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Package from version 2.x has been renamed to react-form-component.

react-standalone-form

This package in version 2.0 has been renamed and its development is now continued as react-form-component.

Create React forms just with a pure JSX and let the react-standalone-form manage its state for you. A themeable form library based on Context API with a selection of user friendly inputs and wide customization abilities to match your design and functionality.

Install

yarn add react-standalone-form

Demo

Quick start example

1. Wrap entitre app into <FormThemeProvider>. Optionally define a custom theme in theme prop.
2. Use <Form> component anywhere in the app, declare all fields in a fields prop array.
3. Use any from built-in input widgets or build custom inputs to compose a form. Give each input a name prop that corresponds with a name defined in a fields array of the ancestor <Form> component.
4. Use <FormButton> to trigger a submit function that returns all field values formatted in a form of a simple javascript object.

// App.js
import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import Form, {
  FormThemeProvider,
  Input,
  Select,
  FormButton,
} from 'react-standalone-form'


// Wrap entitre app into FormThemeProvider.
const App = () =>
  <FormThemeProvider>
    <div className='my-app'>
      <BasicFormExample />
    </div>
  </FormThemeProvider>


// Build a fully operational form.
const BasicFormExample = () =>
  <Form fields={['name', 'email', 'type']}>
    <Input
      name='name'
      label='User name'
    />
    <Input
      name='email'
      type='email'
      label='E-mail'
    />
    <Select
      name='type'
      label='Type of a user'
      options={['Viewer', 'Moderator', 'Admin']}
    />
    <FormButton
      onClick={fields => console.log(fields)}
    >Save</FormButton>
  </Form>

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('#app'))

Features

• Built in form state management
• Wide range of UI form components
• Built in, customizable form validation system
• Customizable theme and notification labels
• Marking fields as required
• Loading state support for asynchronous operations
• Submit action triggered by a submit button or on each change with debounce
• Optional reseting of all fields after a successful submit (show docs)
• Data collected from forms is formatted well for API calls
• Nested forms (possibility to put a form as a multiple fieldset of anorher form)
• Built in, repleacable react-toastify notification plugin
• Cross browser tested
• SSR support
• Easy way of creating custom inputs

Docs

• Components API
• Form layouts
• Theming
• Advanced usage
• Contribution guidelines