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Forms are used to collect information from your users. Forms group the inputs and submit them together.
This implementation is based on the Radix forms .
Here is an example of a form collecting an email address, with built-in validation on the email. If email entered is invalid, the form cannot be submitted. Note that the form.submit button is not automatically disabled. It is still clickable, but does not submit the form data. After successful submission, an alert window shows up and the form is cleared. There are a few flex containers used in the example to control the layout of the form components.
rx.form.root(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label("Email"),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Email Address",
# type attribute is required for "typeMismatch" validation
type="email",
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a valid email",
match="typeMismatch",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="email",
),
on_submit=lambda form_data: rx.window_alert(
form_data.to_string()
),
reset_on_submit=True,
)In this example, the text_field.root has an attribute type="email" and the form.message has the attribute match="typeMismatch". Those are required for the form to validate the input by its type. The prop as_child="True" is required when using other components to construct a Form component. This example has used text_field.root to construct the Form Control and button the Form Submit.
form.root(
form.field(
form.label(...),
form.control(...),
form.message(...),
),
form.submit(...),
)A Form Root (form.root) contains all the parts of a form. The Form Field (form.field), Form Submit (form.submit), etc should all be inside a Form Root. A Form Field can contain a Form Label (form.label), a Form Control (form.control), and a Form Message (form.message). A Form Label is a label element. A Form Control is where the user enters the input or makes selections. By default, the Form Control is a input. Using other form components to construct the Form Control is supported. To do that, set the prop as_child=True on the Form Control.
The Form Message is a validation message which is automatically wired (functionality and accessibility). When the Form Control determines the input is invalid, the Form Message is shown. The match prop is to enable client side validation . To perform server side validation , both the force_match prop of the Form Control and the server_invalid prop of the Form Field are set together.
The Form Submit is by default a button that submits the form. To use another button component as a Form Submit, include that button as a child inside form.submit and set the prop as_child=True.
The on_submit prop of the Form Root accepts an event handler. It is called with the submitted form data dictionary. To clear the form after submission, set the reset_on_submit=True prop.
As previously mentioned, the various pieces of data in the form are submitted together as a dictionary. The form control or the input components must have the name attribute. This name is the key to get the value from the form data dictionary. If no validation is needed, the form type components such as Checkbox, Radio Groups, TextArea can be included directly under the Form Root instead of inside a Form Control.
Results
import reflex as rx
import reflex.components.radix.primitives as rdxp
class RadixFormSubmissionState(rx.State):
form_data: dict
def handle_submit(self, form_data: dict):
"""Handle the form submit."""
self.form_data = form_data
@rx.var
def form_data_keys(self) -> list:
return list(self.form_data.keys())
@rx.var
def form_data_values(self) -> list:
return list(self.form_data.values())
def radix_form_submission_example():
return rx.flex(
rx.form.root(
rx.flex(
rx.flex(
rx.checkbox(
default_checked=True,
name="box1",
),
rx.text("box1 checkbox"),
direction="row",
spacing="2",
align="center",
),
rx.radio.root(
rx.flex(
rx.radio.item(value="1"),
"1",
direction="row",
align="center",
spacing="2",
),
rx.flex(
rx.radio.item(value="2"),
"2",
direction="row",
align="center",
spacing="2",
),
rx.flex(
rx.radio.item(value="3"),
"3",
direction="row",
align="center",
spacing="2",
),
default_value="1",
name="box2",
),
rx.input(
placeholder="box3 textfield input",
name="box3",
),
rx.select.root(
rx.select.trigger(
placeholder="box4 select",
),
rx.select.content(
rx.select.group(
rx.select.item(
"Orange", value="orange"
),
rx.select.item(
"Apple", value="apple"
),
),
),
name="box4",
),
rx.flex(
rx.switch(
default_checked=True,
name="box5",
),
"box5 switch",
spacing="2",
align="center",
direction="row",
),
rx.flex(
rx.slider(
default_value=[40],
width="100%",
name="box6",
),
"box6 slider",
direction="row",
spacing="2",
align="center",
),
rx.text_area(
placeholder="Enter for box7 textarea",
name="box7",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="4",
),
on_submit=RadixFormSubmissionState.handle_submit,
),
rx.divider(size="4"),
rx.text(
"Results",
weight="bold",
),
rx.foreach(
RadixFormSubmissionState.form_data_keys,
lambda key, idx: rx.text(
key,
" : ",
RadixFormSubmissionState.form_data_values[
idx
],
),
),
direction="column",
spacing="4",
)Client side validation is achieved by examining the property of an interface of HTML elements called ValidityState. The match prop of the Form Message determines when the message should be displayed. The valid match prop values can be found in the props tab at the top of this page. For example, "typeMismatch" is set to True when an input element has a type attribute and the entered value is not valid for the type. If the input is specified as type="url", it is expected to start with http:// or https://. For the list of supported types, please refer to HTML input element docs . The above references are all part of the HTML standards. For more details, please refer to ValidityState docs and further more the reference links on that page.
Below is an example of a form that collects a number from a text_field.root. The number is in the range of [30, 100] (both ends of the range are inclusive: 30 and 100 are valid). When a number smaller than 30 is entered, a message below the input field is printed: Please enter a number >= 30. This is because min=30 is set on the text_field.root and match="rangeUnderflow" on the form.message. Similarly, when a number larger than 100 is entered, this message Please enter a number <= 100 is displayed. Note the max=100 attribute on the text_field.root and match="rangeOverflow" on the form.message.
rx.form.root(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label(
"Requires number in range [30, 100]"
),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Enter a number",
type="number",
max=100,
min=30,
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a number <= 100",
match="rangeOverflow",
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a number >= 30",
match="rangeUnderflow",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="some_number",
),
on_submit=lambda form_data: rx.window_alert(
form_data.to_string()
),
reset_on_submit=True,
)Here is an example where the input text is expected to be at least a certain length. Note that the attribute min_length is written as snake case. Behind the scene, Reflex automatically convert this to the camel case minLength used in the frontend.
rx.form.root(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label(
"Please choose a password of length >= 8 characters"
),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Enter your password",
type="password",
min_length=8,
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a password length >= 8",
match="tooShort",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="user_password",
),
on_submit=lambda form_data: rx.window_alert(
form_data.to_string()
),
reset_on_submit=True,
)If the input follows certain patterns, setting pattern on the input and match="patternMismatch" on the form.message could be useful. Below is an example of a form that requires input to be precisely 10 digits. More information is available at ValidityState: patternMismatch property .
rx.form.root(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label(
"Please enter your phone number with only digits. Let's say in your region the phone number is exactly 10 digits long."
),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Enter your your phone number",
type="text",
pattern="[0-9]{10}",
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a valid phone number",
match="patternMismatch",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="phone_number",
),
on_submit=lambda form_data: rx.window_alert(
form_data.to_string()
),
reset_on_submit=True,
)Below is an example of "typeMismatch" validation.
rx.form.root(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label(
"Please enter a valid URL starting with http or https"
),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Enter your URL",
type="url",
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"Please enter a valid URL",
match="typeMismatch",
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button("Submit"),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="user_url",
),
on_submit=lambda form_data: rx.window_alert(
form_data.to_string()
),
reset_on_submit=True,
)Server side validation is done through Computed Vars on the State. The Var should return a boolean flag indicating when input is invalid. Set that Var on both the server_invalid prop of form.field and the force_match prop of form.message. There is an example how to do that in the Final Example .
The final example shows a form that collects username and email during sign-up and validates them using server side validation. When server side validation fails, messages are displayed in red to show what is not accepted in the form, and the submit button is disabled. After submission, the collected form data is displayed in texts below the form and the form is cleared.
Username submitted:
Email submitted:
import re
import reflex as rx
import reflex.components.radix.primitives as rdxp
class RadixFormState(rx.State):
# These track the user input real time for validation
user_entered_username: str
user_entered_email: str
# These are the submitted data
username: str
email: str
mock_username_db: list[str] = ["reflex", "admin"]
@rx.var
def invalid_email(self) -> bool:
return not re.match(
r"[^@]+@[^@]+.[^@]+", self.user_entered_email
)
@rx.var
def username_empty(self) -> bool:
return not self.user_entered_username.strip()
@rx.var
def username_is_taken(self) -> bool:
return (
self.user_entered_username
in self.mock_username_db
)
@rx.var
def input_invalid(self) -> bool:
return (
self.invalid_email
or self.username_is_taken
or self.username_empty
)
def handle_submit(self, form_data: dict):
"""Handle the form submit."""
self.username = form_data.get("username")
self.email = form_data.get("email")
def radix_form_example():
return rx.flex(
rx.form.root(
rx.flex(
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label("Username"),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Username",
# workaround: `name` seems to be required when on_change is set
on_change=RadixFormState.set_user_entered_username,
name="username",
),
as_child=True,
),
# server side validation message can be displayed inside a rx.cond
rx.cond(
RadixFormState.username_empty,
rx.form.message(
"Username cannot be empty",
color="var(--red-11)",
),
),
# server side validation message can be displayed by `force_match` prop
rx.form.message(
"Username already taken",
# this is a workaround:
# `force_match` does not work without `match`
# This case does not want client side validation
# and intentionally not set `required` on the input
# so "valueMissing" is always false
match="valueMissing",
force_match=RadixFormState.username_is_taken,
color="var(--red-11)",
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="username",
server_invalid=RadixFormState.username_is_taken,
),
rx.form.field(
rx.flex(
rx.form.label("Email"),
rx.form.control(
rx.input(
placeholder="Email Address",
on_change=RadixFormState.set_user_entered_email,
name="email",
),
as_child=True,
),
rx.form.message(
"A valid Email is required",
match="valueMissing",
force_match=RadixFormState.invalid_email,
color="var(--red-11)",
),
direction="column",
spacing="2",
align="stretch",
),
name="email",
server_invalid=RadixFormState.invalid_email,
),
rx.form.submit(
rx.button(
"Submit",
disabled=RadixFormState.input_invalid,
),
as_child=True,
),
direction="column",
spacing="4",
width="25em",
),
on_submit=RadixFormState.handle_submit,
reset_on_submit=True,
),
rx.divider(size="4"),
rx.text(
"Username submitted: ",
rx.text(
RadixFormState.username,
weight="bold",
color="var(--accent-11)",
),
),
rx.text(
"Email submitted: ",
rx.text(
RadixFormState.email,
weight="bold",
color="var(--accent-11)",
),
),
direction="column",
spacing="4",
)Did you find this useful?
