FormGroup

Tracks the value and validity state of a group of FormControl instances.

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class FormGroup extends AbstractControl {
  constructor(controls: { [key: string]: AbstractControl; }, validatorOrOpts?: ValidatorFn | AbstractControlOptions | ValidatorFn[], asyncValidator?: AsyncValidatorFn | AsyncValidatorFn[])
  controls: {...}
  registerControl(name: string, control: AbstractControl): AbstractControl
  addControl(name: string, control: AbstractControl): void
  removeControl(name: string): void
  setControl(name: string, control: AbstractControl): void
  contains(controlName: string): boolean
  setValue(value: { [key: string]: any; }, options: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  patchValue(value: { [key: string]: any; }, options: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  reset(value: any = {}, options: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  getRawValue(): any

  // inherited from forms/AbstractControl
  constructor(validator: ValidatorFn, asyncValidator: AsyncValidatorFn)
  value: any
  validator: ValidatorFn | null
  asyncValidator: AsyncValidatorFn | null
  parent: FormGroup | FormArray
  status: string
  valid: boolean
  invalid: boolean
  pending: boolean
  disabled: boolean
  enabled: boolean
  errors: ValidationErrors | null
  pristine: boolean
  dirty: boolean
  touched: boolean
  untouched: boolean
  valueChanges: Observable<any>
  statusChanges: Observable<any>
  updateOn: FormHooks
  root: AbstractControl
  setValidators(newValidator: ValidatorFn | ValidatorFn[]): void
  setAsyncValidators(newValidator: AsyncValidatorFn | AsyncValidatorFn[]): void
  clearValidators(): void
  clearAsyncValidators(): void
  markAsTouched(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; } = {}): void
  markAllAsTouched(): void
  markAsUntouched(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; } = {}): void
  markAsDirty(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; } = {}): void
  markAsPristine(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; } = {}): void
  markAsPending(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  disable(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  enable(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  setParent(parent: FormGroup | FormArray): void
  abstract setValue(value: any, options?: Object): void
  abstract patchValue(value: any, options?: Object): void
  abstract reset(value?: any, options?: Object): void
  updateValueAndValidity(opts: { onlySelf?: boolean; emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  setErrors(errors: ValidationErrors, opts: { emitEvent?: boolean; } = {}): void
  get(path: string | (string | number)[]): AbstractControl | null
  getError(errorCode: string, path?: string | (string | number)[]): any
  hasError(errorCode: string, path?: string | (string | number)[]): boolean
}

Description

A FormGroup aggregates the values of each child FormControl into one object, with each control name as the key. It calculates its status by reducing the status values of its children. For example, if one of the controls in a group is invalid, the entire group becomes invalid.

FormGroup is one of the three fundamental building blocks used to define forms in Angular, along with FormControl and FormArray.

When instantiating a FormGroup, pass in a collection of child controls as the first argument. The key for each child registers the name for the control.

Constructor

Properties

Methods

const form = new FormGroup({
  first: new FormControl(),
  last: new FormControl()
});

console.log(form.value);   // {first: null, last: null}

form.setValue({first: 'Nancy', last: 'Drew'});
console.log(form.value);   // {first: 'Nancy', last: 'Drew'}

const form = new FormGroup({
   first: new FormControl(),
   last: new FormControl()
});
console.log(form.value);   // {first: null, last: null}

form.patchValue({first: 'Nancy'});
console.log(form.value);   // {first: 'Nancy', last: null}

const form = new FormGroup({
  first: new FormControl('first name'),
  last: new FormControl('last name')
});

console.log(form.value);  // {first: 'first name', last: 'last name'}

form.reset({ first: 'name', last: 'last name' });

console.log(form.value);  // {first: 'name', last: 'last name'}

const form = new FormGroup({
  first: new FormControl('first name'),
  last: new FormControl('last name')
});

form.reset({
  first: {value: 'name', disabled: true},
  last: 'last'
});

console.log(this.form.value);  // {first: 'name', last: 'last name'}
console.log(this.form.get('first').status);  // 'DISABLED'

Usage notes

Create a form group with 2 controls

const form = new FormGroup({
  first: new FormControl('Nancy', Validators.minLength(2)),
  last: new FormControl('Drew'),
});

console.log(form.value);   // {first: 'Nancy', last; 'Drew'}
console.log(form.status);  // 'VALID'

Create a form group with a group-level validator

You include group-level validators as the second arg, or group-level async validators as the third arg. These come in handy when you want to perform validation that considers the value of more than one child control.

const form = new FormGroup({
  password: new FormControl('', Validators.minLength(2)),
  passwordConfirm: new FormControl('', Validators.minLength(2)),
}, passwordMatchValidator);


function passwordMatchValidator(g: FormGroup) {
   return g.get('password').value === g.get('passwordConfirm').value
      ? null : {'mismatch': true};
}

Like FormControl instances, you choose to pass in validators and async validators as part of an options object.

const form = new FormGroup({
  password: new FormControl('')
  passwordConfirm: new FormControl('')
}, { validators: passwordMatchValidator, asyncValidators: otherValidator });

Set the updateOn property for all controls in a form group

The options object is used to set a default value for each child control's updateOn property. If you set updateOn to 'blur' at the group level, all child controls default to 'blur', unless the child has explicitly specified a different updateOn value.

const c = new FormGroup({
  one: new FormControl()
}, { updateOn: 'blur' });