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Updating default values of a React-Hook-Form, does not populate filelds with useFieldArray

This problem has consumed a lot of time trying to figure out what is wrong. I have a React-Hook-Form (v6.14.1) that needs to populate dynamic data, based on the component state.
On the initial load, everything works fine. If I change the state all updated data are displaying fine, except the dynamic data.
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The goal is that the WAN 1 tab, on initial load displays the dynamic fields (WAN 1 VLAN-1) and WAN2 does not have dynamic fields to display. Hitting the Update Config button, WAN1 should not have dynamic fields to display and WAN2 should display one (WAN 2 VLAN-1). The problem is that WAN2 does not display it.
I have searched for similar questions, but all of them were about the values of the populated fields and not about displaying the fields themselves. I have used the reset method of react-hook-form and the defaltValue for each dynamic field as react-hook-form documentation suggests.
On App.js I have the state, a button that updates the state, and the Form component which has the state as property.
const [configdata, setConfigdata] = useState(config);
return (
<div className="App">
<UpdateConfig onClick={() => setConfigdata(configUpdated)} />
<Form
formData={configdata}
handleFormData={(data) => console.log(data)}
/>
</div>
);
}
On Form.js there is a Rect-hook-form FormProvider and the WanFields component that dynamically populates form fields.
<FormProvider {...methods}>
<form
onSubmit={methods.handleSubmit((data) =>
props.handleFormData(data)
)}
>
<Tab.Content>
{props.formData?.intfs?.length &&
props.formData?.intfs.map((intf, index) => (
<Tab.Pane key={index} eventKey={`wan${index}-tab`}>
<WanFields
key={`wan${index}-fields`}
intfNo={index}
portTypeOptions={props.portTypeOptions}
data={intf}
/>
</Tab.Pane>
))}
</Tab.Content>
</form>
</FormProvider>
Every time the props.formData update, there is a useEffect that reset the forms' default data.
const methods = useForm({ defaultValues: props.formData });
useEffect(() => {
methods.reset(props.formData);
}, [props.formData]);
In WanFields.js, there are all the form fields, and the useFieldArray method, that will populate the dynamic fields based on the forms' default values and a watch field value (watchIntfType ).
const methods = useFormContext();
const { errors, control, watch, register } = methods;
const { fields, append, remove } = useFieldArray({
control,
keyName: "fieldid",
name: `intfs[${intfNo}].subIntfs`
});
const watchIntfStatus = watch(`intfs[${intfNo}].enabledStatus`);
const watchIntfType = watch(`intfs[${intfNo}].enabled`);
Dynamic fields are populated as follows
{watchIntfType?.value >= "2" && (
<>
<div className="form-group">
<div className="btn btn-success" onClick={append}>
Add
</div>
</div>
<div id={`accordion-${intfNo}`}>
<Accordion>
{console.log("FIELDS", fields)}
// This is where the problem starts. fields are empty after updating data
{fields.map((field, index) => {
return (
<Card key={field.fieldid}>
<Accordion.Toggle
as={Card.Header}
variant="link"
eventKey={`${index}`}
style={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
>
<h4>
WAN {parseInt(intfNo) + 1}{" "}
<span style={{ margin: "0px 5px" }}>
<i className="fas fa-angle-right"></i>
</span>{" "}
VLAN-{index + 1}
</h4>
<div className="card-header-action">
<button
type="button"
className="btn btn-danger"
onClick={() => remove(index)}
>
Remove
</button>
</div>
</Accordion.Toggle>
<Accordion.Collapse eventKey={`${index}`}>
<Card.Body>
<div className="form-row">
<div className="form-group col-12 col-md-6">
<label>IP</label>
<input
type="text"
className="form-control"
name={`intfs[${intfNo}].subIntfs[${index}].ipAddress`}
defaultValue={field?.ipAddress}
ref={register()}
/>
</div>
<div className="form-group col-12 col-md-6">
<label>Subnet</label>
<input
type="number"
className="form-control"
min="0"
max="30"
name={`intfs[${intfNo}].subIntfs[${index}].subnet`}
defaultValue={field?.subnet}
ref={register()}
/>
</div>
</div>
</Card.Body>
</Accordion.Collapse>
</Card>
);
})}
</Accordion>
</div>
</>
)}
The problem is that when the state updates, form default values are updated, but the method useFieldArray attribute fields are not updated and stay as an empty array. I really cannot understand, what I am doing wrong. Any help will be much appreciated.

I don't know if is a correct method but i have resolv this probleme with method reset in a useEffect.
https://react-hook-form.com/api/useform/reset
defaultValues:
{
acvDesignOffice: generateRSEnv.acvDesignOffice,
earthQuakeZone: generateRSEnv.earthQuakeZone,
buildings: generateRSEnv.buildings,
},
useEffect(() => {
reset({
acvDesignOffice: generateRSEnv.acvDesignOffice,
earthQuakeZone: generateRSEnv.earthQuakeZone,
buildings: generateRSEnv.buildings,
});
}, [generateRSEnv]);

How do I populate a form field with data from redux?

I am having trouble trying to dynamically populate my "client edit form" with data from the corresponding listing in my "client table". As you can see, I have tried using "{this.onChange}", but to no avail.
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { Table, Container, Button } from "reactstrap";
import {
Modal,
ModalHeader,
ModalBody,
Form,
FormGroup,
Label,
Input,
Card,
CardTitle,
CardText,
CardDeck,
CardSubtitle,
CardBody,
} from "reactstrap";
import { connect } from "react-redux";
import { getClients, addClient, deleteClient } from "../actions/clientActions";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";
class ClientTable extends Component {
componentDidMount() {
this.props.getClients();
}
state = {
detailModal: false,
editModal: false,
name: "",
email: "",
number: "",
};
toggleEdit = () => {
this.setState({
editModal: !this.state.editModal,
});
};
toggleDetails = () => {
this.setState({
detailModal: !this.state.detailModal,
});
};
onDeleteClick = (id) => {
this.props.deleteClient(id);
};
renderClient = (clients, _id) => {
return (
<tr key={_id} timeout={500} classNames="fade">
<td>
<Button
className="remove-btn"
color="danger"
size="sm"
onClick={() => this.onDeleteClick(clients._id)}
>
×
</Button>
<Button
style={{ marginLeft: ".2rem" }}
className="add-btn"
outline
color="warning"
size="sm"
onClick={this.toggleEdit}
>
Edit
</Button>
<Button
style={{ marginLeft: ".3rem" }}
className="detail-btn"
outline
color="info"
size="sm"
onClick={this.toggleDetails}
>
Details
</Button>
</td>
<td>{clients.name}</td>
<td>{clients.email}</td>
<td>{clients.number}</td>
</tr>
);
};
render() {
const { clients } = this.props.client;
return (
<Container id="listContainer">
<Table
id="listTable"
className="table-striped table-bordered table-hover"
dark
>
<tr class="listRow">
<thead id="tableHeader">
<tr>
<th id="listActions">Actions</th>
<th id="listName">Name</th>
<th id="listEmail">Email</th>
<th id="listNumber">Number</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="listRow">{clients.map(this.renderClient)}</tbody>
</tr>
<Modal isOpen={this.state.editModal} toggle={this.toggleEdit}>
<ModalHeader toggle={this.toggleEdit}> Edit Client </ModalHeader>
<ModalBody>
<Form onSubmit={this.onSubmit}>
<FormGroup>
<Label for="name"> Name </Label>
<Input
type="text"
name="name"
id="client"
placeholder="Add name"
onChange={this.onChange}
></Input>
<Label for="email"> Email </Label>
<Input
type="text"
name="email"
id="client"
placeholder="Add email"
onChange={this.onChange}
></Input>
<Label for="number"> Number </Label>
<Input
type="text"
name="number"
id="number"
placeholder="Add number"
onChange={this.onChange}
></Input>
<Button color="dark" style={{ marginTop: "2rem" }} block>
Submit Client Edit
</Button>
</FormGroup>
</Form>
</ModalBody>
</Modal>
<Modal isOpen={this.state.detailModal} toggle={this.toggleDetails}>
<ModalHeader toggle={this.toggleDetails}>
Client Details
</ModalHeader>
<CardDeck>
<Card></Card>
</CardDeck>
</Modal>
</Table>
</Container>
);
}
}
ClientTable.propTypes = {
getClients: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
client: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
client: state.client,
});
export default connect(mapStateToProps, {
getClients,
deleteClient,
addClient,
})(ClientTable);
How would I go about putting data from the redux store into the fields in my "Edit Client" form? If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it. This one is stumping me.

In general, by "controlling" the "value" property of an element. Instead of the element taking care of updating its displayed value natively - and triggering handlers only incidentally to what is visible - its value is passed in as the value from the store. The element then sets its value indirectly, through the reducer and store.
Clarification: the value of an html input element can be controlled using the jsx "value" prop. Pass in an onChange function (which you're already doing) and a value prop to create a typical controlled component.
<input value={state} onChange={onChange} />
https://reactjs.org/docs/forms.html#controlled-components

How to properly search in a list in ReactJS

I am trying to set a simple search operation in a user interface as shown below:
I have a total of 70 react-strap cards and each card contain a vessel with name, type and an image. I would like to search the name of the vessel and have the card related to that vessel to pop-up. All my images are currently contained inside the external database Contentful. Below the fields of interests:
The problem is that I don't know how to write a search function that locate a specific value of a list.
Below the code:
SideBar.js
import React from 'react';
import Client from '../Contentful';
import SearchVessel from '../components/SearchVessel';
class Sidebar extends React.Component {
state = {
ships: [],
};
async componentDidMount() {
let response = await Client.getEntries({
content_type: 'cards'
});
const ships = response.items.map((item) => {
const {
name,
slug,
type
} = item.fields;
return {
name,
slug,
type
};
});
this.setState({
ships
});
}
getFilteredShips = () => {
if (!this.props.activeShip) {
return this.state.ships;
}
let targetShip = this.state.ships.filter(
(ship) => this.props.activeShip.name === ship.name
);
let otherShipsArray = this.state.ships.filter((ship) => this.props.activeShip.name !== ship.name);
return targetShip.concat(otherShipsArray);
};
render() {
return (
<div className="map-sidebar">
{this.props.activeShipTypes}
<SearchVessel />
<pre>
{this.getFilteredShips().map((ship) => {
console.log(ship);
return (
<Card className="mb-2">
<CardImg />
<CardBody>
<div className="row">
<img
className="image-sizing-primary"
src={ship.companylogo.fields.file.url}
alt="shipImage"
/>
</div>
<div>
<img
className="image-sizing-secondary"
src={ship.images.fields.file.url}
alt="shipImage"
/>
</div>
<CardTitle>
<h3 className="thick">{ship.name}</h3>
</CardTitle>
<CardSubtitle>{ship.type}</CardSubtitle>
<CardText>
<br />
<h6>Project Details</h6>
<p>For a description of the project view the specification included</p>
</CardText>
<Row style={{ marginTop: '20px' }}>
<div className="buttoncontainer">
<div className="btn btn-cards">
<a
className="buttonLink"
download
href={ship.projectnotes.fields.file.url}
>
Project Notes
</a>
</div>
<div className="btn btn-cards">
<a className="buttonLink" href={ship.abstract.fields.file.url}>
Abstract
</a>
</div>
</div>
</Row>
</CardBody>
</Card>
);
})}
</pre>
</div>
);
}
}
export default Sidebar;
VesselSearch.js
import React, { Component } from 'react';
export default class SearchVessel extends Component {
render() {
const { value, handleSubmit, handleChange } = this.props;
return (
<React.Fragment>
<div className="container">
<div className="row">
<div className="col-10 mx-auto col-md-8 mt-5 text-center">
<h4 className="text-slanted text-capitalize">Search for Vessel</h4>
<form className="mt-4" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<label htmlFor="search" className="text-capitalize">
type vessel separated by comma
</label>
<div className="input-group">
<input
type="text"
name="search"
placeholder="Type name of vessel here"
className="form-control"
value={value}
onChange={handleChange}
/>
<div className="input-group-append">
<button type="submit" className="input-group-text bg-primary text-white">
<i className="fas fa-search" />
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</React.Fragment>
);
}
}
What I have done so far:
1) I tried different combination with the filter function and I think I am close. The problem is that when I operate the search nothing happens and in order to find the card of the vessel I want, I have to scroll down until I find it.
I am running out of ideas and if you see something I didn't catch point me in the right direction for solving this issue.

You're close! I would add a field to your state called 'searchText' and then create a method to filter based on that searchText state item.
getFilteredShips = () => this.state.ships.filter(s => s.name.includes(this.state.searchText)
Then just map over those values to render the cards that match the search text. The cards will update each time the searchText value updates.
this.getFilteredShips().map(ship => ..........

React is famous for re-usable component. You will have all the data of these vessels in an array. You will loop through the array and render the items with card component.And when you search for the specific card you want that vessel to pop out on top.
There are two ways to do it:
You have to run through the array, find the index of that vessel and do whatever it takes to manipulate your array and to make that item at top and re-render your list.
Alternatively render one more component on top of your vessel list as user clicks the search button. You just have to find the item index and render it. This way you don't have to deal with array manipulation. It doesn't matter if you have 80 or 1000 cards.
Please checkout official documentation for array methods, for array slicing and splice.
Hope this is what you are looking for. If you need further help, comment please.

Validating Final Form Array on Click

I am building an application with React Final Form. In the form, user needs to fill up basic input fields as well as add questions with its choices. For the questions and choices I am using FieldArray feature. So, until here everything is good and working. However, I would like to add another functionality to this form.
As you can see in the image below, this is a Card component rendered inside FieldArray. Every time user clicks Add a Question button, There will be another Card component on the page.
The feature I need is to make the Save button work on top-right corner. At the moment I don't know how should I implement the Save button but what I wanna achieve is that I want to toggle the Card component in the image to another Card component, where I display the input data by using fields.value. So, no input field. However, I want to also validate this portion of the form when I click save. This is what I don't know how to do. So, every Save button will validate its own fields and if validation passes, the Card will be toggled to another Card component where the data is read-only.
So, I need your suggestion for the validation part as well as your opinion to add this functionality.
Thanks
Edit
I've been reading the docs of FinalForm as well as ReduxForm to figure out how can I handle this situation but I couldn't figure it out yet.
I've checked the Wizard example in FinalForm docs. However I am not sure if it's suitable for my situation. Wizard has a single <form> tag present at all times on a page and when a user clicks next button, input fields switch. In my case, I might need multiple form tags as you mentioned.
I've put 3 form structures as an example. Can you tell me which way is to go?
import { Form as FinalForm } from 'react-final-form'
#1 Basic Form:
Classic way of structuring the form and it is the current situation. So, this is not the way to solve the issue.
<FinalForm onSubmit={aCustomSubmitFunction}>
{
({ handleSubmit }) => {
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Field name='firstName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<Field name='lastName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<FieldArray name='questions'>
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => {
return (
<div className="card">
<Field name={`${name}.question`}>{({input}) => <input {...input} type="text" />}</Field>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>Delete</button>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</div>
)
})}
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({ question: undefined })}>Add a Question</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
)
}
}
</FinalForm>
#2 Multiple forms under a single FinalForm:
Multiple forms inside a FinalForm. This seems to be the way to go, however 'save' button submits the entire form not its own form. It is using the same handleSubmit so this must be the reason, though how can I have a different handleSubmit? Wrapping the form tag that is inside FieldArray with another FinalForm?
<FinalForm onSubmit={aCustomSubmitFunction}>
{
({ handleSubmit }) => {
return (
<>
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Field name='firstName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<Field name='lastName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<FieldArray name='questions'>
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => {
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<div className="card">
<Field name={`${name}.question`}>{({input}) => <input {...input} type="text" />}</Field>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>Delete</button>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</div>
</form>
)
})}
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({ question: undefined })}>Add a Question</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
</>
)
}
}
</FinalForm>
#3 Multiple nested forms under a single FinalForm:
This is invalid html. So this must be wrong approach but while I was doing a research I found a thing called React Portals, which might be helpful but I think it's unnecessary.
<FinalForm onSubmit={aCustomSubmitFunction}>
{
({ handleSubmit }) => {
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Field name='firstName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<Field name='lastName'>{({input}) => <input {...input} />}</Field>
<FieldArray name='questions'>
{({ fields }) => (
<div>
{fields.map((name, index) => {
return (
<form>
<div className="card">
<Field name={`${name}.question`}>{({input}) => <input {...input} type="text" />}</Field>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}>Delete</button>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
</div>
</form>
)
})}
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({ question: undefined })}>Add a Question</button>
</div>
)}
</FieldArray>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
)
}
}
</FinalForm>

To validate only part of a form, you must split it into multiple forms, and have the "Save" button "submit" the form. The Wizard Example does this, collecting the form values from each "page" in a parent component.
Hope this helps...

Redux Form Field Arrays-initializing a field array with a specific length

I would like for my form component to start off with a field array with 3 empty fields. Can anyone explain how to initialize it this way?
I'm going off the example provided in the documentation here: https://redux-form.com/7.0.4/examples/fieldarrays/
Here, we can see that originally, we have no fields, and only when we click on the relevant button do we add them, by calling onClick={() => fields.push({})}.
I'd like to start off with three fields and allow the user to add more. Calling fields.push in ComponentDidMount doesn't work. How do I initialize the fields object with a specific length?
FieldArraysForm.js
import React from 'react'
import { Field, FieldArray, reduxForm } from 'redux-form'
import validate from './validate'
const renderField = ({ input, label, type, meta: { touched, error } }) =>
<div>
<label>
{label}
</label>
<div>
<input {...input} type={type} placeholder={label} />
{touched &&
error &&
<span>
{error}
</span>}
</div>
</div>
const renderHobbies = ({ fields, meta: { error } }) =>
<ul>
<li>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push()}>
Add Hobby
</button>
</li>
{fields.map((hobby, index) =>
<li key={index}>
<button
type="button"
title="Remove Hobby"
onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}
/>
<Field
name={hobby}
type="text"
component={renderField}
label={`Hobby #${index + 1}`}
/>
</li>
)}
{error &&
<li className="error">
{error}
</li>}
</ul>
const renderMembers = ({ fields, meta: { error, submitFailed } }) =>
<ul>
<li>
<button type="button" onClick={() => fields.push({})}>
Add Member
</button>
{submitFailed &&
error &&
<span>
{error}
</span>}
</li>
{fields.map((member, index) =>
<li key={index}>
<button
type="button"
title="Remove Member"
onClick={() => fields.remove(index)}
/>
<h4>
Member #{index + 1}
</h4>
<Field
name={`${member}.firstName`}
type="text"
component={renderField}
label="First Name"
/>
<Field
name={`${member}.lastName`}
type="text"
component={renderField}
label="Last Name"
/>
<FieldArray name={`${member}.hobbies`} component={renderHobbies} />
</li>
)}
</ul>
const FieldArraysForm = props => {
const { handleSubmit, pristine, reset, submitting } = props
return (
<form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
<Field
name="clubName"
type="text"
component={renderField}
label="Club Name"
/>
<FieldArray name="members" component={renderMembers} />
<div>
<button type="submit" disabled={submitting}>
Submit
</button>
<button type="button" disabled={pristine || submitting} onClick={reset}>
Clear Values
</button>
</div>
</form>
)
}
export default reduxForm({
form: 'fieldArrays', // a unique identifier for this form
validate
})(FieldArraysForm)

Thanks to the Redux Form team:
https://github.com/erikras/redux-form/issues/3640
Basically, the way it's done is to pass in an array of initial values to the form when you connect and export it, something like this:
export default reduxForm({
form: "foo",
initialValues: {
rockSingers: ['Axl Rose', 'Brian Johnson']
},
onSubmit: values => {
window.alert( "Submited: \n" + JSON.stringify( values, null, 2 ) );
}
})( MyForm );