An object defining configuration properties for the Form UI component.
Specifies the shortcut key that sets focus on the UI component.
Selector: access-key
Default Value: undefined
The value of this property will be passed to the accesskey
attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.
Specifies whether the UI component changes its visual state as a result of user interaction.
Selector: active-state-enabled
Default Value: false
The UI component switches to the active state when users press down the primary mouse button. When this property is set to true, the CSS rules for the active state apply. You can change these rules to customize the component.
Use this property when you display the component on a platform whose guidelines include the active state change for UI components.
Specifies whether all item labels are aligned. Applies only to labels outside their editors (see labelMode).
Selector: align-item-labels
Default Value: true
Specifies whether item labels in all groups are aligned. Applies only to labels outside their editors (see labelMode).
Selector: align-item-labels-in-all-groups
Default Value: true
This property applies only to those simple items that are nested within a group item. Thus, we recommend that you do not leave any simple items ungrouped if you need a consistent alignment throughout the Form.
The labelLocation property value varies based on the theme (Generic or Material/Fluent). Adjust this setting if item labels are misaligned.
The count of columns in the form layout.
Selector: col-count
Default Value: 1
Specifies dependency between the screen factor and the count of columns in the form layout.
Selector: DxColCountByScreen
Default Value: undefined
The following code sample illustrates how to set this property:
jQuery$(function() { $("#formContainer").dxForm({ // ... colCountByScreen: { xs: 2 } }); });Angular
<dx-form ... > <dxo-col-count-by-screen [xs]="2"></dxo-col-count-by-screen> </dx-form>
import { DxFormModule } from "devextreme-angular"; // ... export class AppComponent { // ... } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxFormModule ], // ... })Vue
<template> <DxForm ...> <DxColCountByScreen :xs="2"/> </DxForm> </template> <script> import DxForm, { DxColCountByScreen } from 'devextreme-vue/form'; export default { components: { DxForm, DxColCountByScreen } } </script>React
import React from 'react'; import Form, { ColCountByScreen } from 'devextreme-react/form'; const App = () => { return ( <Form ...> <ColCountByScreen xs={2} /> </Form> ); }; export default App;
Specifies a function that customizes a form item after it has been created.
If you did not define form items using the items property, the Form UI component creates them automatically according to the structure of an object passed to the formData property. The customizeItem property enables you to modify properties of each generated item before this item is rendered. Each generated item passed to this function as an argument has a Simple Item structure.
If the items property contains definition for form items, you usually do not need to pass a function to the customizeItem property because you can customize items before passing them to the items property. However, if you assign a function to this property, it will be called for each item. In this case, an item can have structure corresponding to one of the item types.
See AlsoSpecifies whether the UI component responds to user interaction.
Specifies the global attributes to be attached to the UI component's container element.
Selector: DxElementAttr
Default Value: {}
jQuery$(function(){ $("#formContainer").dxForm({ // ... elementAttr: { id: "elementId", class: "class-name" } }); });Angular
<dx-form ... [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }"> </dx-form>
import { DxFormModule } from "devextreme-angular"; // ... export class AppComponent { // ... } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxFormModule ], // ... })Vue
<template> <DxForm ... :element-attr="formAttributes"> </DxForm> </template> <script> import DxForm from 'devextreme-vue/form'; export default { components: { DxForm }, data() { return { formAttributes: { id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' } } } } </script>React
import React from 'react'; import Form from 'devextreme-react/form'; class App extends React.Component { formAttributes = { id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' } render() { return ( <Form ... elementAttr={this.formAttributes}> </Form> ); } } export default App;
Specifies whether the UI component can be focused using keyboard navigation.
Selector: focus-state-enabled
Default Value: false
Provides the Form's data. Gets updated every time form fields change.
Selector: form-data
Type: any
Default Value: {}
Specifies the UI component's height.
This property accepts a value of one of the following types:
Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px"
, "20vh"
, "80%"
, "inherit"
.
Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the UI component.
Specifies whether the UI component changes its state when a user pauses on it.
Selector: hover-state-enabled
Default Value: false
Specifies whether current editor values differ from initial values.
Selector: is-dirty
Default Value: false
This property is a read-only flag. You can use it to check if any editor value changed on this Form.
Specify the dataField of each Form item for this property to take effect.
If you use DateBox or DateRangeBox as a Form item, and users enter invalid dates, the isDirty value does not change.
This property works only for predefined editors and does not work with custom templates.
Specifies the location of a label against the editor. Applies only to labels outside their editors (see labelMode).
Selector: label-location
Default Value: 'left', 'top' (Fluent, Material)
Specifies a display mode for item labels.
Selector: label-mode
Default Value: 'outside'
This property can have one of the following values:
This property specifies a display mode for all item labels. If you want to override the mode for an individual label, specify the labelMode property within editorOptions.
Please review the following notes:
The following editors do not support "static" and "floating" modes and will default to "outside" mode:
If autofill is enabled in the browser, we do not recommend that you use "floating" mode. The autofill values will overlap the label when it is displayed as a placeholder. Use "static" mode instead.
The minimum column width used for calculating column count in the form layout. Applies only if colCount property is "auto".
Selector: min-col-width
Default Value: 200
The actual column width equals the UI component width divided by the column count.
A function that is executed when the UI component is rendered and each time the component is repainted.
Selector: @content-ready
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Default Value: null
A function that is executed before the UI component is disposed of.
Selector: @disposing
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Default Value: null
A function that is executed when the Enter key has been pressed while an editor is focused.
Selector: @editor-enter-key
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Default Value: null
This function is executed only if the editor raises the
enterKeyevent. See the
Eventssection in the editor's API reference for the list of events the editor can raise. If the
enterKeyevent is absent from the list, but you need to handle the Enter key press,
use another editor.
A function that is executed when the value of a formData object field is changed.
Selector: @field-data-changed
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Default Value: null
A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the UI component instance.
Selector: @initialized
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Default Value: null
Angular<dx-form ... (onInitialized)="saveInstance($event)"> </dx-form>
import { Component } from "@angular/core"; import Form from "devextreme/ui/data_grid"; // ... export class AppComponent { formInstance: Form; saveInstance (e) { this.formInstance = e.component; } }Vue
App.vue (Composition API)
<template> <div> <DxForm ... @initialized="saveInstance"> </DxForm> </div> </template> <script> import DxForm from 'devextreme-vue/form'; export default { components: { DxForm }, data: function() { return { formInstance: null }; }, methods: { saveInstance: function(e) { this.formInstance = e.component; } } }; </script>
<template> <div> <DxForm ... @initialized="saveInstance"> </DxForm> </div> </template> <script setup> import DxForm from 'devextreme-vue/form'; let formInstance = null; const saveInstance = (e) => { formInstance = e.component; } </script>React
import Form from 'devextreme-react/form'; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.saveInstance = this.saveInstance.bind(this); } saveInstance(e) { this.formInstance = e.component; } render() { return ( <div> <Form onInitialized={this.saveInstance} /> </div> ); } }See Also jQuery
A function that is executed after a UI component property is changed.
Selector: @option-changed
Function parameters:Information about the event.
Object structure:
Name Type Description value anyThe modified property's new value.
previousValue anyThe UI component's previous value.
nameThe modified property if it belongs to the first level. Otherwise, the first-level property it is nested into.
fullNameThe path to the modified property that includes all parent properties.
elementThe UI component's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
componentThe UI component's instance.
Default Value: null
The following example shows how to subscribe to component property changes:
jQuery$(function() { $("#formContainer").dxForm({ // ... onOptionChanged: function(e) { if(e.name === "changedProperty") { // handle the property change here } } }); });Angular
<dx-form ... (onOptionChanged)="handlePropertyChange($event)"> </dx-form>
import { Component } from '@angular/core'; @Component({ selector: 'app-root', templateUrl: './app.component.html', styleUrls: ['./app.component.css'] }) export class AppComponent { // ... handlePropertyChange(e) { if(e.name === "changedProperty") { // handle the property change here } } }
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; import { AppComponent } from './app.component'; import { DxFormModule } from 'devextreme-angular'; @NgModule({ declarations: [ AppComponent ], imports: [ BrowserModule, DxFormModule ], providers: [ ], bootstrap: [AppComponent] }) export class AppModule { }Vue
<template> <DxForm ... @option-changed="handlePropertyChange" /> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxForm from 'devextreme-vue/form'; export default { components: { DxForm }, // ... methods: { handlePropertyChange: function(e) { if(e.name === "changedProperty") { // handle the property change here } } } } </script>React
import React from 'react'; import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import Form from 'devextreme-react/form'; const handlePropertyChange = (e) => { if(e.name === "changedProperty") { // handle the property change here } } export default function App() { return ( <Form ... onOptionChanged={handlePropertyChange} /> ); }
The text displayed for optional fields. Applies only if showOptionalMark is true.
Selector: optional-mark
Default Value: 'optional'
In
"static"or
"floating" labelMode, form items use the
optionalMarkproperty value as help text if the
helpTextproperty is not specified.
See AlsoSpecifies whether all editors on the form are read-only. Applies only to non-templated items.
Selector: read-only
Default Value: false
Item
editor optionsoverride general Form parameters. For example, if you set
readOnlyto
true
for one of the Form editors, it will be read-only while Form is not.
The text displayed for required fields.
Selector: required-mark
Default Value: '*'
Specifies the message that is shown for end-users if a required field value is not specified.
Selector: required-message
Default Value: '{0} is required'
Switches the UI component to a right-to-left representation.
Selector: rtl-enabled
Default Value: false
When this property is set to true, the UI component text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.
DevExpress.config({ rtlEnabled: true });
DataGrid Demo Navigation UI Demo Editors Demo
Specifies a function that categorizes screens by their width.
Selector: screen-by-width
Default Value: null
The UI component uses the following size qualifiers to categorize screens by width:
Size Qualifier Description xs Stands for "extra small". Screens with width less than 768 pixels. sm Stands for "small". Screens with width between 768 and 992 pixels. md Stands for "medium". Screens with width between 992 and 1200 pixels. lg Stands for "large". Screens with width more than 1200 pixels.Implement the screenByWidth function to change the relation between a size qualifier and screen width. This function accepts the screen width and should return a size qualifier. The following code shows the function's default implementation that you can customize:
jQuery$(function() { $("#formContainer").dxForm({ // ... screenByWidth: function(width) { if (width < 768) return "xs"; if (width < 992) return "sm"; if (width < 1200) return "md"; return "lg"; } }); });Angular
import { DxFormModule } from "devextreme-angular"; // ... export class AppComponent { // ... getSizeQualifier(width) { if (width < 768) return "xs"; if (width < 992) return "sm"; if (width < 1200) return "md"; return "lg"; } } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxFormModule ], // ... })
<dx-form ... [screenByWidth]="getSizeQualifier"> </dx-form>Vue
<template> <DxForm ... :screen-by-width="getSizeQualifier"> <!-- ... --> </DxForm> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxForm, { // ... } from 'devextreme-vue/form'; export default { components: { DxForm, // ... }, // ... methods: { getSizeQualifier(width) { if (width < 768) return "xs"; if (width < 992) return "sm"; if (width < 1200) return "md"; return "lg"; } } } </script>React
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import Form, { // ... } from 'devextreme-react/form'; const getSizeQualifier = (width) => { if (width < 768) return "xs"; if (width < 992) return "sm"; if (width < 1200) return "md"; return "lg"; }; export default function App() { return ( <Form ... screenByWidth={getSizeQualifier}> {/* ... */} </Form> ); }
A Boolean value specifying whether to enable or disable form scrolling.
Selector: scrolling-enabled
Default Value: false
Specifies whether a colon is displayed at the end of form labels. Applies only to labels outside their editors (see labelMode).
Selector: show-colon-after-label
Default Value: true, false (Material)
Specifies whether or not the optional mark is displayed for optional fields.
Selector: show-optional-mark
Default Value: false
Specifies whether or not the required mark is displayed for required fields.
Selector: show-required-mark
Default Value: true
Specifies whether or not the total validation summary is displayed on the form.
Selector: show-validation-summary
Default Value: false
Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.
Selector: tab-index
Default Value: 0
The value of this property will be passed to the tabindex
attribute of the HTML element that underlies the UI component.
Gives a name to the internal validation group.
Selector: validation-group
Default Value: undefined
In some cases, the Form editors should be validated by the Button UI component. Editors are collected in an unnamed validation group that makes it impossible for the Button to validate them. In this case, use the validationGroup property of the Form UI component to give this validation group a name. Also, pass the same name to the validationGroup property of the Button UI component.
jQuery$(function () { $("#formContainer").dxForm({ // ... validationGroup: "groupName" }); $("#buttonContainer").dxButton({ // ... validationGroup: "groupName", onClick: function (e) { e.validationGroup.validate(); } }); })
Form is not designed to work with validationGroup shared with other components. When a Form is disposed of, it disposes of the associated validationGroup object and other components fail with an error.
Specifies whether the UI component is visible.
Specifies the UI component's width.
This property accepts a value of one of the following types:
Number
The width in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of width. For example, "55px"
, "20vw"
, "80%"
, "auto"
, "inherit"
.
Even if the width of the UI component is specified, the count of columns may depend on the screen width. For example, if the screen width is not enough to display the whole form's container, the count of columns depends on the screen width, not the container. To always use a fixed count of columns regardless of the screen width, pass an empty function to the screenByWidth property.
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