => ( <div> <input {...field} type="text" placeholder="lastName" /> {touched[field.name] && errors[field.name] && <div className="error">{errors[field.name]}</div>} </div> )}/>validate#
validate?: (value: any) => undefined | string | Promise<any>
You can run independent field-level validations by passing a function to the
validate prop. The function will respect the validateOnBlur and
validateOnChange config/props specified in the <Field>'s parent <Formik>
/ withFormik. This function can either be synchronous or asynchronous:
Sync: if invalid, return a
stringcontaining the error message or returnundefined.Async: return a Promise that resolves a
stringcontaining the error message. This works like Formik'svalidate, but instead of returning anerrorsobject, it's just astring.
import React from 'react';import { Formik, Form, Field } from 'formik';
// Synchronous validation functionconst validate = value => { let errorMessage; if (!/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i.test(value)) { errorMessage = 'Invalid email address'; } return errorMessage;};
// Async validation functionconst sleep = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
const validateAsync = value => { return sleep(2000).then(() => { if (['admin', 'null', 'god'].includes(value)) { return 'Nice try'; } });};
// example usageconst MyForm = () => ( <Formik initialValues={{ email: '', username: '' }} onSubmit={values => alert(JSON.stringify(values, null, 2))} > {({ errors, touched }) => ( <Form> <Field validate={validate} name="email" type="email" /> {errors.email && touched.email ? <div>{errors.email}</div> : null} <Field validate={validateAsync} name="username" /> {errors.username && touched.username ? ( <div>{errors.username}</div> ) : null} <button type="submit">Submit</button> </Form> )} </Formik>);Note: To allow for i18n libraries, the TypeScript typings for validate are
slightly relaxed and allow you to return a Function (e.g. i18n('invalid')).