element-plus/docs/en-US/component/form.md

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Form

Form consists of input, radio, select, checkbox and so on. With form, you can collect, verify and submit data.

:::tip

The component has been upgraded with a flex layout to replace the old float layout.

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Basic Form

It includes all kinds of input items, such as input, select, radio and checkbox.

:::demo In each form component, you need a form-item field to be the container of your input item.

form/basic-form

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:::tip

W3C regulates that

When there is only one single-line text input field in a form, the user agent should accept Enter in that field as a request to submit the form.

To prevent this behavior, you can add @submit.prevent on <el-form>.

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Inline Form

When the vertical space is limited and the form is relatively simple, you can put it in one line.

:::demo Set the inline attribute to true and the form will be inline. After ^(2.3.6), the ElInput component will get a fixed width to avoid the width change caused by the clearable icon.

form/inline-form

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Alignment

Depending on your design, there are several different ways to align your label element.

:::demo The label-position attribute decides how labels align, it can be top or left. When set to top, labels will be placed at the top of the form field.

form/alignment

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Validation

Form component allows you to verify your data, helping you find and correct errors.

:::demo Just add the rules attribute for Form component, pass validation rules, and set prop attribute for FormItem as a specific key that needs to be validated. See more information at async-validator.

form/validation

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Custom Validation Rules

This example shows how to customize your own validation rules to finish a two-factor password verification.

:::demo Here we use status-icon to reflect validation result as an icon.

form/custom-validation

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:::tip

Custom validate callback function must be called. See more advanced usage at async-validator.

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Add/Delete Form Item

:::demo In addition to passing all validation rules at once on the form component, you can also pass the validation rules or delete rules on a single form field dynamically.

form/form-items

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Number Validate

:::demo Number Validate need a .number modifier added on the input v-model binding，it's used to transform the string value to the number which is provided by Vue.

form/number-validate

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:::tip

When an el-form-item is nested in another el-form-item, its label width will be 0. You can set label-width on that el-form-item if needed.

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Size Control

All components in a Form inherit their size attribute from that Form. Similarly, FormItem also has a size attribute.

:::demo Still you can fine tune each component's size if you don't want that component to inherit its size from From or FormItem.

form/size-control

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Accessibility

When only a single input (or related control such as select or checkbox) is inside of a el-form-item, the form item's label will automatically be attached to that input. However, if multiple inputs are inside of the el-form-item, the form item will be assigned the WAI-ARIA role of group instead. In this case, it is your responsibility to assign assistive labels to the individual inputs.

:::demo

form/accessibility

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Form API

Form Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
model	Data of form component.	^[object]Record<string, any>	—
rules	Validation rules of form.	^[object]FormRules	—
inline	Whether the form is inline.	^[boolean]	false
label-position	Position of label. If set to 'left' or 'right', label-width prop is also required.	^[enum]'left' | 'right' | 'top'	right
label-width	Width of label, e.g. '50px'. All its direct child form items will inherit this value. auto is supported.	^[string] / ^[number]	''
label-suffix	Suffix of the label.	^[string]	''
hide-required-asterisk	Whether to hide required fields should have a red asterisk (star) beside their labels.	^[boolean]	false
require-asterisk-position	Position of asterisk.	^[enum]'left' | 'right'	left
show-message	Whether to show the error message.	^[boolean]	true
inline-message	Whether to display the error message inline with the form item.	^[boolean]	false
status-icon	Whether to display an icon indicating the validation result.	^[boolean]	false
validate-on-rule-change	Whether to trigger validation when the rules prop is changed.	^[boolean]	true
size	Control the size of components in this form.	^[enum]'' | 'large' | 'default' | 'small'	—
disabled	Whether to disable all components in this form. If set to true, it will override the disabled prop of the inner component.	^[boolean]	false
scroll-to-error	When validation fails, scroll to the first error form entry.	^[boolean]	false
scroll-into-view-options	When validation fails, it scrolls to the first error item based on the scrollIntoView option. scrollIntoView.	^[object]Record<string, any> / ^[boolean]	—

Form Events

Name	Description	Type
validate	triggers after a form item is validated	^[Function](prop: FormItemProp, isValid: boolean, message: string) => void

Form Slots

Name	Description	Subtags
default	customize default content	FormItem

Form Exposes

Name	Description	Type
validate	Validate the whole form. Receives a callback or returns Promise.	^[Function](callback?: FormValidateCallback) => Promise<void>
validateField	Validate specified fields.	^[Function](props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp> | undefined, callback?: FormValidateCallback | undefined) => FormValidationResult
resetFields	Reset specified fields and remove validation result.	^[Function](props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp> | undefined) => void
scrollToField	Scroll to the specified fields.	^[Function](prop: FormItemProp) => void
clearValidate	Clear validation message for specified fields.	^[Function](props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp> | undefined) => void

FormItem API

FormItem Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Default
prop	A key of model. It could be an array of property paths (e.g ['a', 'b', 0]). In the use of validate and resetFields method, the attribute is required.	^[string] / ^[string[]]	—
label	Label text.	^[string]	—
label-width	Width of label, e.g. '50px'. 'auto' is supported.	^[string] / ^[number]	''
required	Whether the field is required or not, will be determined by validation rules if omitted.	^[boolean]	—
rules	Validation rules of form, see the following table, more advanced usage at async-validator.	^[object]Arrayable<FormItemRule>	—
error	Field error message, set its value and the field will validate error and show this message immediately.	^[string]	—
show-message	Whether to show the error message.	^[boolean]	true
inline-message	Inline style validate message.	^[string] / ^[boolean]	''
size	Control the size of components in this form-item.	^[enum]'' | 'large' | 'default' | 'small'	—
for	Same as for in native label.	^[string]	—
validate-status	Validation state of formItem.	^[enum]'' | 'error' | 'validating' | 'success'	—

FormItemRule

Name	Description	Type	Default
trigger	How the validator is triggered.	^[enum]'blur' | 'change'	—

:::tip

If you don't want to trigger the validator based on input events, set the validate-event attribute as false on the corresponding input type components (<el-input>, <el-radio>, <el-select>, ...).

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FormItem Slots

Name	Description	Type
default	Content of Form Item.	—
label	Custom content to display on label.	^[object]{ label: string }
error	Custom content to display validation message.	^[object]{ error: string }

FormItem Exposes

Name	Description	Type
size	Form item size.	^[object]ComputedRef<'' | 'large' | 'default' | 'small'>
validateMessage	Validation message.	^[object]Ref<string>
validateState	Validation state.	^[object]Ref<'' | 'error' | 'validating' | 'success'>
validate	Validate form item.	^[Function](trigger: string, callback?: FormValidateCallback | undefined) => FormValidationResult
resetField	Reset current field and remove validation result.	^[Function]() => void
clearValidate	Remove validation status of the field.	^[Function]() => void

Type Declarations

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type Arrayable<T> = T | T[]

type FormValidationResult = Promise<boolean>

// ValidateFieldsError: see [async-validator](https://github.com/yiminghe/async-validator/blob/master/src/interface.ts)
type FormValidateCallback = (
  isValid: boolean,
  invalidFields?: ValidateFieldsError
) => void

// RuleItem: see [async-validator](https://github.com/yiminghe/async-validator/blob/master/src/interface.ts)
interface FormItemRule extends RuleItem {
  trigger?: Arrayable<string>
}
type FormRules = Partial<Record<string, Arrayable<FormItemRule>>>