---
name: useFormField
menu: Hooks
---

import { Playground } from 'docz';
import PropsTable from '../../utils/PropsTable';
import { useFormField } from '../../../src';

# useFormField

```js
const {
  value,
  set,
  reset,
  validate,
  isEmpty,
  isDirty,
  isSubmitted,
  isValid,
  bind,
} = useFormField();
```

## Examples

<Playground>
  {() => {
    const form = {
      name: useFormField(),
      age: useFormField(),
    };

    const onSubmit = event => {
      event.preventDefault();
      if (!onValidate()) {
        return;
      }
      alert('Success 😄, Let\'s Start Over!');
      onReset();
    };

    const onReset = () => Object.values(form).map(({ reset }) => reset());

    const onValidate = () => {
      let isValid = true;
      Object.values(form).map(({ isEmpty, validate }) => {
        validate();
        if (isEmpty) {
          isValid = false;
        }
      });
      return isValid;
    };

    const styles = {
      input: {
        display: 'block',
        boxSizing: 'border-box',
        width: '100%',
        height: 35,
        padding: 15,
        marginBottom: 15,
      },
      inputHelper: {
        fontSize: 11,
        color: 'red',
      },
      button: {
        border: 0,
        outline: 0,
        height: 35,
        width: 75,
        marginTop: 10,
        marginRight: 15,
        borderRadius: 2,
        backgroundColor: 'white',
        color: 'black',
        cursor: 'pointer',
      },
      error: {
        color: 'red',
      },
    };

    return (
      <div>
        <form onSubmit={onSubmit}>
          <label htmlFor="name">Name</label>
          <input
            id="name"
            {...form.name.bind}
            placeholder="What is your name .."
            style={styles.input}
            autoComplete="off"
          />
          {form.name.isValid && (
            <p style={styles.inputHelper}>Name is required*</p>
          )}
          <label htmlFor="age">Age</label>
          <input
            id="age"
            {...form.age.bind}
            type="number"
            placeholder="What is your age .."
            style={styles.input}
          />
          {form.age.isValid && (
            <p style={styles.inputHelper}>Age is required*</p>
          )}
          <button type="submit" style={styles.button}>Submit</button>
          <button type="button" onClick={onReset} style={styles.button}>Reset</button>
        </form>
      </div>
    )

}}

</Playground>

## API

useFormField(initialValue) returns an `Object`, initialValue is `optional` defaults to `''`

<PropsTable
  properties={[
    { name: 'value', type: 's', description: 'value of input' },
    { name: 'set', type: 'f', description: 'a setter method to set value of input' },
    { name: 'reset', type: 'f', description: 'reset state to initial' },
    { name: 'validate', type: 'f', description: 'invokes a method to validate form' },
    { name: 'isEmpty', type: 'b', description: 'checks if form item is empty or not' },
    { name: 'isDirty', type: 'b', description: 'checks if form item is once changed atleast' },
    { name: 'isSubmitted', type: 'b', description: 'returns true, when validate() is invoked' },
    {
      name: 'isValid',
      type: 'b',
      description:
        'Returns a true if `(!isEmpty && isDirty&& isSubmitted) || (!isEmpty && isDirty)`',
    },
    {
      name: 'bind',
      type: 'o',
      description: '`value` & `onChange` in object which we can spread in input field',
    },
  ]}
/>