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In short: uniforms is a set of npm packages, which contains helpers and React components - both unstyled and themed with Bootstrap3, Bootstrap4 and Semantic UI - to easily manage, validate and even generate fully featured forms from your schemas.
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- Installation
- Quick start
- Overview
- Advanced topics
- API
- Troubleshooting
- Contributing
- Copyright and License
Note: If you are going to use a themed package - remember to include correct styles!
These are npm packages, so they can't imply any Meteor package, and you have to install dependencies manually. In your Meteor app directory:
# If you are going to use SimpleSchema
$ meteor add aldeed:simple-schema check
# If you are going to use SimpleSchema@2
$ meteor npm install simpl-schema
# Components (pick one)
$ meteor npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-bootstrap3
$ meteor npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-bootstrap4
$ meteor npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-semantic
$ meteor npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-unstyled
# Components (pick one)
$ npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-bootstrap3
$ npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-bootstrap4
$ npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-semantic
$ npm install --save react react-dom uniforms uniforms-unstyled
Note: The following examples are designed to work out of box in meteor with SimpleSchema
(a very common schema in meteor community), but it's not mandatory and you can easily use it without meteor and with different schemas (see: Custom Schema).
Let's start with defining an example schema:
import {SimpleSchema} from 'aldeed:simple-schema';
const PersonSchema = new SimpleSchema({
name: {
type: String,
min: 3,
max: 50
},
age: {
type: Number,
min: 0,
max: 150
}
});
const PostSchema = new SimpleSchema({
category: {
type: String,
allowedValues: [
"news",
"image",
"video"
]
},
authors: {
type: [PersonSchema],
minCount: 1,
maxCount: 3
},
publishedDate: {
type: Date
},
published: {
type: Boolean,
optional: true
}
});
Then use it in your form:
import {AutoForm} from 'uniforms-semantic'; // Remember to choose correct theme package
const PostCreateForm = () =>
<AutoForm schema={PostSchema} onSubmit={doc => console.log(doc)} />
;
const PostUpdateForm = ({model}) =>
<AutoForm schema={PostSchema} onSubmit={doc => console.log(doc)} model={model} />
;
That's all! AutoForm
will generate complete form with labeled fields, an errors list (if any) and a submit button. Also, it will take care of validation and handling model changes.
Note: For a full description of components and their props - see API.
Most of time you'll be using either AutoForm
or ValidatedForm
, but there are also other form components (rather low-level ones) with different capabilities.
Component | Self-generated? | Self-managed? | Self-validated? |
---|---|---|---|
AutoForm |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
BaseForm |
✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
QuickForm |
✔ | ✘ | ✘ |
ValidatedForm |
✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
ValidatedQuickForm |
✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
This is a guaranteed set of fields - every theme package will implement these, but also can provide additional ones.
Component | Description |
---|---|
AutoField |
Automatically renders given field. |
AutoFields |
Automatically renders given fields. |
BoolField |
Checkbox. |
DateField |
HTML5 date-localtime input. |
ErrorField |
Error message for given field. |
ErrorsField |
Error message with a list of validation errors. |
HiddenField |
Hidden field (with possibility to omit in DOM). |
ListAddField |
An icon with action to add list item. |
ListDelField |
An icon with action to remove list item. |
ListField |
List of nested fields. |
ListItemField |
Single list item wrapper. |
LongTextField |
Textarea. |
NestField |
Block of nested fields. |
NumField |
Numeric input. |
RadioField |
Radio checkbox. |
SelectField |
Select (or set of radio checkboxes). |
SubmitField |
Submit button. |
TextField |
Text (or any HTML5 compatible) input. |
ValidatedForm
(and so AutoForm
) have an onValidate
prop. It can be used to create an asynchronous validation:
const onValidate = (model, error, callback) => {
// You can either ignore validation error...
if (omitValidation(model)) {
return callback(null);
}
// ... or any additional validation if an error is already there...
if (error) {
return callback();
}
// ... or feed it with another error.
MyAPI.validate(model, error => callback(error || null));
};
// Later...
<ValidatedForm {...props} onValidate={onValidate} />
Every form has an autosave functionality. If you set an autosave
prop, then every change will trigger a submit. There's also an autosaveDelay
prop - minimum time between saves in milliseconds (default: 0
).
Example:
<AutoForm
autosave
autosaveDelay={5000} // 5 seconds
schema={schema}
onSubmit={onSubmit}
/>
You can use React ref
prop to manually access form methods. Example usage:
const MyForm = ({schema, onSubmit}) => {
let formRef;
return (
<section>
<AutoForm ref={ref => formRef = ref} schema={schema} onSubmit={onSubmit} />
<small onClick={() => formRef.reset()}>
Reset
</small>
<small onClick={() => formRef.submit()}>
Submit
</small>
</section>
);
};
All available methods:
change(key, value)
reset()
submit()
validate()
(added inValidatedForm
)
It's a good UX practice to tell your users, that something failed or succeed. To make it simpler, there are onSubmitFailure
and onSubmitSuccess
props.
Example:
<AutoForm
schema={schema}
onSubmit={doc => db.saveThatReturnsPromise(doc)}
onSubmitSuccess={() => alert('Promise resolved!')}
onSubmitFailure={() => alert('Promise rejected!')}
/>
Form can be validated in one those three styles:
-
onChange
Validate on every change. -
onChangeAfterSubmit
(default) Validate on every change, but only after first submit. -
onSubmit
Validate on every submit.
If your schema validator accepts any options, those can be passed in validator
prop.
Example:
<AutoForm
validate="onChange"
validator={validatorOptions}
schema={schema}
onSubmit={onSubmit}
/>
import {BaseForm} from 'uniforms';
import {AutoForm} from 'uniforms-semantic'; // Remember to choose correct theme package
// In uniforms, every form is just an injectable set of functionalities. This way
// allows us to live without many higher order components in favor of composed one.
// If you want to get a deeper dive into it, read source of AutoForm or QuickForm
// in the core package.
const Modifier = parent => class extends parent {
// Expose injector.
// It's not required, but recommended.
static Modifier = Modifier;
// Alter component display name.
// It's also not required, but recommended.
static displayName = `Modifier${parent.displayName}`;
// Here you can override any internal form methods or create additional ones.
onSubmit (event) {
// Prevent default form submission.
// In this example, we are calling this.props.onSubmit directly, but
// normally you can just call super.onSubmit(event) - it will handle
// it by default.
if (event) {
event.preventDefault();
event.stopPropagation();
}
if (this.props.onSubmit) {
const doc = this.getModel();
const keys = this.getChildContextSchema().getSubfields();
const update = keys.filter(key => doc[key]);
const remove = keys.filter(key => !doc[key]);
// It's a good idea to omit empty modifiers.
if (update.length || remove.length) {
const $set = update.reduce((acc, key) => ({...acc, [key]: doc[key]}), {});
const $unset = remove.reduce((acc, key) => ({...acc, [key]: ''}), {});
this.props.onSubmit({
...update.length && {$set},
...remove.length && {$unset}
});
}
}
}
};
// Now we have to inject our functionality.
// This one can be called a ModifierBaseForm.
export default Modifier(BaseForm);
// Every functionality have to be overriden independently. This might seem a
// little bit crazy, but we have to override BaseForm#onSubmit. If you are
// using for example Bootstrap3, then change AutoForm.Semantic to AutoForm.Bootstrap3.
// This one can be called AutoModifierForm.
export default AutoForm.Auto(AutoForm.Validated(AutoForm.Quick(AutoForm.Semantic(Modifier(BaseForm)))));
let component = props.component;
if (component === undefined) {
if (props.allowedValues) {
if (props.checkboxes && props.fieldType !== Array) {
component = RadioField;
} else {
component = SelectField;
}
} else {
switch (props.fieldType) {
case Date: component = DateField; break;
case Array: component = ListField; break;
case Number: component = NumField; break;
case Object: component = NestField; break;
case String: component = TextField; break;
case Boolean: component = BoolField; break;
}
invariant(component, 'Unsupported field type: %s', props.fieldType.toString());
}
}
Note: These are not the only props, that field will receive - these are guaranteed for all fields created with connectField
helper.
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
changed |
bool |
Has field changed? |
disabled |
bool |
Is field disabled? |
error |
object |
Field scoped part of validation error. |
errorMessage |
string |
Field scoped validation error message. |
field |
object |
Field definition from schema. |
fields |
arrayOf(string) |
Subfields names. |
fieldType |
func |
Field type. |
findError |
func(name) |
Request another field error. |
findField |
func(name) |
Request another field field. |
findValue |
func(name) |
Request another field value. |
id |
string |
Field id - given or random. |
label |
string |
Field label. |
name |
string |
Field name. |
onChange |
func(value, [name]) |
Change field value. |
parent |
object |
Parent field props. |
placeholder |
string |
Field placeholder. |
value |
any |
Field value. |
Few props propagate in a very special way. These are label
, placeholder
and disabled
.
Example:
<TextField /> // default label | no placeholder
<TextField label="Text" /> // custom label | no placeholder
<TextField label={false} /> // no label | no placeholder
<TextField placeholder /> // default label | default placeholder
<TextField placeholder="Text" /> // default label | custom placeholder
<NestField label={null}> // null = no label, but children have their labels
<TextField />
</NestField>
<NestField label={false}> // false = no label and their children have no labels
<TextField />
</NestField>
<ListField name="authors" disabled> // Additions are disabled...
<ListItemField name="$" disabled> // deletion too...
<NestField disabled={false}> // but editing is not.
<TextField name="name" />
<NumField name="age" />
</NestField>
</ListItemField>
</ListField>
Note: label
, placeholder
and disabled
are casted to Boolean
before being passed to nested fields.
Note: This example uses connectField
helper. To read more see API.
import React from 'react';
import {AutoField} from 'uniforms';
import {connectField} from 'uniforms';
// This field is a kind of a shortcut for few fields. You can also access all field props
// here, like value or onChange for some extra logic.
const Composite = () =>
<section>
<AutoField field="firstName" />
<AutoField field="lastName" />
<AutoField field="age" />
</section>
;
export default connectField(Composite);
Note: This example uses connectField
helper. To read more see API.
import {AutoField} from 'uniforms-semantic'; // Remember to choose correct theme package
const CustomAuto = props => {
// This way we don't care about not handled cases - we use default
// AutoField as a fallback component.
const Component = determineComponentFromProps(props) || AutoField;
return (
<Component {...props} />
);
};
const CustomAutoField = connectField(CustomAuto, {ensureValue: false, includeInChain: false, initialValue: false});
You can also tell your AutoForm
/QuickForm
/ValidatedQuickForm
to use it.
<AutoForm {...props} autoField={CustomAutoField} />
Note: This example uses connectField
helper. To read more see API.
import React from 'react';
import classnames from 'classnames';
import {connectField} from 'uniforms';
// This field works like this: cycle all allowed values and optionally
// no-value state if field is not required. This one uses Semantic-UI.
const Cycle = ({allowedValues, disabled, label, required, value, onChange}) =>
<a
className={classnames('ui', !value && 'basic', 'label')}
onClick={() =>
onChange(value
? allowedValues.indexOf(value) === allowedValues.length - 1
? required
? allowedValues[0]
: null
: allowedValues[allowedValues.indexOf(value) + 1]
: allowedValues[0]
)
}
>
{value || label}
</a>
;
export default connectField(Cycle);
Note: This example uses connectField
helper. To read more see API.
import React from 'react';
import {connectField} from 'uniforms';
// This field works like this: two datepickers are bound to each other - outcoming value is an
// {start, stop} object.
const Range = ({onChange, value: {start, stop}}) =>
<section>
<DatePicker max={stop} value={start} onChange={start => onChange(start, stop)} />
<DatePicker min={start} value={stop} onChange={stop => onChange(start, stop)} />
</section>
;
export default connectField(Range);
Note: This example uses connectField
helper. To read more see API.
import React from 'react';
import classnames from 'classnames';
import {connectField} from 'uniforms';
// This field works like this: render stars for each rating and mark them
// as filled, if rating (value) is greater. This one uses Semantic-UI.
const Rating = ({className, disabled, max = 5, required, value, onChange}) =>
<section className={classnames('ui', {disabled, required}, className, 'rating')}>
{[...Array(max)].map((_, index) => index + 1).map(index =>
<i
key={index}
className={classnames(index <= value && 'active', 'icon')}
onClick={() => disabled || onChange(!required && value === index ? null : index)}
/>
)}
</section>
;
export default connectField(Rating);
To make use of any schema, uniforms have to create a bridge of it - unified schema mapper. A bridge is (preferably) a subclass of Bridge
, implementing static check(schema)
method and these instance methods:
getError(name, error)
getErrorMessage(name, error)
getErrorMessages(error)
getField(name)
getInitialValue(name, props)
getProps(name, props)
getSubfields(name)
getType(name)
getValidator(options)
Currently built in bridges:
SimpleSchemaBridge
SimpleSchema2Bridge
Note: To read more see API and Bridge
.
Note: remember to import uniforms
packages first.
const PersonSchema = new SimpleSchema({
// ...
aboutMe: {
type: String,
uniforms: MyText // Component...
uniforms: { // ... or object ...
component: MyText, // ... with component ...
propA: 1 // ... and/or extra props.
}
}
});
Note: This is a very basic schema just to show how it works and how can you create your own schema bridges.
import {Bridge} from 'uniforms';
class MyLittleSchema extends Bridge {
constructor (schema, validator) {
super(schema);
this.validator = validator;
}
getError (name, error) {
return error && error[name];
}
getErrorMessage (name, error) {
return error && error[name];
}
getErrorMessages (error) {
return error
? Object.keys(this.schema).map(field => error[field])
: [];
}
getField (name) {
return this.schema[name.replace(/\.\d+/g, '.$')];
}
getType (name) {
return this.schema[name.replace(/\.\d+/g, '.$')].__type__;
}
getProps (name) {
return this.schema[name.replace(/\.\d+/g, '.$')];
}
getInitialValue (name) {
return this.schema[name.replace(/\.\d+/g, '.$')].initialValue;
}
getSubfields (name) {
return name
? this.schema[name.replace(/\.\d+/g, '.$')].subfields || []
: Object.keys(this.schema).filter(field => field.indexOf('.') === -1);
}
getValidator () {
return this.validator;
}
}
const ExampleOfMyLittleSchema = new MyLittleSchema({
login: {__type__: String, required: true, initialValue: '', label: 'Login'},
password1: {__type__: String, required: true, initialValue: '', label: 'Password'},
password2: {__type__: String, required: true, initialValue: '', label: 'Password (again)'}
}, model => {
const error = {};
if (!model.login) {
error.login = 'Login is required!';
} else if (model.login.length < 5) {
error.login = 'Login have to be at least 5 characters!';
}
if (!model.password1) {
error.password1 = 'Password is required!';
} else if (model.password1.length < 10) {
error.login = 'Password have to be at least 10 characters!';
}
if (model.password1 !== model.password2) {
error.password1 = 'Passwords mismatch!';
}
if (Object.keys(error).length) {
throw error;
}
});
<AutoForm schema={ExampleOfMyLittleSchema} />
Some components might need to know current form state. All this this data is passed as uniforms
in React context.
MyComponentUsingUniformsContext.contextTypes = {
uniforms: PropTypes.shape({
name: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
error: PropTypes.any,
model: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
schema: PropTypes.shape({
getError: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getErrorMessage: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getErrorMessages: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getField: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getInitialValue: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getProps: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getSubfields: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getType: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
getValidator: PropTypes.func.isRequired
}).isRequired,
state: PropTypes.shape({
changed: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
changedMap: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
label: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
disabled: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
placeholder: PropTypes.bool.isRequired
}).isRequired,
onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
randomId: PropTypes.func.isRequired
}).isRequired
};
import {BaseField} from 'uniforms';
import {Children} from 'react';
import {nothing} from 'uniforms';
// We have to ensure, that there's only one children, because
// returning an array from component is prohibited.
const DisplayIf = ({children, condition}, {uniforms}) =>
condition(uniforms)
? Children.only(children)
: nothing
;
DisplayIf.contextTypes = BaseField.contextTypes;
export default DisplayIf;
Example:
const ThreeStepForm = ({schema}) =>
<AutoForm schema={schema}>
<TextField name="fieldA" />
<DisplayIf condition={context => context.model.fieldA}>
<section>
<TextField name="fieldB" />
<DisplayIf condition={context => context.model.fieldB}>
<span>
Well done!
</span>
</DisplayIf>
</section>
</DisplayIf>
</AutoForm>
;
import React from 'react';
import {BaseField} from 'uniforms';
import {filterDOMProps} from 'uniforms';
// This field works like this: render standard submit field and
// disable it, when form is invalid. It's simplified version of
// default SubmitField from uniforms-semantic.
const SubmitField = (props, {uniforms: {error, state: {disabled}}}) =>
<input type="submit" disabled={!!(error || disabled)} />
;
SubmitField.contextTypes = BaseField.contextTypes;
export default SubmitField;
import get from 'lodash.get';
import {Children} from 'react';
import {BaseField} from 'uniforms';
import {cloneElement} from 'react';
// This field works like this: on click of it's child it
// swaps values of fieldA and fieldB. Simple.
const SwapField = ({children, fieldA, fieldB}, {uniforms: {model, onChange}}) =>
cloneElement(Children.only(children), {
onClick () {
const valueA = get(model, fieldA);
const valueB = get(model, fieldB);
onChange(fieldA, valueB);
onChange(fieldB, valueA);
}
})
;
SwapField.contextTypes = BaseField.contextTypes;
export default SwapField;
Example:
<section>
<TextField name="firstName" />
<SwapField fieldA="firstName" fieldB="lastName">
<Icon name="refresh" />
</SwapField>
<TextField name="lastName" />
</section>
See API.md.
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Code and documentation © 2016 Vazco.eu Released under the MIT license.
This package is part of Universe, a package ecosystem based on Meteor platform maintained by Vazco. It works as standalone Meteor package, but you can get much more features when using the whole system.