Web Demo

https://www.qyh.me/forme3/index.html

Simple Usage

add dependency

flutter pub add forme
flutter pub add forme_base_fields 

create forme

FormeKey key = FormeKey();// formekey is a global key , also  used to control form
Widget child = FormeTextField(name:'username',decoration:const InputDecoration(labelText:'Username'));
Widget forme = Forme(
	key:key,
	child:child,
)

Forme Attributes

Attribute Required Type Description
key false FormeKey a global key, also used to control form
child true Widget form content widget
onFieldStatusChanged false FormeFieldStatusChanged listen form field's status change
initialValue false Map<String,dynamic> initialValue , will override FormField's initialValue
onWillPop false WillPopCallback Signature for a callback that verifies that it's OK to call Navigator.pop
quietlyValidate false bool if this attribute is true , will not display error text
autovalidateMode false AutovalidateMode auto validate form mode
autovalidateByOrder false bool whether auto validate form by order
onFieldsRegistered false function listen registered fields
onFieldsUnregistered false function listen unregistered fields
onInitialized false function typically used to register visitors

FormeField

attributes supported by all FormeField

Attribute Required Type Description
name false String field's id,should be unique in form
readOnly false bool whether field should be readOnly,default is false
builder true FormeFieldBuilder build field content
enabled false bool whether field is enabled or not default
quietlyValidate true bool false will not display error text
initialValue true T default value of field , will overwritten by Forme initialValue
asyncValidatorDebounce false Duration async validate debounce , default is 500ms
autovalidateMode false AutovalidateMode autovalidate mode
onStatusChanged false FormeFieldStatusChanged listen value
onInitialized false FormeFieldInitialized typically used to register visitors
onSaved false FormeFieldSetter triggered when form saved
validator false FormeValidator sync validator
asyncValidator false FormeAsyncValidator async validator
decorator false FormeFieldDecorator used to decorate a field
order false int order of field
requestFocusOnUserInteraction false bool whether request focus when field value changed by user interaction
validationFilter false function used to determine whether perform a validation or not
focusNode false FocusNode FocusNode

Validation

Async Validation

you can specify an asyncValidator on FormeField , the unique difference between validator and asyncValidator is asyncValidator return a Future<String> and validator return a String

when to perform an async validation

if FormeField.autovalidateMode is AutovalidateMode.disabled , asyncValidator will never be performed unless you call validate on FormeFieldState manually.

if you specify both validator and asyncValidator , asyncValidator will only be performed after validator return null.

if validationFilter is specified and not passed. asyncValidator will not be performed

debounce

you can specify a debounce on FormeField , debounce will not worked when you manually call validate on FormeFieldState

whether validation itself is valid

in some cases,when an async validation is performing , another validation on same field is performed,in this case ,previous validation is invalid , so if you want to update UI before return validation result in async validator , you need to validate it first,eg:

asyncValidator:(field,value,isValid){
    return Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds:2),(){
        if(isUnexceptedValue(value)) {
            if(isValid()){
                updateUI();
            }
            return 'invalid';
        }
        return null;
    });    
}

FormeValidates

you can use FormeValidates to simplify your validators

Validator Name Support Type When Valid When Invalid
notNull dynamic value is not null value is null
size Iterable Map String 1. value is null 2. max & min is null 3. String's length or Collection's size is in min,max String's length or Collection's size is not in min,max
min num 1. value is null 2. value is bigger than min value is smaller than min
max num 1. value is null 2. value is smaller than max value is bigger than max
notEmpty Iterable Map String 1. value is not null 2. String's length or Collection's size is bigger than zero 1. value is null 2. String's length or Collection's size is zero
notBlank String 1. value is null 2. value.trim()'s length is not null value'length is zero after trimed
positive num 1. value is null 2. value is bigger than zero value is smaller than or equals zero
positiveOrZero num 1. value is null 2. value is bigger than or equals zero value is smaller than zero
negative num 1. value null 2. value is smaller than zero value is bigger than or equals zero
negativeOrZero num 1. value null 2. value is smaller than or equals zero value is bigger than zero
pattern String 1. value null 2. value matches pattern value does not matches pattern
email String 1. value null 2. value is a valid email value is not a valid email
url String 1. value is null 2. value is empty or value is a valid url value is not a valid url
range num 1. value null 2. value is in range value is out of range
equals dynamic 1. value null 2. value is equals target value value is not equals target value
any T any validators is valid every validators is invalid
all T all validators is valid any validators is invalid

when you use validators from FormeValidates , you must specify at least one errorText , otherwise errorText is an empty string

Methods

FormeKey|FormeState

whether form has a name field

bool hasField = formeKey.hasField(String name);

get field by name

T field = formeKey.field<T extends FormeFieldState>(String name);

get form value

Map<String, dynamic> data = formeKey.value;

set form value

formeKey.value = Map<String,dynamic> value;

validate

you can use FormeValidateSnapshot.isValueChanged to check whether form value is changed duration this validation , if is changed , typically means this validation is invalid , you should not submit your form even though validation is passed

Future<FormeValidateSnapshot> future = formKey.validate({
    bool quietly = false,
    Set<String> names = const {},
    bool clearError = false,
    bool validateByOrder = false,
});

get validation

FormeValidation validation = formKey.validation;

reset form

formeKey.reset();

save form

formeKey.save();

whether validate is quietly

bool quietlyValidate = formKey.quietlyValidate;

is value changed after initialed

bool isValueChanged = formeKey.isValueChanged

get all fields

List<FormeFieldState> fields = formeKey.fields;

add visitor

formeKey.addVisitor(FormeVisitor visitor);

remove visitor

formeKey.removeVisitor(FormeVisitor visitor);

rebuild form

rebuild all widgets in Forme

formeKey.rebuildForm();

FormeFieldState

get field's name

String name = field.name

whether current field is readOnly

bool readOnly = field.readOnly;

set readOnly on field

field.readOnly = bool readOnly;

whether current field is enabled

bool enabled = field.enabled;

set enabled on field

field.enabled = bool enabled;

whether field has a FocusNode

bool hasFocusNode = field.hasFocusNode

get or create a focusNode

FocusNode focusNode = field.focusNode;

whether field is focused

bool hasFocus = field.hasFocus;

request focus

field.requestFocus();

unfocus

field.unfocus();

get value

T value = field.value;

set value

field.value = T data;

reset field

field.reset();

validate

Future<FormeFieldValidateSnapshot> future = field.validate({bool quietly = false});

get validation

FormeFieldValidation validation = field.validation;

get oldValue

if value changed , you can use this method to get previous value

FormeOptional<T>? value = field.oldValue;

if value is null , means field's value is never changed before

is value changed

bool isValueChanged = field.isValueChanged

get generic type

Type type = field.type;

whether field value is nullable

bool isNullable = field.isNullable;

get FormeState

FormeState? form = field.form;

get status

FormeFieldStatus<T> get status = field.status;

is custom validation

whether current validation is set via errorText

bool isCustomValidation = field.isCustomValidation;

get error text

typically used in display.

if FormeField.quietlyValidate or Forme.quietlyValidate is true , you'll always get null

String? errorText = field.errorText;

set error text

if errorText is null , reset validation.

field will rebuild after this method called. if field has validators , a new validation maybe performed , in this case ,custom validation will be overwritten by new validation. use FormeField.validationFilter to avoid this

will not worked on disabled fields

field.errorText = 'custom error';

add visitor

field.addVisitor(FormeFieldVisitor visitor);

remove visitor

field.removeVisitor(FormeFieldVisitor visitor);

Listeners

listeners is helpful when you build widgets which depends on status of FormeField or Forme , you must used them inside in Forme or FormeField

FormeFieldStatusListener

will rebuild whenever field's status changed , use filter to avoid unnecessary rebuild.

eg:

Forme(
    child:Column(children:[
        FormeFieldStatusListener(
            filter:(status) => status.isValueChanged,/// if you only want to  rebuild when value changed
            name:'name',
            builder:(context,status,child){
                return Text('current value:${status.value}')
            }
        ),
        FormeTextField(name:'name'),
    ]),
)

FormeFieldsValidationListener

will rebuild whenever validation of any field changed

eg:

FormeFieldsValidationListener(
      names: const {'password', 'confirm'},
      builder: (context, validation) {
        if (validation == null) {
          return const SizedBox();
        }
        if (validation.isInvalid) {
          return Padding(
            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 24),
            child: Text(
              validation.validations.values
                  .where((element) => element.isInvalid)
                  .first
                  .error!,
              style: _getErrorStyle(),
            ),
          );
        }
        return const SizedBox.shrink();
    },
),

FormeValidationListener

will rebuild whenever form validation changed , useful when you want to create a submit button which only clickable when form validation passed

eg:

Forme(
    child:Column(children:[
        ...
        FormeValidationListener(
            builder:(context,validation,child){
                return TextButton(
                    onPressed:validation.isValid ? submit:null,
                    child:const Text('submit'),
                );
            }
        )
    ]),
)

FormeIsValueChangedListener

will rebuild whenever form value changed , useful when you want to create a reset button which depends on form value changed or not

eg:

Forme(
    child:Column(children:[
        ...
        FormeIsValueChangedListener(
            builder:(context,isValueChanged,child){
                return TextButton(
                    onPressed:isValueChanged ? reset:null,
                    child:const Text('reset'),
                );
            }
        )
    ]),
)

FormeValueListener

will rebuild whenever form value changed , typically used in debug .

eg:

Forme(
    child:Column(children:[
        ...
        FormeValueListener(
            builder:(context,value,child){
                return Text(value.toString());
            }
        )
    ]),
)

custom field

FormeField<String>(
    name: 'customField',
    initialValue: 'currentValue',
    builder: (FormeFieldState<String> state) {
        return TextButton(
        onPressed: () {
           state.readOnly? null: state.didChange('newValue');
        },
        child: Text(state.value),
        );
    },
),

Libraries

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